Taylor Vecsey
The Archive
Tot dies in gramps' pool
A 3-year-old Long Island boy yesterday wandered out of his grandparents' house unnoticed, got past a gate whose lock was broken and drowned in the family's backyard pool, police said....
Afghan blast kills LI soldier
A Long Island soldier was killed in a truck bombing in Afghanistan, only the second time an East Ender has died in combat since 9/11. Army Lt. Joseph Theinert, 24,...
2 hurt in LI plane crash
A student pilot and a flight instructor were left badly burned yesterday after they crashed into an unoccupied office building while practicing take-offs and landings at Long Island's MacArthur Airport....
LI soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Long Island soldier was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend, becoming only the second East Ender to die in combat since 9/11. Joseph Theinert, 24, a lieutenant in the...
Valdez captain spills on far-worse fiasco
The man held responsible for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil-tanker crash -- which had long been dubbed the nation's worst environmental disaster -- feels no relief that the gushing BP...
LI teen planned '08 'Columbine' attack, too
One of the Long Island teens busted last week in a twisted Columbine-style plot to shoot up their high school was arrested in a similar scheme two years ago. Christopher...
'DWI hubby' headache
A West Babylon, LI, man suffered a fractured skull early yesterday when he tried to stop his wife from driving drunk by jumping on the hood of their pickup truck...
LI man cracks skull stopping wife from driving drunk
A Long Island man suffered a cracked skull near his home early today after trying to stop his boozed-up wife from driving drunk by jumping on the hood of the...
Educator dog-abuse bust
A Brooklyn school administrator was arrested on charges he starved, abused and abandoned a French bulldog in his filthy Long Island apartment bathroom, authorities said yesterday. Frank Hopson, 59, was...
Brooklyn school official arrested on animal cruelty charge
A Brooklyn school administrator was arrested on charges he starved, abused and abandoned a French Bulldog in his filthy Long Island apartment bathroom, authorities said today. Frank Hopson, 59, was...
The real value of mansions now
From the sign of the times file: Since September, at least 11 tony Hamptons homes — including ones owned by Wall Street titans and a wealthy British politician — have...
'Gangsta' yap saves woman
It's a case of life imitating "Lassie." A family says its quick-thinking pooch saved a Long Island woman's life by alerting the household after she suffered a violent seizure in...
Savage beagles terrorize East End
Charlie Brown, watch your back -- a plague of vicious wild beagles has struck Long Island! These floppy-eared terrors are no lovable Snoopys -- they're abandoned hunting dogs that live...
Gal saved in LIE inferno
An anonymous good Samaritan saved Marie Stephanie Medina's life yesterday amid this deadly fireball on the Long Island Expressway. Medina's Dodge Neon stalled between exits 48 and 49 when a...
One dead in fiery LIE gas tanker explosion
A guardian angel in the guise of a passing motorist saved Marie Stephanie Medina’s life today, yanking her from a howling highway gasoline inferno on the Long Island Expressway. Medina,...
Derek Jeter, Minka Kelly set to become Mr. and Mrs. 'November'
Women of New York, start weeping. After months of speculation that the Yankees' hunk and his sexy steady Minka Kelly are headed to the altar, The Post has learned that...
DWI bust ends 'crime spree'
A drunken-driving bust New Year's Day closed three other cases on Long Island, officials said. James P. Carroll, 20, of Massapequa was allegedly drunk in a 2005 Mercury at about...
Plunge into LI cesspool
A retiree visiting his son on Long Island for Thanksgiving got a smelly -- and nearly deadly -- surprise yesterday when a section of lawn gave way, dropping him neck-deep...
LI cruelty bust for backyard dog hell
Police arrested a Long Island woman for animal cruelty yesterday after finding five malnourished dogs and one carcass in the back yard. Sharon McDonough was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty...
12-y.o. bound in LI home invasion
A 12-year-old boy who was alone in his Long Island home was forced into a bathroom by a trio of push-in robbers, who duct-taped his face and tied him up...