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LI village eases path for housing, hotel rooms near casino
For years, proposals to build on the vacant, mostly wooded property have fallen through.
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Steps LI families can take now to cut college costs
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Takeaways from the governor debate ... Pope recovering after cancer surgery ... 'Forever chemicals' in LI surface water ... Trendy Bites: Apple Bay pizza
Dennis Oehler, a star Paralympian, dies at 66
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The FCC could cut millions of dollars in subsidies to LI schools
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Brookhaven to hike taxes by 1.7%, while budgeting $30M from landfill
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Overnight AirTrain service to JFK subject to suspensions
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LI woman kept billing Medicaid after she was fired from her job as an aide
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Police seek help finding scouts' stolen trailer
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Parent of pickleball chain The Picklr, which has 1 LI location, files for bankruptcy protection
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State funds boost Freeport's flood mitigation efforts
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Babylon moves closer to Copiague plaza expansion
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Man arrested after officers find crystal meth, other narcotics
This PAC once heavily financed Blakeman's campaign runs. It's barely given to his gubernatorial bid.
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LI man dies in motorcycle crash
LI man gets 21 years in prison for 5-year crime spree, including fatal DWI crash
During most of his crimes, the defendant wore a GPS ankle monitor, given to him by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a 2020 arrest for immigration violations.
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Mayor: 'No plans' to remove Tisch as NYPD commissioner
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NY officials failing to hand over immigrants charged with crimes, DHS says
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders NYPD to review use-of-force policies, announces reforms
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Takeaways from the governor debate ... Pope recovering after cancer surgery ... 'Forever chemicals' in LI surface water ... Trendy Bites: Apple Bay pizza
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LI employers stole nearly $4M from their workers last year. Nearly 40% came from home healthcare.
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The secret to eating at LI's best restaurants for more than 50% off
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'Work until you drop ... is not a plan': Here's what you need to retire on LI
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LI public high school football rankings through Week 5
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LI theater closer to opening with funding boost
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Nassau girls tennis finals postponed to Saturday
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Walk focuses on cancer awareness among South Asians on LI
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Will Huntington ban gas-powered leaf blowers?
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Nassau tax preparer convicted of filing bogus returns, faces 50 years in prison
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Suffolk's top 20 water users pumped 1 billion gallons from aquifer last year
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WWII vet, concentration camp survivor received hundreds of thank you cards
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Passenger shot boarding train at LIRR station; shooter takes off
Planned battery plant in Suffolk sparks questions about safety
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Broadway Mall plan seeks town OK for less parking, late-night hours
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Is Oheka Castle worth $137 million? Why it's 'very difficult to price.'
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'Snapple House' that belonged to company co-founder going to auction next month
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Police seek suspects after shot fired at Suffolk park
Nassau plans to use nearly $44M from reserves to balance 2027 budget
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7-year-old was left home alone for a day 6 months before she died, filings reveal
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GOP nominee for Nassau Legislature was arrested twice for assault, records show
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Hampton Jitney building a solar microgrid with an eye on future EV fleet
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Man dies after falling from roof of LI home
Gillen target of upcoming TV ad campaign by House Republicans
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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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