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By Long Island News & PR September 24, 2015
Special Olympics New York and the Town of Brookhaven invite you to join the hundreds of others who will be “Freezin’ for a Reason” on Saturday, November 21, 2015 for the 6th Annual Town of ...
By Long Island News & PR September 24, 2015
Governor Cuomo highlighted a number of security enhancements taking place to support Pope Francis’ visit to New York, coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
By Long Island News & PR September 23, 2015
National Amusements Inc. today announced that Island 16: Cinema de Lux in Holtsville, NY now features Showcase XPlus, the company’s latest cinematic enhancement.
By Long Island News & PR September 23, 2015
Bus service will replace trains between Port Washington and Great Neck this coming weekend from 12:04 a.m. Saturday, September 26 until 3:15 a.m. on Monday, September 28 as work resumes on the construction of the ...
By Long Island News & PR September 23, 2015
In its ninth year, Canstruction® Long Island, Inc. is proud to announce its 2015 design/build competition will take place October 29, 2015 to help fight hunger on Long Island.
By Long Island News & PR September 23, 2015
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and County Legislator Steve Rhoads today announced a Bellmore Streetscape Project as a part of Nassau County’s “Operation Restore Our Roadways.”
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
Pairing service dogs with military veterans suffering from PTSD has proven to help the healing process.
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today released a calendar of events for the Nassau County Aquatic Center, located in Eisenhower Park for the months of September and October.
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
Today, school librarian Kristina Holzweiss of Bay Shore Middle School in Bay Shore, NY was named as the 2015 recipient of the School Library Journal (SLJ) School Librarian of the Year Award.
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
Governor Cuomo announced that the New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended the addition of 27 properties, resources and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
The Long Island Rail Road wants customers to know that a number of changes to little-used ticketing procedures that have faded in popularity are taking effect at the beginning of October.
By Long Island News & PR September 22, 2015
Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash during which a sanitation worker was struck and killed by a garbage truck in Melville this morning.
By Long Island News & PR September 21, 2015
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today announced that the Lynbrook Fire Department has been awarded $164,660 in federal grant funding to provide training and purchase new personal ...
By Long Island News & PR September 21, 2015
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that he had reached settlement agreements with a disbarred attorney, an attorney, and a mortgage broker, who along with others allegedly operated a mortgage foreclosure rescue scam on ...
By Long Island News & PR September 21, 2015
United States Senator Charles E. Schumer, today, announced a major effort to help secure much-needed federal infrastructure funding for the massive Ronkonkoma Hub Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project.
By Andrew Cohen September 20, 2015
On September 27, 2015 there will be a total eclipse of the Blood Moon and will be the closet supermoon we will see this year.
By Long Island News & PR September 20, 2015
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $95,585 in federal Department of Justice (DOJ) funding for Suffolk County Police through the FY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program.
By Long Island News & PR September 20, 2015
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, today, announced that the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has heeded his call, agreeing to investigate future limousine accidents as they occur on a case-by-case basis—something the NTSB has ...
By Long Island News & PR September 19, 2015
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that 21 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus.
By Long Island News & PR September 18, 2015
Governor Cuomo announced $3.6 million in grants are available to businesses in New York’s fishing industry affected by the impacts of Superstorm Sandy.
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