Crime & Safety

Week in Review: Feb. 19-25, '12

Police merger, burglaries continue to dominate the news.

 

These were the top stories on in the last week:

The pending merger of Nassau's was debated through much of the week. The Mangano administration also took the opportunity to announce a series of since the first of the year.

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A volunteer firefighter from Bethpage was badly burned battling a blaze in Maryland. See this from Saturday here.

: Patch reported that the had terminated its contract with the embattled

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A heroin-addicted man was accused of in his Bethpage neighborhood.

Community Service: All the news wasn't bad: amid these disturbing issues, we told you how the Plainview community prepared for celebrated, and presented


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