Amityville, NY

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• Tipping dispute leads to arrest, injuries

  nightclub Sunday morning, striking another woman in the arm, Nassau police said.Police charged Kashmire Dawson, 24, of 427 Albany Avenue with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon after the 3:53 a.m. incident Sunday.Her 26-year-old victim was treated 2:05 PM Read more »

• Cops: Amityville driver who hit house was drunk

  Amityville man was drunk when he drove his car off the road in Hempstead and into a fencepost, sending it flying into the head of a woman who was in her yard smoking a cigarette, Nassau police said Sunday.Lorenzo Kelly, 42, of 98 Monroe St., then drove his 1:35 PM Read more »

• Nurse, minister Benetia Tekosky-Johnson dies

  earlier marriage to Willie A. Greene Jr. ended in divorce. Services will be Saturday at Bethel AME Church, 20 Simmons St., Copiague, at 7 p.m., preceded by a wake from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial is Monday at Amityville Cemetery, 55 Harrison Ave., at 10 a.m.   Read more »

• LI people on the move, April 25, 2013

  Yolanda Hall-Miller has joined the executive board of the Long Island Men's Center , an Amityville -based organization that helps men access health and human services, education, and social, cultural and economic resources. The Bay Shore resident is a social   Read more »

• Bill would keep homeless kids near their schools

  in shelters closest to their original school district, under legislation introduced Monday by Legis. DuWayne Gregory (D- Amityville ).Gregory, chairman of the legislature's Human Services committee, introduced the measure at a committee hearing, saying his   Read more »