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From Commack: Police: Motorcyclist Seriously Injured by Drug-Impaired Driver

A motorcyclist was seriously injured on the eastbound side of the Long Island Expressway in Commack Monday when she was rear-ended by a drug-impaired driver, Suffolk County police said.

According to police, the crash occurred at 12:10 a.m. when D.A. Magalhaes-Lemos, 22, of Farmingville, who was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi sports utlity vehicle, rear-ended motorcyclist Jinah Kim, 37, of Blue Point. Police said she was ejected from her bike and suffered critical injuries.

From Northport: Northport School District Outlines LIPA Tax Battle

About 200 residents crowded the Northport-East Northport School Board meeting last week at the William J. Brosnan School to hear the latest on the Long Island Power Authority’s litigation challenging its tax assessment on the Northport power plant.


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