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Will James

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Past articles by Will:

Southampton may raise County Road 39 speed limit to 45 mph

Efforts to alleviate Hamptons-bound traffic could involve raising the speed limit from 35 to 45 mph on the busiest thoroughfare through the South Fork, Southampton → Read More

Hamptons’ booming real estate market boosts property values

Property values in Southampton Town have swelled more than $3 billion since last year, town officials said. → Read More

KKK pamphlets scattered on Patchogue street, officials say

Ku Klux Klan pamphlets appeared in Patchogue, a village rocked by a deadly hate crime eight years ago and divided more recently over a visit → Read More

LI couple facing eviction receives over $6G in donations

Donors have given thousands of dollars to help an elderly Calverton couple stay in their mobile home after a serious car accident in March.Since Sunday, → Read More

Lakewood mobile home residents fight couple’s eviction

Residents of a Calverton mobile home park said they are trying to save an elderly couple from eviction as park managers seek rent from the → Read More

Coast Guard: 2 jump in water to escape boat fire

Two people jumped off a boat that was engulfed in flames at a Copiague dock Saturday morning, a Coast Guard official said.The 26-foot vessel caught → Read More

New Hyde Park Subway robbery not part of string, cops say

Nassau police on Saturday said the robbery of a Subway restaurant in New Hyde Park Friday night was not linked to a string of holdups → Read More

Suffolk cops: Homeless man faces charges in bank robberies

A 30-year-old homeless man faces arraignment Saturday on charges he robbed two Long Island banks in April — and Riverhead Town police said they plan → Read More

North Amityville house hit by car; driver flees, cops say

Police are searching for a driver who crashed a car into a North Amityville house, then fled the scene early Saturday morning.Suffolk County police said → Read More

East Northport driver flown to hospital after car crash

An East Northport man was flown to a hospital Friday night after suffering serious injuries in a car crash in the hamlet, police said.Michael Preston, → Read More

Southampton Town Police Chief Robert Pearce to retire in July

Southampton Town Police Chief Robert Pearce will retire in July but remain in his post through the end of September, the town supervisor said Friday.Pearce, → Read More

Shinnecock Nation wants Supreme Court to review land claim

The Shinnecock Indian Nation has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its 11-year case to reclaim thousands of acres of Hamptons property that → Read More

Bellmore robbery investigation nets gun, marijuana charges, cops say

Nassau County police said they found “a large quantity of marijuana” and an illegal handgun in a Bellmore home where they were investigating a robbery → Read More

Long Island weather: Easter weekend brings temps in 50s

Easter weekend is likely to be a bit cloudy on Long Island before rain arrives Sunday night, a meteorologist said. Saturday’s weather is expected to → Read More

Merrick Subway robbed at knifepoint by masked man, cops say

A masked man brandishing a kitchen knife robbed a Subway shop in Merrick on Friday night, police said.Nassau County police said the man demanded that → Read More

Long Island volunteer firefighters want expanded medical coverage

Tom McDonough learned in 2013 that his three decades rushing into fires may have endangered his life in a way he never expected.The Port Washington → Read More

Columbus Day name change debated for Southampton schools

A call to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day in Southampton schools set off an emotional debate Tuesday night among dozens of American Indians → Read More

Common Core opponents take cause to Roosevelt Field mall

Opponents of New York State’s standardized tests took their message to shoppers at Roosevelt Field mall Saturday morning in a bid to broaden their base → Read More

Dogs, cats rescued from Puerto Rico land in Westhampton Beach

Forty dogs plucked from the streets of Puerto Rico were greeted with a blast of frigid air and the first blankets some had ever touched → Read More

Collapsed crane being removed from site of fatal accident in lower Manhattan

Workers have begun trucking the pieces off-site for forensic examination. → Read More