Joe Werkmeister
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Reporter at Newsday covering the South Fork. Previously editor of The Suffolk Times, Riverhead News-Review. St. Bonaventure alum.
Patchogue, NY
Joined April 2012
Newly unveiled stats show 1,600+ people were arrested by ICE on Long Island this year. The agency says they all have criminal records
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The arrests, according to ICE, include those sought by law enforcement agencies outside of the U.S.
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GENERAL FEATURE – 999 WORDS OR FEWER, DIV 3 Stellar short feature writing on topics such as A&E, lifestyles or news. 🥇 1st Place: @ODeffes 🥈 2nd Place: Scott Bunker, @kauainownews 🥉 3rd Place: @joewerk 🏅 Honorable Mention: @rrchin
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A total of 140 employees in Long Island’s towns and cities made more than $200,000 in 2023, a 43% increase over the past five years, a Newsday analysis found.
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Voters head to the polls across Long Island this morning. @Newsday will be reporting election updates all day. Follow along here #ElectionDay
https://t.co/UA0JqePEtA
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NEWS | Wojnarowski, ’91, Retires From ESPN To Accept GM Role With #Bonnies Basketball Program 🔗 >> https://t.co/E1IkTF1QZE
#Bonnies || #Unfurl
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Very excited to share this story! An amazing family I got to meet.
Sadie McGill and her mom both have three fingers on each hand. Their arms have no forearm or elbow. While Sadie has range of movement in both arms and hands, her mother is mostly limited to using her right hand. From ordinary tasks such as getting dressed each morning to more
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With Gosman's Ice Co. listed for sale, locals involved in commercial fishing fear they could lose their lone source of ice, a situation they described as approaching a crisis point.
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Meanwhile on that slender riotous island ... https://t.co/HRk81Unhic
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Motorists have barreled onto the Hedges Inn property, sometimes with a direct hit to the structure, eight times in the last decade.
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View from parking lot out to Rider Avenue and Smith Street in the distance.
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High tide has hit in Patchogue. The area is mostly quiet as the village has blocked off the road at Leo Street. Residents say flooding is not as bad as earlier in the week, but they’re concerned it got this bad with a seemingly minimal overnight storm.
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The sidewalk on Smith Street here had been accessible as of about half-hour ago.
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Good news: the sun is peeking through clouds. The bad news: high tide is pushing water up South Ocean Avenue once again. Vehicles are avoiding the area now.
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Water starting to flood onto South Ocean Avenue in front of Lombardi’s on the Bay. Winds have picked up and waves are crashing onto the dock. High tide expected just after noon.
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This angle is Patchogue Street and Roosevelt Avenue intersection.
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This is Roosevelt Avenue in Patchogue at about 8:40 a.m. Some SUVs have driven through the flooding, but otherwise the street is quiet this morning.
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