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Oyster Bay, NY

Real Estate

Billy Joel's 'MiddleSea' Waterfront Oyster Bay Estate Listed For $49.9M The Piano Man is downsizing. The iconic 75-year-old singer, songwriter, and pianist Billy Joel has just listed his sprawling waterfront estate on the north shore of Long Island for $49.9 million. Joel bought the estate, which he calls "MiddleSea," in Centre Island, a residential village in Oyster Bay, in 2002. The name is a clever play on words. Yes, it's located by the sea, but "Middle C" is also the first note learned by pianists. It's spread over 76 acres and has 18 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, and four separate homes: the main house (a 20,000-square-foot red-brick m…

by Joe Lombardi

10/21/2024

Pemberton-Browns Mills, NJ

Police & Fire

Officer Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In New Jersey: AG The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that left a citizen dead on Saturday, Oct. 19, the office said. The incident occurred in Browns Mills in Pemberton Township (Burlington County), the AG's office said Sunday morning, Oct. 20. The man's identity was not being released as of press time. A firearm was recovered near his body, the office said. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

by Cecilia Levine

10/20/2024

Putnam Valley, NY

Police & Fire

Rollover Crash Victim, Taxi Driver Nabbed For Drunk Driving In Hudson Valley: Police Several people were nabbed on drunk driving charges in the Hudson Valley over the holiday weekend, including a Westchester woman rescued from a rolled-over car and a taxi driver, police said. The arrests were announced by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, Oct. 17, and were all made over Columbus Day weekend. The first incident happened on Friday, Oct. 11 in Putnam Valley, when a car crashed and flipped on Church Road in the area of Kramers Pond Road. Arriving sheriff's deputies found a vehicle on its side with downed live wires nearby. They then rescued the drive…

by Ben Crnic

10/20/2024

Garden City, NY

News

$5.78M Scam: Garden City Attorney Admits Defrauding 48 Victims In Real Estate Transactions A New York attorney has admitted to running a scheme to defraud victims of nearly $6,000,000. Long Island resident Daniel Boldi, age 49, of Garden City acted as settlement agent and bank attorney in multiple property sales on Long Island and embezzled millions of dollars of his clients’ escrow and home loan funds, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. The scam involved 46 separate real estate transactions between September 2020 and January 2024, Donnelly said. Boldi pleaded guilty to 13 counts of grand larceny in the second degree (a Class C felony) and o…

by Joe Lombardi

10/20/2024

West Chester, PA

Police & Fire

2-Alarm Chester County Farm Fire Battled For 2 Days (Photos) Fire companies from four Pennsylvania counties battled a blaze at a barn and house fire late Friday night, Oct. 18 into Saturday morning, officials with Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS announced. The fire broke out in the 100 block of Isabella Road in West Nantmeal Township around 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, EHBEMS detailed in a release. The Twin Valley Fire Department was the first crew called to the scene of the fire originally reported to 911 as "a large fire in the middle of a field," but soon "Additional callers reported a possible house was on fire with a barn as an exposure and th…

by Jillian Pikora

10/19/2024

York, PA

Police & Fire

Fire Police Captain Missing, Windsor Officials Say A Fire Police Captain has been missing for over 48 hours and his company and wife are extremely concerned, according to statements made by both on Saturday, Oct. 19. The Laurel Fire Company in Windsor is asking for the public's help to find Tony Bortner. Bortner "has had no contact with anyone," the company wrote adding that "This is very out of character for Tony." He was last seen on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17, his wife Brenda explained. To my Facebook friends and family we need your help. My husband Tony Bortner has been missing since Thursday afternoon.... Posted by …

by Jillian Pikora

10/19/2024

Paradise-Gap, PA

News

Accident On Amish Farm In Paradise Township Requires Multiple Ambulances (Developing) Multiple ambulances were called to an accident on an Amish farm on Saturday, Oct. 18, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The call regarding a "traumatic injury" at the farm located in the 200 block of Paradise Lane in Paradise Township came into LCWC at 12:20 p.m. Details about the incident have not been released, but we know Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. Check back here for updates on this developing situation.

by Jillian Pikora

10/19/2024

Pompton Lakes, NJ

Police & Fire

Police Track Down Home Invaders After Wrong-Way NJ Pursuit In Stolen BMW A 22-year-old man is in custody, and two others are at large, following a New Jersey home invasion and high-speed pursuit in a stolen BMW, police said. Police were called to 6 Cambridge Road in Pompton Lakes around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, after residents reported three men entered their house and then stole their 2023 BMW M8 Gran Coupe from their driveway, police said. Surveillance footage showed the suspects inside and outside of the home. One suspect is seen stealing a PlayStation 5 from a downstairs playroom while another entered the kitchen, police said. There, they foudn a Louis Vu…

by Cecilia Levine

10/19/2024

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