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'A long time coming': LI church, built in 1906, gains landmark protections
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Newsday Investigates: Why football participation down big on LI ... Nor'easter cleanup continues, thousands still powerless, rain tapering off ... Dolphins return to LI Sound
'Brain for hire': The SAT cheating scandal that rocked LI
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Hearing to focus on public safety elements of Nassau's $4.6B budget proposal
Local mom opens new women's boutique with help from her daughters
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Quiet Riot fans 'going nuts' for new singer from LI, band says
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Police: Swimmer reported missing called authorities to say he was safe
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Fire damages vehicles at scrapyard, county bus next door
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Photos: Nor'easter brings heavy rain, flooding and strong winds
Bullish! From Massapequa to the Red Bulls, Dylan Nealis' confidence always on display
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Powerful weekend storm blasts LI with wind, rain
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Nor'easter update: High winds, prolonged rain and possibly major coastal flooding
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Suffolk, Nassau postpone all high school sports for Saturday because of weather
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Town denies Muslim boarding school plan over zoning issue
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Former school custodian pleads guilty to filming sexual abuse of a child
The Lindenhurst man is expected to serve 17 years in prison, authorities said.
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Couple missing since 2025 had accumulated assets of $12M
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Suffolk pumps brakes on Saturday's popular vehicle auction because of nor'easter
LI woman charged with DWI in crash that critically injured 39-year-old man
Newsday Investigates: Why football participation down big on LI ... Nor'easter cleanup continues, thousands still powerless, rain tapering off ... Dolphins return to LI Sound
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Mamdani and Trump continue their friendship. Why experts say this undercuts Blakeman.
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'Easier to get a career': More young LIers see trade programs as a path to success
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Fall Fun Book: Festivals, farms and 20+ more ways to celebrate the season
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LI registered sex offender caught with 'numerous' child porn on his phone, police say
Riverhead pitches $120.9M budget that stays under tax cap
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LI nursing home to pay $5.5M in wrongful death lawsuit
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Some notices of Suffolk's red light camera refunds go to the wrong address
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Judge sent message about 'brazen' public corruption by giving Mangano 10 years
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What will happen to Cinema Arts Centre? Members want to know.
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Man charged in killing of woman whose body was found in a suitcase rejects plea offer
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Library board has 60 days to amend charter after violating law, state says
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As nor'easter looms, LIRR aims to prevent service disruptions
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Appeals court dismisses LI district's bid to claim ownership of student athletic field
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LI man who fled to Florida charged in 2023 NYC nightclub shooting
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Demolition begins on building at former Kings Park Psychiatric Center
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New poll shows 77% of Long Islanders want crackdown on illicit spas
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Harbor Country Day School completes $8.5M renovation
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LIers compete to see who has the best momos
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They're men and they knit. A Northport meetup brings them together.
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Schaffer looks to unite Suffolk Democrats after competitive reelection bid
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No boarding permitted at planned Muslim school
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'A sad fall from grace': Judge resentences former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano to 10 years in prison for corruption
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Assistant clerk in Hempstead plans to sue school district over vote-fraud allegation
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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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