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Massapequa Week in Review: Feb. 18-24

A look at the top stories in Massapequa this week.

It was one of the more tragic weeks we've encountered in recent memory in the Massapequa area.  The victim was identified in a mysterious death, while a Massapequa Park man lost his life in a fire.  There was a weapons arrest and concerns about LIPA's future.

Here's a look back.

The mystery around a body found in front of a home on Ocean Avenue in Massapequa deepened as the victim was identified as Irene Luetje, a North Massapequa woman who went missing in January.

Tere was another tragedy Wednesday, as an early morning fire keft a Massapequa Park man dead. Neighbors said bystanders tried to get the man to jump from the second floor of the burning home, but lost contact with him.

Four people were arrested early Tuesday after cops said they found a gun, burglar tools and ski masks in a suspicous vehicle on Sunrise Highway.

As LIPA officials try to find ways to improve their response following major storms like Sandy, Massapequa Park Mayor James Altadonna asked the utility's Chief financial officer some pointed questions about their upcoming agreement with PSE&G.

While there was way too much bad news this pat week, Massapequans were able to cheer the Chiefs Girls Basketball team, that advanced in the Class AA playoffs.

Mary February 26, 2013 at 02:39 am
Where was she for the month she was missing.

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LT June 16, 2013 at 09:52 am
when you say elite do you mean the hard working people who have money? it's a matter of labels. youRead More call them elite..they call themselves hard workers. yes, some inherit money. but most of us work for it.
Michael Taustine June 16, 2013 at 09:01 pm
No, it has nothing to do with how hard you work. It's just that the elite one percenters are treatedRead More differently when they run afoul of the laws in this country. No one has been jailed for the corporate malfeasance that resulted in the financial crash of '08, in spite of the rules that were ignored or broken. Too big to fail is the order of the day. Meanwhile, petty frauds committed by poor and middle class are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Two Americas. The rule of law, unevenly applied, whether by race, or class, or economic station will result in the unraveling of society. We may well be seeing the beginnings of that now, as we've entered a new gilded age, where new robber barons are allowed to run roughshod over the lower classes. The very ideals of America are at stake, and we are letting them slide away.
Jack coyote June 12, 2013 at 03:24 pm
Will the new Massapequa station platform be covered end-to-end as it is now? If it will only beRead More partially covered, like Seaford station, there are going to be a lot of cold, wet, unhappy commuters.
Patrick O'Hara June 12, 2013 at 04:14 pm
Mr. Coyote, The design plans only call for a canopy over certain parts of the station platform, likeRead More almost all of the other stations along the branch. The canopies will be primarily over the staircases, elevator, waiting room, and one other small section on the middle section of the platform between the elevator and east escalator.
mj June 12, 2013 at 01:43 pm
Also blocks along Alhambra Road including Granada and Sutton. It rained the other day and was up toRead More the front lawn on one house that is still being renovated from Sandy!!!! Horrible if those owners saw this.