Part of Railroad Street Renamed to Honor Slain Paramedic

The Huntington Town Board voted Wednesday to rename a part of Railroad Street in honor of  a paramedic who was killed last fall. Alison Russo-Elling, an EMS lieutenant with the Fire Department of New York and a longtime volunteer with the Huntington Community First Aid Read More …

2022: Crime Comes Home to Huntington for Some

Crime, an omnipresent topic of concern for many, came home directly and violently for some Huntington residents this year. For others, crime turned up in their driveways. This fall, two particularly violent crimes occuring less than a week apart and outside Huntington claimed the lives Read More …

Colleagues Bid Farewell to Slain EMS Officer

 The FDNY EMS lieutenant who was murdered last week in Queens was remembered by friends and family Wednesday at a packed service at the Tilles Center in Brookville. “He killed her and tore a hole in our hearts and of all her colleagues,”  Frank Read More …

Heavy Traffic, Road Closings Expected for EMS Lieutenant’s Funeral

The funeral procession for Lt. Alison Russo will travel across Huntington Wednesday morning en route to her service at the Tilles Center in Brookville. Russo, who served with the Fire Department of New York EMS,was stabbed to death last week in Queens as she stopped Read More …

Services Scheduled for EMS Officer

Funeral services have been scheduled for Lt. Alison Russo, the EMS officer who was killed Thursday in Queens. The Fire Department of New York said that wakes are planned for Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to  9 p.m. at Commack Abbey, Read More …

Updated: EMS Lieutenant From Huntington Stabbed to Death in Queens

Update 11:07 p.m. An EMS lieutenant from Huntington was stabbed to death Thursday afternoon in Queens, New York City officials said. Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, a 24-year-veteran of the FDNY, was working at EMS Station 49 in Queens near 20th Avenue and Steinway Street when she Read More …

Services Scheduled for Michael J. Lyons, Retired FDNY Captain

Funeral services are scheduled Monday for retired FDNY Capt. Michael J. Lyons, who died March 29 of a Sept.11-related cancer. He was 53. Born in Brooklyn, he spent most of his childhood years in Ireland after his family moved there when he was 8 years Read More …