
Chantee Lans
Reporter at WABC-TV (New York, NY)
Edward R. Murrow Award Winning Journalist | Long Island Reporter for @ABC7NY | Believer🌹Adventurer
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abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans
ISLAND PARK (WABC) -- Top officials across Nassau County are coming together in opposition to lithium-ion battery storage facilities on Long Island. The main concern is unpredictable and uncontrollable fires that firefighters in the county are just not trained to deal with. The rally was held by County Executive Bruce Blakeman to oppose placing a lithium-ion battery warehouse on Long Island.
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abc7.com | Chantee Lans
ByChanteé LansTuesday, April 15, 2025 12:54PMBAY SHORE, Long Island -- A woman from Long Island is celebrating her 100th birthday, but even more impressive than that milestone... she can do things that many 20-year-olds can't manage. A typical aerobics fitness class is anything but typical for Geraldine "Jerry" Leo. "April 11th is my 100th birthday," she said. It's not just her high tempo, pristine hearing and hand-eye and foot coordination.
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abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans
NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's a new street drug that is proving to be deadly and Eyewitness News got an inside look at the lab where agents are making it a top priority. "The leading cause of death among Americans 18 to 45 is drug overdoses and poisonings," said Frank Tarentino, NY DEA Special Agent in Charge. Tarentino says fentanyl continues to be the most common deadly substance. He says less than a pinch, an example Eyewitness News saw in a vial, just 2 milligrams, could take a life.
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kktv.com | Chantee Lans
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (WABC) - A New York woman is celebrating a milestone in a remarkable way. As she turned 100 years old, Geraldine “Jerry” Leo marked the occasion with an accomplishment some people who are much younger cannot do. Leo’s 100th birthday was April 11. It wasn’t just her high tempo, pristine hearing, or hand, eye and foot coordination that stands out during a fitness class at the Great South Bay YMCA in Bayshore on Long Island.
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fox19.com | Chantee Lans
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (WABC) - A New York woman is celebrating a milestone in a remarkable way. As she turned 100 years old, Geraldine “Jerry” Leo marked the occasion with an accomplishment some people who are much younger cannot do. Leo’s 100th birthday was April 11. It wasn’t just her high tempo, pristine hearing, or hand, eye and foot coordination that stands out during a fitness class at the Great South Bay YMCA in Bayshore on Long Island.
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