Board to discuss landfill debt, carbon monoxide monitors
The Riverhead Town Board will discuss a proposal to create a separate line on the tax bill for landfill debt at its work session Thursday. The town pays about $4 million in landfill debt per year, and...
View ArticleCarbon monoxide from space heater sickens Aquebogue farm workers
Three farm workers were taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center after they experienced headaches and grogginess from carbon monoxide emitted by a space heater at Wells Farm in Aquebogue Tuesday, fire...
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Commercial businesses now required to have carbon monoxide detectors
A change in state code means that businesses and restaurants are now required to install carbon monoxide detectors by the end of June. The change to the state’s fire prevention and building code was...
View ArticleTurn ahead the clock, then check smoke, carbon monoxide detectors
With daylight saving time beginning on Sunday, people are getting ready to change their clocks and spring forward an hour. Fire officials advise to also use this time to check smoke and carbon monoxide...
View ArticlePolice: Carbon monoxide poisoning may have caused death of Flanders man
A 30-year-old construction worker from Flanders is dead after suffering apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a site in Fort Salonga Tuesday, according to Suffolk County police. Officials said Victor...
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