Massapequa

Another School Bus Driver Charged With DWI (Sigh)

For the third time this month, a New York school bus driver is accused of driving a bus drunk.The latest allegedly tipsy driver is 47-year-old James Sommer, of Massapequa. At the time of his alleged DWI, Sommer was transporting 29 seventh graders on a field trip to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ... More >>

Long Island Man Stabs Former Flame 13 Times, Self Four Times. Everybody Lives.

Here's a love story with a (somewhat) happy ending: A Long Island man is recovering from multiple stab wounds after he stabbed himself four times yesterday afternoon. But that was only after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend 13 times.But here's what's makes the story less tragic than it probably could ha ... More >>

Jones Beach Drowning Hoaxster Raymond Roth Still Evading Police, Threatening Family

The Long Island man accused of faking his own death to collect on an insurance payout -- and get away from his wife (who now thinks he's trying to kill her) -- by pretending to get lost at sea off the coast of Jones Beach last weekend still hasn't spoken with police, authorities said Saturday.Police ... More >>

Raymond Roth, "Missing" Jones Beach Swimmer, Faked Death To Get Away From Wife

Of all the ways to get away from your bride, faking your own death by supposedly drowning off the coast of Long Island is certainly amongst the most epic -- and it's exactly what a Massapequa man did over the weekend, according to his wife, anyway.As we reported yesterday, Raymond Roth's son reporte ... More >>

Six Things To Know About One Direction, The Quintet Taking Over The Metropolitan Area For The Next Few Days

Beginning tonight and spooling out over the weekend, a pack of five British youths will blitz the tri-state area with performances and signings and, eventually, a Rockefeller Center-stuffing appearance on NBC's Today. The five young men make up the vocal group One Direction—a five-member boyba ... More >>

The Six Worst Types Of Theatergoers

David Shankbone/Wikipedia​If there was a Tony category for most annoying patrons, the nominees would be... (6) The ones who ruffle through their Playbills during a quiet moment, suddenly determined to find an actor's name or see how many songs are left. These people would probably tapdance ... More >>

Long Island Serial Killer Connection: Cocaine?

​This week's issue of New York magazine has the most in-depth feature yet about the serial killer search spooking locals this year, with body after body being found near Long Islando's Gilgo and Jones beaches. Though remains from 10 bodies have been discovered in the area, the case for a seria ... More >>

Michael Musto Is Taking a Vacation Week

​And do you know why it's so urgently important that Musto do so? Because he's gone so batty he's talking about himself in the third person. So, he--I mean I--will spend the week in either Maine or Massapequa (depending on which invitation comes first), where I'll get some much needed rest, ... More >>

Clip Job: A Yankee Stadium Concert, And a New Face at the Voice

Original caption: "The Author"​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 16, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 35 Pop Eye: Soundblast '66 By Richard Goldstein Federico Fellini came to the Bronx last Friday night -- in spirit anyway -- when an assemblage of rock 'n' roll musicians took ... More >>

We Are All Mary Jo Buttafuoco!

Rob Roth Here's a candid shot of me reading Mary Jo Buttafuoco's new book, Getting It Through My Thick Skull, which I devoured like sour candy! I even adored the subtitle, "Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need To Know."

Old Forms, Fresh Outlooks

Innovation reigns, from 36-CD retrospectives to the Hüsker Dü of free jazz

Hellish Commute Part II: The MTA's Evening Update

The Eastern Bloc

Yaeger Travels to the Hamptons. Rides Jitney. Eats Muffin.

From His Big House to the Big House

Chop-shop king built his dream mansion. Then an interior decorator took him down.

What's a Muff?

Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

Hey, Yoox: Bloody High-Fashion Ghosts

Target Practice

Mizrahi goes high and low, plus a brief encounter with the evil Wal-Mart

Daily Andy

Warhol as soap star in Steven Watson's fresh factory history

California Dreaming

Letters

Driven To Not Drink

Three Cheers For The Red, White And Blue Cheese

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Road Kill

Now They tell Us

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Into a hostile environment

Gore to the core

Give until it hurts

Pop goes the Island

The young man and the sea

F is also for fright

The Darkies

The Gothic Revival

Clash of the Titans

Mr. Blass and Mr. Beene

Sharks and Jets

Legitimate Business

High fashion replaces lowlifes on Mulberry Street