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New York Post
18-06-2025
- New York Post
Cops accused of squatting in uber-exclusive Long Island getaway after breaking in with crowbars: ‘Not seen in 200 years'
This ritzy island has a cop squatter problem. The peace on bucolic Fishers Island – an uber-exclusive getaway far off Long Island only reachable by boat – has been shattered by a platoon of police officers who broke into a home with crowbars and forcefully kicked out ferry workers living there, a shocking new lawsuit claims. The $2 million suit filed by Fishers Island Ferry District officials argues the snooty town and Southold police have been trespassing at 357 Whistler Ave. for half a year – and brazenly broke property laws prohibiting wrongful evictions. Advertisement The 'actions have not been seen in this country, if at all, in at least 200 years,' the lawsuit argued. 3 Cops on ritzy Fishers Island are accused of squatting in a home. Google Earth The tempest on the isolated isle began soon after Southold cops took over the island's policing duties in November. Advertisement But the island's deteriorating police barracks – which were vacated by state police in 2023 – evidently weren't up to snuff, so town officials offered the Ferry District's home a few houses over as a temporary place for the cops to set up shop, according to the lawsuit. Instead, Southold town board members voted on Dec. 17 to revoke the Ferry District's control of the property, without referring to any law permitting the action, the lawsuit contends. The Ferry District didn't approve of the idea, given they had renovated and got it permitted for staff housing, the lawsuit states. District board members rejected the planned seizure in a vote of their on Dec. 30, but on New Year's Day the cops still forced their way inside, the suit claims. Advertisement 'In the face of the Ferry District's refusal… the Town Board directed the police department to engage in self-help by breaking into and occupying the property,' the complaint states. 3 Southold Town Police Department cops are now occupying the Fishers Island home. Facebook/Southold Town Police Department 3 Southold took over policing duties on Fishers Island in November. Facebook/Southold Town Police Department The lawsuit claims the police department forcibly kicked out the Ferry District's staff and cops have been living there illegally for more than five months, threatening to arrest anyone who tries to remove them. Advertisement The district is now working to obtain a court order to remove the allegedly squatting cops from the property, declaring the 'occupation' as unconstitutional, and seeking $2 million in damages. Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski declined to comment, but said the town remains committed to renovating the abandoned police barracks. Both sides are due in court for a pre-motion conference on June 25 before Suffolk Supreme Court Justice Joseph Farneti.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Town's regeneration projects face further delays
Several multimillion-pound regeneration projects in Long Eaton have been delayed by several months. Erewash Borough Council was given £25m of government funding to rejuvenate the town more than five years ago. However, all but one of the projects are still in their pre-construction phases. Funding for all of the schemes in the Town Deal must be spent by March 2026 or it faces being pulled back by central government. They must be completed in full by March 2027. A meeting of the Long Eaton Town Board heard that construction of the listed building next to Long Eaton Town Hall has been extended by four months because of defective designs, with completion now set for August rather than April. The Stable Block building is set to become a modern working hub with new office and workshop space. The Britannia Mills Bridge, which will form part of an improved pedestrian and cycling network, now faces a six-month delay and will begin in September this year, with completion set for March 2026. Starting works at Broad Street Bridge, connecting West Park with the town centre over Erewash Canal, also faces delays. Work was originally mooted to begin in January but has been delayed again from July to August while further cost benefit analysis is completed but with no knock-on delay to completion expected. The project to revitalise Long Eaton's high street has faced "unexpected queries" from Derbyshire Highway Authority, according to the council, resulting in delays. Completion of works, estimated to cost about £10m, will not happen until July 2026, instead of June. This date however has been bought forward than the original October 2026 estimate for completion. Work will begin in September this year. Meanwhile the former Galaxy Row cinema, where demolition work began in May, has also faced another round of delays. It will begin its development stage in September this year, a month after the time it was originally mooted to be finished. The latest slowdown will see the project, which will see the site turned into shops and flats, now expected to be completed in December 2026 instead of October. A project to improve lighting in West Park to encourage walking and cycling was completed last year. The leader of Erewash Conservatives Wayne Major said the delays were "a real concern". "While it's positive that there's now some leeway from government on deadlines, that flexibility should be used to get projects over the line, not to drift further behind. "Keeping to budget and timeline is essential if we're going to make the most of this funding." A spokesperson for Erewash Borough Council said: "The Town Deal continues to be a massive project for the borough council. Like almost all the other such schemes across the country we have had challenges to overcome along the way. "The conditions set by the Towns Fund is for all projects to be in contract by the end of March 2026 – with projects completed by the end of March 2027. We are well on track to achieve this." Follow BBC Derby on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Demolition begins at town's historic cinema Plans for £10m town centre revamp unveiled Erewash Borough Council
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Long Eaton regeneration projects face further delays
Several multimillion-pound regeneration projects in Long Eaton have been delayed by several Borough Council was given £25m of government funding to rejuvenate the town more than five years all but one of the projects are still in their pre-construction for all of the schemes in the Town Deal must be spent by March 2026 or it faces being pulled back by central government. They must be completed in full by March 2027. A meeting of the Long Eaton Town Board heard that construction of the listed building next to Long Eaton Town Hall has been extended by four months because of defective designs, with completion now set for August rather than Stable Block building is set to become a modern working hub with new office and workshop space. The Britannia Mills Bridge, which will form part of an improved pedestrian and cycling network, now faces a six-month delay and will begin in September this year, with completion set for March 2026. Starting works at Broad Street Bridge, connecting West Park with the town centre over Erewash Canal, also faces delays. Work was originally mooted to begin in January but has been delayed again from July to August while further cost benefit analysis is completed but with no knock-on delay to completion expected. The project to revitalise Long Eaton's high street has faced "unexpected queries" from Derbyshire Highway Authority, according to the council, resulting in of works, estimated to cost about £10m, will not happen until July 2026, instead of June. This date however has been bought forward than the original October 2026 estimate for will begin in September this year. Meanwhile the former Galaxy Row cinema, where demolition work began in May, has also faced another round of will begin its development stage in September this year, a month after the time it was originally mooted to be latest slowdown will see the project, which will see the site turned into shops and flats, now expected to be completed in December 2026 instead of October.A project to improve lighting in West Park to encourage walking and cycling was completed last year. 'Challenges to overcome' The leader of Erewash Conservatives Wayne Major said the delays were "a real concern"."While it's positive that there's now some leeway from government on deadlines, that flexibility should be used to get projects over the line, not to drift further behind."Keeping to budget and timeline is essential if we're going to make the most of this funding." A spokesperson for Erewash Borough Council said: "The Town Deal continues to be a massive project for the borough council. Like almost all the other such schemes across the country we have had challenges to overcome along the way."The conditions set by the Towns Fund is for all projects to be in contract by the end of March 2026 – with projects completed by the end of March 2027. We are well on track to achieve this."
NBC Sports
20-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Joey Logano takes back critical comments of how Christopher Bell raced him in All-Star Race
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A day after finishing second in the All-Star Race and being critical of how Christopher Bell raced him for the win, Joey Logano told NBC Sports that how Bell drove him 'wasn't as bad as I thought it was.' Bell and Logano dueled much of the final 20 laps Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Logano blocked Bell and tried to take his lane away while Bell worked to get by. Bell made a second attempt and eventually moved Logano up the track and took the lead with 10 laps to go. Bell went on to win his first All-Star Race. After the race, Logano expressed his displeasure with Bell's move. 'I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option,' Logano told FS1. 'Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn't get back to him.' Dustin Long, Monday, before a ceremony by the mayor of Mooresville and Town Board honoring the teams of Logano and Ryan Blaney for winning the last three Cup titles, Logano admitted he had a different take on how Bell raced him in those final laps. 'When I went back and re-watched it, I was like, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was,' Logano told NBC Sports. 'If he did that (move Logano up the track) the first time he got to me, I'd be like, 'Dude, why would you do that?' 'But he made solid attempts to pass me. I ran him all up and down the racetrack. So I opened the door. Like at that point, I opened the door (to more aggressive racing). I had to do that to try to maintain the lead. 'But it also to me, it was like, OK, well, if you're willing to do that, you should be able to move that person up the racetrack. Then I should have been able to get back at him. 'I set the tone that we're going to race like assholes. It's OK that he did that to me. But in the moment you're just pissed, right? You're just like, 'He ran me up the track.' Then when I watched it, I was like, 'Nah, it's probably warranted.' 'So, I shouldn't have said that (after the race). You're mad. It is what it is. He knocked me up and then moved me up. Would I have done the same? Probably. Especially after someone ran me all over the racetrack like I did, I probably would have done the same. 'I'm a really bad loser. I'm a sore loser. I can't help it. It is who I am, but I think that's also what makes us winners.'
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lake Norman estate owners rile neighbors with proposed waterfront event venue
Lake Norman neighbors are protesting a Cornelius family's plan to add an event facility to their two-mansion waterfront property. Sunset Cove would host weddings and small corporate gatherings and feature a 6,000-square-foot permanent event center between the mansions, Cornelius senior planner Aaron Turk told the Cornelius Board of Commissioners on April 21. 'We'll cater to a higher-end clientele,' Mike Griffin, whose family members live in the mansions, told the board, according to a recording of the meeting posted by the town on social media. 'No 'Animal House'-type events.' 'Plus, we're the closest neighbors,' brother Larry Griffin Jr. said, meaning his family wouldn't tolerate a rowdy venue. The homes overlook the lake on 8.6 acres at 18311 and 18323 Nantz Road. Larry Griffin Jr. and his wife, Virginia, own one of the homes. His father, Larry Griffin Sr., and mother, Sheree, own the other mansion, Mecklenburg County public tax records show. On April 21, Cornelius commissioners heard a zoning change request for the properties from Mike Griffin and Larry Griffin Jr. The request includes 103 parking spaces. The Town Board also heard from five neighbors concerned about the proposal in their residential community, but commissioners didn't vote on the zoning request. First, the Cornelius Planning Board must make a recommendation at a meeting to be announced. The Board of Commissioners, which has final say, will then vote on the request at another of its regular meetings, also still to be scheduled. The proposed events venue 'really is just to preserve this land for generations of our families,' Mike Griffin said. 'It's our homestead preservation plan.' Nantz Road dead-ends at the lake. The road is off West Catawba Avenue, which leads from Interstate 77 Cornelius-Lake Norman exit 28. The Griffin properties border the forested southern end of county-owned Ramsey Creek Park and lie across a cove from the peninsula that includes the park's public swimming beach. A mansion owned and torn down by NBA great Michael Jordan, presumably to build a bigger home, also is across the cove from the Griffin mansions. 'We've had people spin around on our lawn,' Nantz Road resident Ken Miller said, referring to beach goers. 'The police have done a helluva job keeping things straight, but they can't keep up with it.' Neighbors worry the events venue would mean more congestion and wrecks and lower property values. Mike Griffin said the idea sprung from a family wedding on the properties. As the family becomes empty nesters and downsizes, 'we realized it's a wonderful place to share on a limited use with others that could have the same opportunity,' Mike Griffin said. Sunset Cove would host about 12 events a year and smaller corporate events, according to the family's zoning change request. 'It's a really unique property in that the sound buffering from the 43-acre park that's heavily forested is just a perfect site for this,' Mike Griffin told the commissioners. The venue would be similar to the one at Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte, which the Griffins own and manage, Mike Griffin said. The families would still live on the properties, he said. The family agreed with Cornelius planners to allow no more than 250 people and 125 cars at an event, according to Cornelius Planning Board documents. Built in 2008, Larry and Virginia Griffin's two-story, 9,362-square-foot home at 18311 Nantz Road has a 2025 assessed value of $4.1 million, according to county tax records. The home has six bedrooms, six bathrooms, stucco and hardcoat exterior walls, a $40,000 terrace, a $3,700 covered pier, $8,800 boat slip, $31,400 pool and $8,000 spa-tub, its tax listing shows. Built in 2001, Larry Sr. and Sheree Griffin's home at 18323 Nantz Road is valued at $4.3 million. The two-story, 9,619-square-foot home has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a $19,100 pool, $15,800 deck and $10,200 spa-tub, tax records show. The home also has stucco-hardcoat exterior walls. The family's Charlotte-based Griffin Brothers Cos. started in 1961 when Larry Griffin Sr. opened the first Griffin Brothers Tire Sales store, according to the company website. The company later expanded into commercial and residential real estate development. Griffin Bros. developed such properties as the Harris-Teeter-anchored Waterside Crossing mixed-use community at N.C. 16 and N.C. 73 in eastern Lincoln County near Lake Norman and Mosaic Village in Charlotte, which includes housing for students at Johnson C. Smith University. Griffin Bros. also acquired and developed landfills in the Carolinas.
