The only price of E85 gas in cities throughout Suffolk County was found at a single gas station in the week ending Aug. 24, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com.
Desiree Etheridge, 50, the former facility manager at Eden II in Saint James, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree. Etheridge was found guilty of stealing funds from the ATM cards of six residents with autism spectrum disorder, who had entrusted her with their cards for petty cash purposes.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced that Moses K. Johnson, 63, of Huntington, has pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree. Johnson, a former employee of the Town of Huntington, admitted to stealing more than $56,000 from his deceased mother’s public pension payments following her death in April 2021.
The Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) have announced Paris Watson of Johns Hopkins University, Michele Myong of Brookhaven Lab, and Edelmy Marin Bernardez of Stony Brook University as the recipients of the 2024 Joanna Fowler Award in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. Each recipient will receive an award of $3,500, funded by BWIS and Brookhaven Lab’s Chemistry Division, Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate, and Human Resources.
Pictured with the AmTrykes at John S. Hobart Elementary School (l-r) are Ravi Seeram, assistant director of special education, William Floyd School District; Dr. Stacey Scalise, assistant superintendent for elementary instruction, administration & pupil personnel services, William Floyd School District; Debbie Metz, president of AMBUCS LI and of the Kyle Sports for Special Needs inclusion program; Kyle Meier, vice president, Kyle Sports for Special Needs inclusion program; and James Westcott, principal, John S. Hobart Elementary School.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced the indictment of Manuel Gomez, 46, of Brentwood, for allegedly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of Andres Eloy Khammach La Cruz, 31, also of Brentwood. Gomez faces charges including Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting and operating a motor vehicle while his driving privileges were suspended.
Hector Romero Garcia, a biochemistry major at Stony Brook University, has been named the URECA researcher of the month for September. Garcia joined Christopher Clarke’s Lipid Cancer Laboratory over the summer as part of the SUNY SOAR program. The Clarke research lab at the Stony Brook Cancer Center focuses on alterations in sphingolipid metabolism related to cancer development and response to therapies.
Wai Law achieved two significant goals over the Labor Day weekend — he ran 200 miles in just under 55 hours and raised more than $20,000 in the process.
The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Suffolk County was found at a single gas station in the week ending Aug. 24, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com.
There was one company in a city associated with Suffolk County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county in August, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).