Week in Review: Dec. 25-Jan. 1

The holiday week was filled with news stories that many of you might have missed.

So we're running our weekly review today to catch you up. This regular feature will return to its usual Sunday morning slot next week.

Here were the top stories:

1. On New Year's Day was found at by another man who was strolling the desolate waterfront. As of late Monday, police had not identified the victim or the cause of death.

2. On the same day we wrote a column , an alert LIRR crew New Year's Eve by freeing her leg from the gap between a train and the Hicksville station platform. The girl is OK.

3. A saved the lives of a Syosset family in the home of a former chief of the

4. A at South Oyster Bay and Old Country Roads Dec. 30, the same day and badly hurt on Woodbury Road.

5. A 23-year-old Plainview woman,, already facing charges of staging a burglary while employed as a pet sitter, now faces new grand larceny charges after police say she stole jewelry and cash from her client's home while babysitting.

6. Over the weekend, we announced our choices of the "in Plainview, and their stories resonate with the common theme of service and dedication to our community. All week, we ran the of the year in our features. Each has a poll; you can take them by clicking the headlines beside this story.