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By Wendy L May 17, 2013
The city of Long Beach has been trying to find a balance in serving surfers and swimmers with a summer beach schedule. The original proposal faced opposition, now a new plan is up for consideration.
By Eric Anderson May 17, 2013
Supervisor Tom Croci will return to the Navy in July.
By Vickie Moller May 16, 2013
On Jan. 11, 2011, Erich A. Tasiello fled the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 44-year-old bicyclist while driving his 2000 Kia on Merritt Road in North Massapequa.
By Vickie Moller May 16, 2013
Memorial Day is both a time of new beginnings and a time of remembrance.
By Wendy L May 16, 2013
Police pulled over and arrested a LI man driving with a license that's been suspended 50 times; An arrest has been made for the hit-and-run incident that took place on Sunday in Flanders. The incident ...
By Joe Randazzo May 15, 2013
David Rover and Thomas Mocerca are charged with abusively taking photographs of elderly in nursing homes.
By Lyndsay McCabe May 14, 2013
Assemblyman Charles Lavine has submitted a letter to the NYS Commissioner of Education to investigate Glen Cove School District, which has been plagued by allegations of test-coaching and grade-changing, and whose superintendent abruptly resigned on ...
By Vickie Moller May 14, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his plan Monday for the embattled Long Island Power Authority to turn its day-to-day operations over to Public Service Electric & Gas Co. of New Jersey.
By Joe Randazzo May 14, 2013
Workshops for Sandy relief are being held in Lowes and Home Depot from May 16 to the 21.
By Katarina Barone May 14, 2013
Stian Stiansen, 85, drowns after boat capsized off the shore of Shinnecock Inlet early Sunday.
By Lyndsay McCabe May 13, 2013
Since noise guns and dogs have not worked to rid North Hempstead of Canada geese, the town is moving to have the local geese population euthanized and the birds' meat sent to local pantries.
By Wendy L May 13, 2013
Getting to Jones Beach this Memorial Day and throughout the summer is made that much easier. Find out how!
By Lyndsay McCabe May 12, 2013
The Southold Town Board has proposed zoning Plum Island into a research district and a conservation district to prevent development after the animal-disease laboratory is shut down.
By Lyndsay McCabe May 12, 2013
The moratorium on applications and permits for wind turbines in Huntington has been extended until December while the board decides on regulation of key aspects of wind turbines, including the permissible size, height, and noise ...
By Joe Randazzo May 11, 2013
A zip line is being brought to Downtown Riverhead.
By Wendy L May 10, 2013
Long Island's first Dairy Queen restaurant location is opening in June and it's hiring! Expect more than ice cream products at this location.
By Lyndsay McCabe May 09, 2013
Suffolk County officials have decided to rename the Vanderbilt Planetarium after IGA magnate Charles Reichert and his wife, Helen Reichert, who donated $850,000 to preserve and expand the planetarium's programs.
By Vickie Moller May 09, 2013
An out-of-court settlement was reached Tuesday in two wrongful death lawsuits filed against the Town of Smithtown in 2008 when two Centereach men died after driving off a town-owned ramp into the Nissequogue River.
By Vickie Moller May 09, 2013
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Tuesday in a news release that $475.25 million in relief funding is being made available for 234 rebuilding projects along the Eastern Seaboard following Superstorm Sandy.
By Joe Randazzo May 09, 2013
Former Major League pitcher Carlos Zambrano joins Dontrelle Willis in the rotation.
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