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4 new sweet spots to try this summer
Summer and sweets just go together.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICHere's the scoop: LI's best homemade ice cream
LIPA rethinking ways to power LI's electric grid in the future
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Replay: Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced Rex Heuermann has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in his admitted killing of eight women between 1993 and 2010. NewsdayTV has live team coverage from the sentencing.
Remembering when Wetson's ruled LI fast food
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Islip extends pact for ICE at town shooting range
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Suffolk lawmakers passed new e-bike laws this year. Now some want to tweak them.
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Why did so many East End, Fire Island summer rentals book up so fast this year?
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Cash for LI campaigns increasingly comes from outside NYS
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NYS has new license plate design for country's 250th
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All 5 school budgets approved in revote
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Caught between exams and a Knicks parade
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Man tried to steal car with 2 kids inside
Long Island office owners borrow $280 million to refinance properties
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2 charged in deadly house fight that included sledgehammer, dumbbells, TV as weapons
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Body discovered in North Woodmere Park
Long Beach's Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez honored by Yankees at Stadium
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'It's been 17 years since we last spoke,' Gilgo Beach victim's sister tells serial killer, who once taunted her
Amanda Funderburg was just 15 years old when Melissa Barthelemy disappeared in July 2009, and authorities said Rex Heuermann used Barthelemy's cellphone to make taunting phone calls to his victim's little sister after the grisly murder.
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Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will be sentenced today
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Relatives of LI serial killer seek to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit by victim's son
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Replay: Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced Rex Heuermann has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in his admitted killing of eight women between 1993 and 2010. NewsdayTV has live team coverage from the sentencing.
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Exclusive: Inside the new grandstand at Belmont Park
Suites, restaurants and more of a 'front-to-back' experience at the track as construction continues before Sept. 18 opening.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICPhotos: Exclusive look inside Belmont Park's new grandstand
A younger set of LI women is getting into this classic card game
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Meet Long Island's Class of 2026 salutatorians
'Long Island in the '70s' exhibit opens with far out memorabilia
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Compromise to end split over pride flags, vet tributes in Northport
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Suozzi tops LI House candidates with $5.5M in bank
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More than 90 Nassau retirees 'double-dipped' on Medicare Part B to cover dependents, audit finds
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$19 hot dogs, $15.95 Lemon Wedges and more U.S. Open food and drink prices
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Walmart seeks to transform Suffolk store into a supercenter
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Serious accident causing 'significant delays' around U.S. Open in Shinnecock Tuesday evening
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Pizza Hut, with 36 Long Island locations, to be sold for $2.7B
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Islip OKs 18% pay hikes for two elected officials
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Photos: Exclusive look inside Belmont Park's new grandstand
Drivers, golf fans get glimpse of predicted traffic at U.S. Open
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An LI town is still issuing school bus camera tickets it once called 'troubling'
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Pre-Revolutionary War house finally set for restoration
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Huntington officials OK battery storage moratorium
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Puerto Rican, Dominican communities on LI celebrate their native sons' key roles in Knicks championship
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Ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says affordability fixes will determine if he makes White House run at LIA luncheon
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Brentwood man, 80, struck and killed by SUV
New Long Island restaurants to try
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Overtime for Nassau, Suffolk workers surges to $74M above budget
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What to expect at the Jones Beach air show over Fourth of July weekend
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Engineer from LI who rescued carjacked grandmother, grandchild, dies at 70
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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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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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Out East: A visit to the Cooperage Inn
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Out East: Oddities and curiosities you'll want to see on your road trip
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LI drivers spend $3,700 per year due to congested, unsafe roads
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Trendy Bites: Rainbow cookie meets donut
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