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Longtime Nassau history teacher dies at 83
The Levittown resident taught history for more than 30 years at North Shore High School in Glen Head.
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Suffolk strikes agreement to temporarily close 2 battery storage plants
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Feed Me Top 50 restaurants: How our team makes the list Newsday's food team talks about the 2026 Feed Me Top 50 restaurants list.
Dominick Critelli, a 105-year-old WWII vet, performs national anthem on his sax at UBS Arena
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Who will bid on Oheka Castle? The intrigue is building.
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Long Island to pay greater portion of SNAP food benefits
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Chip City closes remaining cookie shops, including 5 on Long Island
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Unoccupied building in Nassau partially collapses
Nassau townhouse fire sends resident, cop to hospital
Teen suffers smoke inhalation after fire breaks out at LI home
Huntington's 2027 budget would hike taxes 18%
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Police: Remains found in Nassau park may be missing woman's
Fire breaks out at Hamptons house that had been target of home invasion
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'Residual backups' on eastbound LIE near Exit 34 in Nassau after morning's truck fire
Two Kings Park residents and their dogs exposed to rabid raccoons
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Why Hochul appointed AG James to lead Cornell rape investigation
Gov. Kathy Hochul said doubts over the thoroughness of an investigation into a former student's allegation that she was gang-raped at a frat house led her to open an independent probe.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICKetamine under scrutiny amid Cornell fraternity allegations
'Abundant information' available, judge tells defense for Eric Adams' ex-chief of staff
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2 plead guilty in building permit bribery scheme
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Missing Long Island couple were traveling to Syracuse when they vanished, court filing says
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Feed Me Top 50 restaurants: How our team makes the list Newsday's food team talks about the 2026 Feed Me Top 50 restaurants list.
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Dozens of missing LI children found during 3-day rescue operation, officials say
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Hochul has $18M cash on hand; Blakeman, $178,000, campaign filings show
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You may be owed part of $1.2B in unclaimed funds. This is not a scam.
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Jericho schools occupational therapist dies at 72
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LI man, 85, killed after striking tree following likely medical episode
As LI hospitals buy up old department stores, taxpayers shoulder heavier burden
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LI boy, 10, 'lived to be happy.' Now the block will be named in his memory.
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Town's $4M revitalization project begins
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Babylon loosens restrictions for some disabled vets to get a tax break
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Glen Cove back on state's fiscal stress list
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LI woman sentenced to 12 years for sex trafficking 14-year-old girl missing for 25 days
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Mascot ban challenge can move forward, appeals court rules
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Para athlete and disability advocate from LI dies at 61
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Suffolk's plans for Italian American museum taking shape
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Why this Diwali festival is returning to Long Island
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2 from LI charged in multimillion-dollar drug operation
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How Rich Schaffer won another term as Suffolk Democratic chair
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Could pickleball be a competitive HS sport? This LI school thinks it could happen.
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Shuttered auto garage prompts debate: tear it down or preserve century-old building
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'Absolutely crazy': Towns and villages scramble to clear nor'easter debris
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MTA, Suffolk complete deal for rail yard at Lawrence Aviation site
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LI September rain record: 8.75 inches fell in Islip
LI man shot and killed in Suffolk park
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1 girl, 23 arrested in 2 states: Inside LI's hidden world of drugs, sex trafficking
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32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.
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Nearly 6,000 LI households could face homelessness if Trump cuts Section 8 funding
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Out East: All the buzz at the Hallockville Museum Farm
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That time a 'monster' washed ashore in Montauk
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The Sandbox brings food trucks to Oyster Bay
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LI hockey dad beats cancer
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Turtle-sniffing dogs searching LI woods to help protect a species
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Out East: Home on the free range at Browder's Birds
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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Where's the beef? Ken visits a butcher shop
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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Making ice cream at Coyle's in Islip
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