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Action alert: Don’t let News12 throw away community comments

Posted on February 7, 2010 by kwilder

See a sample letter and News12 contact info at the bottom of this post. News clips below. News 12 created a community format to broadcast a recent “State of the County” message by Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. According to Newsday, an aid at Steve Levy’s office gave a call to News12 and shut that […]

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Police taser a rowdy fan before Jet game

Posted on January 25, 2010 by kwilder

Thank goodness that this taser victim did not die – like many have. Tasers are probably not necessary for rowdy football fans. Amnesty International statement against taser abuse: here. A taser abuse statement from PeaceSmiths, a Long Island peace and justice group: here. Green Party of Suffolk asks for moratorium on use of tasers in […]

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Stop the Huntington Station Tent City evictions!

Posted on January 19, 2010 by kwilder

Background story and more photos: here. Long Island Food Not Bombs (LIFNB) led a call-in campaign today – Tuesday, January 19th – to stop further evictions and destruction at the Huntington Station Tent City. Since business hours are over, please consider e-mailing tonight and/or calling tomorrow morning. In addition, they are suggesting calls to Suffolk […]

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Body found on Plum Island (Long Island, NY)

Posted on January 15, 2010 by kwilder

from Washington Post/AP Story Body found on NY’s Plum Island, disease lab site The Associated Press Friday, January 15, 2010; 3:55 AM PLUM ISLAND, N.Y. — A human body has washed ashore on suburban New York’s tiny Plum Island, where the U.S. government has an aging lab for studying dangerous animal diseases… The Suffolk County […]

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Steve Levy announces exploratory commitee for Governor

Posted on January 3, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Daily Politics blog at The NY Daily News: Levy for Gov? By Elizabeth Benjamin …Three days into the 2010 cycle, Suffolk County [Executive] Steve Levy has announced that he is creating an exploratory committee for a potential run for governor this fall, setting up the possibility of a three-way Democratic primary for the […]

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Top 10 Posts of 2009: Wilderside New Year’s Countdown

Posted on December 31, 2009 by iwilder

Our Top Ten Posts of 2009 (in reverse order for drama…) 10. Long Island Concerts Winter/Spring 2009 Though we lean heavily towards politics, we do also consider ourselves to be an arts and culture website.  As with politics, we like to cover music that the corporate media ignores.  Our number ten top post this year […]

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A local news update: big fire north of Sunrise Highway in Suffolk

Posted on December 31, 2009 by kwilder

It is Thursday, Dec. 31st at 4:05pm Ian reports from the road, that north of Sunrise Highway, and just west of Sagtikos, you can see from the road a huge fire. It looks like it may be a building or set of buildings in West Islip, but he is not positive. It does not seem […]

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NYCLU Sues Suffolk County for Records Regarding Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage Ad

Posted on December 29, 2009 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today sued Suffolk County for records regarding advertisements placed on county buses, in conjunction with a controversy over the rejection of a local LGBT rights group’s attempt to place a bus advertisement expressing support for same-sex marriage.  [Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is a Defendant in the suit.] […]

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Some snow reports from Long Island and North Babylon

Posted on December 20, 2009 by kwilder

Nemo 2013: A few photos from Long Island during the Nemo snowstorm are at our Flickr: here. __________ Update: Friday February 26, 2010 at 12:35PM.  You found our old post from an old snow.  But yes, it’s snowing again on LI.  Still snowing.  Pretty cold too.  The car doors have frozen up. We’re tired of […]

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Jon Cooper: Democrats try to lure him away from Gillibrand Challenge

Posted on December 10, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) City Hall news blog Democrats Try To Lure Cooper Into State Senate Race Over Gillibrand Challenge Suffolk county legislator seen as top prospect against Carl Marcellino By Sal Gentile Suffolk county legislator Jon Cooper has been mulling whether to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand in a Democratic primary next year, with an announcement set for […]

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Green Party calls for moratorium on Tasers in Suffolk

Posted on November 23, 2009 by kwilder

“The Green Party of Suffolk is outraged to discover that Suffolk County has been using Tasers against its residents,” said its chair Roger Snyder. “It is inconceivable that Suffolk has continued to use Tasers after residents have died after being tasered.” Snyder outlined the Green Party’s plan to protect the lives of Suffolk residents: “In […]

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(11/16/2009) Tonight: Leonid Meteor Shower

Posted on November 16, 2009 by kwilder

Update April 2010: Video of flash of light (said to be meteor) that appeared in Midwest Sky on the night of April 14, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR2uNajroOM&feature=player_embedded#! November 2009: Yes, you are supposed to be able to see the Leonid Meteor Shower from Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning […]

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Suffolk County: Coram man dead after being tasered by police

Posted on November 15, 2009 by kwilder

I don’t think that the activist community in Suffolk County realized our police had tasers. People should try to stop the use of this weapon. It has a history of abuse and suffering. Police think it is non-lethal, so they overuse it, which creates consequences like the death of a man in Coram. There are […]

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Sad news: Keith Romaine

Posted on November 14, 2009 by kwilder

KW: Recently re-elected Brookhaven Councilperson Keith Romaine died this morning. It is sad on a variety of levels…he was young;  he had just worked hard in a campaign; and his dad is Ed Romaine, a Republican lawmaker who has been very cordial and listening to local greens. Information about Keith Romaine’s funeral is: here. Story: […]

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