He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Barbara Avery; his mother, Florence Avery of Atlantic City; and a stepson, Kevin Waters. Our prayers go out to the friends and family of Mr. Avery. The cause of death was complications from open-heart surgery, said his manager, Toni Benson. Avery had surgery on November 11 and died on Tuesday 12/31/2013 evening at a hospital in Glendale, California, according to Benson.

Update: Also, as expected, the LIE reopened to traffic in Nassau and Suffolk counties at 8 a.m. Around the time people where getting dug out of the snow The Long Island Expressway will be closed to all traffic in Nassau …

495 Closed Friday January 3rd in Early Morning Read more »

And the stage is set for 2014 to be just as epic. After all, 2014 gives us a Winter Olympics and a World Cup. But before we turn the page to 2014, let’s look back on the year that was. In true Joe Brackets tradition, with this final post of the calendar year, it’s time to take a look at the best games of the year. (And just as we did 12 games for 2012, this year’s list features a lucky number 13.)

Photo Credit hdwallpapersinn Happy New Year 2014 from everyone here at AskHoffa and our families. Together we can all be part of the dream! We can all take this 2014 and our theory is ” There is enough of the …

Happy New Year 2014 Read more »

SPCA: Animal shelter worker dumped dog in dumpster December 28, 2013 BY (AskHoffa) An Islip Town animal shelter employee will be arraigned Saturday on animal cruelty charges for leaving a live dog in a gas station Dumpster, the Suffolk County …

Animal shelter worker dumped dog in dumpster in Long Island Read more »

Some creative product marketing by drug dealers and drug packaging criminal masterminds led to the Massachusetts State Police on Friday confiscateding 1,250 bags of heroin during a traffic stop. Many of the bags were labeled, “well look at the picture …

Heroin bust in Hatfield, Mass had catchy product names like “Kurt Cobain” Read more »

Cutchogue winery and vineyard has lost its liquor license this week. December 19, 2013 Long Island, NY With Notes by DAVID S. The state has revoked the liquor license for Vineyard 48, a popular North Fork winery that neighbors and …

State has revoked the liquor license for Vineyard 48 Read more »

A blonde woman was summoned to appear in court as a key witness in a lawsuit. The prosecutor opened his questioning with, “Where were you the night of August 24th?” “Objection!” said the defense attorney. “Irrelevant!” “Oh, that’s okay,” said …

Blond Goes to Court Joke Read more »

Suffolk County Police have issued a Silver Alert for an 82-year-old Coram man who went missing Tuesday morning. Police say Earlston Burrows, who recently had lung surgery, was last seen leaving his home on Ridge Road in his car at …

Silver Alert issued for a Long Island Coram Man Read more »