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 detectors. READ
Tag: carbon monoxide
A change in state code means that businesses and restaurants are now required to install carbon monoxide detectors by the end of June. READ
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 officials and a farm co-owner said.
The workers were in barn that was being heated by a kerosene space heater when they began feeling ill, said farm co-owner Eric Wells. (more…)
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 that’s also the amount the town would have to cut to avoid a tax increase next year, officials say. (more…)