Best Of 2024: Patch Looks Back At Some Of Biggest Nassau Stories

NASSAU COUNTY, NY — As we usher in a new year, this is a good chance to look back at 2024. These are among the biggest Nassau stories Patch covered last year.

In June, workers at Stop & Shop supermarkets across Long Island voted to authorize a strike.

Long Island had a handful of listeria cases in August

Also in August, a murder-suicide rocked a Syosset community as five family members were killed.

Last month, a state trooper shot=""> on the Southern State Parkway was suspended amid an investigation into the circumstances.

In North Hills, a dog was shot and killed after attacking its owner in July. The dog was off leash when the owner fired once at the dog, police said.

In March, thousands lined the streets of Massapequa for the funeral of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller, shot in the line of duty in Queens.

We also remembered a veteran Long Island radio personality when Maria Garcia died suddenly in July. She was 52.