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800 new parking spots approved for Jake's 58 casino
The parking lot will be built on 8½ acres of vacant land just west of the casino.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICCasino, village near deal to add almost 800 parking spaces
New book club starts with finance and jumps to race, history and how we talk about money
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Fire department volunteer removed after Facebook comment ... Lindenhurst hit-and-run victim identified ... Jake's 58 to get bigger parking lot ... Working Moms: Navigating loss
Newlyweds who died in Athens gas explosion remembered as 'sweet, kind, loving, giving people'
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Developer seeks 20-year tax break for Hilton boutique hotel
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LI man named in lawsuit as president of Cornell fraternity at time of alleged gang rape
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Nassau Dems demand GOP stop mailers accusing them of antisemitism, anti-Americanism
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Shots fired in nearby parking lot causes lockout at LI schools
Police chief discusses Gilgo Beach probe, TWA Flight 800 disaster, MS-13 murders in new book
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Volunteer firefighter removed after Facebook comment about ICE
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Bruce Blakeman campaign filing shows thousands of duplicate contributions
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House fires displace residents, dogs killed
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Brentwood man charged in fatal hit-and-run in Lindenhurst
Coldest air of the season will send LI temps into the 40s tonight
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LI woman sentenced in $2M Home Depot theft ring
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Judge considers legality of ex-soldier's prediction market bet on Nicolas Maduro's ouster
The former special forces soldier helped plan the military operation that invaded Venezuela and arrested the president.
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Record lows for NYC killings, shootings so far this year
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Ex-PTA official sentenced for stealing $14G from organization
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Florida woman charged with stealing from Nassau nonprofit
Fire department volunteer removed after Facebook comment ... Lindenhurst hit-and-run victim identified ... Jake's 58 to get bigger parking lot ... Working Moms: Navigating loss
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7 best things we ate on Long Island last month
Here are our critics' favorite dishes from the past few weeks.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICLI's Top 50 best restaurants of 2026
Family of LI woman allegedly struck by SUV in Farmingville Fire Dept. lot sues agency, claims cover-up
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Measles spike spurs Hochul to declare state disaster emergency
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21 LI schools named Schools of Excellence
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North Hempstead files $143M budget, keeps tax levy flat
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Town wants to regulate EV chargers
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Italian eatery closes in Suffolk
LI man drowns in backyard pool
Driver killed in wrong-way crash with another car
North Shore Towers sees 2 Legionnaires' cases
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Hempstead Town to sell property to balance '27 budget
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State agency OKs water quality certificate, advancing Propel project
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Shinnecock Indian Nation chairperson to temporarily step down
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Shuttered auto garage prompts debate: Tear it down or preserve century-old building
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At least 2 developers seek to build in Ronkonkoma Hub
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Storied LI high school football coach dies at 99
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LI boy, 10, 'lived to be happy.' Now the block will be named in his memory.
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Indian communities unite, pass along traditions at LI Diwali festival
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Woman killed in Suffolk crash
'Bring Dylan back': Hundreds gather in support of fired Cinema Arts Centre co-director
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Critics rally against 'NAZA' film screening at Hamptons film festival
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100 firefighters respond to LI house fire, 2 injured
'You are a member of society here': Dozens rally in support of immigrants in Glen Cove
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As rabies spreads in LI raccoons, workers respond with vaccine bait
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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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