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A 28-year-old Long Island man died in his father’s arms as his shocked mom looked on following a hookup gone horribly wrong early Monday, officials said. Kristen Sculley, 22, who is facing second-degree murder charges in the fatal Massapequa stabbing of Robert Carragher, allegedly snuck into the victim’s basement apartment in the middle of the night for a pre-arranged liaison before stabbing the victim to death in his own bed, police said. In a chilling moment, Sculley flashed a sinister smirk as she was led to court by cops on Tuesday. “We believe that this female individual made an arrangement,”...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was roasted on social media for creating a fictional Long Island couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey, whom he has based his entire political career on. During an episode of Last Week Tonight, British-born HBO talk show host John Oliver shared several clips of Schumer talking about the fictional couple, describing them as being “middle-class” and having “bought into Reagan Republicanism in 1980.” Schumer has explained that he has “guided” his political career “through the Baileys.” “They’re a middle-class couple in Massapequa, which is a suburb on Long Island,” Schumer said in one clip from an...

New York's education department said certain names disrespect 'entire groups of people.' President Trump publicly directed his secretary of education to intervene with a New York high school that is being forced to change its mascot. The Massapequa Chiefs of Massapequa High School from Long Island, New York, have been forced to change their mascot name and logo after a judge ruled in March against the school over a statewide mandate from 2023. According to the New York Post, the New York State Board of Regents declared in 2023 that schools must remove Native American team names and imagery from...

[Alec Baldwin] A Massapequa legend returns to his high school roots (January 7, 2020 Article in the Massapequa Chief HS newspaper) https://thechiefonline.com/features/2020/01/07/a-massapequa-legend-returns-to-his-high-school-roots/ "As Massapequa was featured in many hit TV shows, including Seinfeld, Friends, and Saturday Night Live, many alumni have grown to become Massapequa royalty. One of these royals is Alec Baldwin, who visited Massapequa High School on November 7. During the visit, he conducted research for a documentary he is currently filming. " [snip] "Alec Baldwin and his brothers donated the money needed to renovate the auditorium, which they named after Baldwin’s late father, Alexander Baldwin. Who was...

More than 300 people, many of them waving American flags and carrying anti-tax signs, lined the curb at Sunrise Highway and the Long Island Rail Road station in Massapequa Wednesday, protesting taxes and the federal bailout of the financial sector.

A Catholic school guidance counselor in New York City has died from bacterial meningitis, CBS station WCBS-TV reported. The New York City health department confirmed the counselor worked at St. Francis Preparatory High School in the Queens borough. The victim's identity has not yet been released. On Thursday, a Long Island high school senior also died suddenly from the deadly bacteria. Michael Gruber, a senior at Massapaequa High School, was taking midterm exams and joking with friends on Wednesday when he came down with a fever and chills. He was dead by Thursday afternoon. After his death, the school district...

A part-time Newsday sports reporter, David Abramowicz, told police he was hit with a wrench, punched and kicked last night in what appears to be a planned attack by two teenagers at John J. Burns Town Park in Massapequa. Abramowicz, who had covered the Massapequa boys' high school soccer season and the state tournament, was planning to meet an anonymous caller at the park at 8 p.m., said his editor, Eve Sarris.

<p>There could hardly have been a better way for Alec Baldwin, Massapequa boy turned movie star, to show affection for the place where he grew up.</p> <p>Baldwin announced that for his first attempt at directing, he would rent from Nassau County a former Northrop Grumman airplane factory to film "The Devil and Daniel Webster.” In November 2000, his crews arrived at the cavernous building in Bethpage.</p> <p>"It was a fabulous opportunity for us,” Baldwin recalled last week.</p>