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Only in NewsdayBronx 'Bananas': LI's Moscatiello excited to play at Stadium

"It's everything I thought it would be and more," Moscatiello told Newsday. "It's the coolest place to play. It's like playing pick-up wiffle ball."

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NY is about to make it easier for landscapers to switch to quieter, electric gear

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Town urged to end ICE shooting range deal

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SPCA offers $2G reward to find driver 'deliberately striking' geese in Suffolk

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Only in Newsday1st Music Con coming to LI village

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Black migrant workers who toiled in LI's potato fields inspire a contemporary opera

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Only in NewsdayPlanes zooming overhead? Not a problem for these LI homebuyers.

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Crime

Search on for man last seen in waters off Smith Point County Park

Police officers were searching for the man by boat and helicopter.

Second man sentenced for Long Island carjackings

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1 dead in Huntington Station shooting

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Nassau gang crackdown leads to 35 arrests

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91 luxury apartments opening, with golf simulator, podcast studio

The new development is among several to capitalize on the Town of Brookhaven's creation of an overlay district to spur housing.

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Comfort food spot closes after 27 years

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East Hampton considers barring police from cooperating with ICE

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2 Suffolk men face child porn charges, state police say

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Need new wheels? Suffolk police to auction 85 impounded vehicles.

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LI town expands tax exemption

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Only in NewsdayFederal judge rebukes ICE's arrest tactics in 2 LI cases

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First in NewsdayAfter 45 years, King Kullen to close Nassau supermarket

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First in NewsdaySuffolk school district names new superintendent

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Trove of rare books worth $3M recovered after theft from LI estate decades ago

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Two LI water districts tap into grants, bonding for upgrades

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First in NewsdayCity keeps discounted golf course fees

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Kayaker rescued after distress call in Great Peconic Bay

New Long Island restaurants to try

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'Lost' Holocaust memorial sculpture moved to LI museum

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Another tiny house hits market in Selden, this time for $379,000

Rally against making section of Kings Point Park a parking lot

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First in NewsdayTown OKs Verizon FIOS deal

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Only in NewsdayHomeless on Long Island: A life of motels and shelters

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They got a free prom dress — and were offered a spare — at this SCPD event

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LI Episcopal Diocese elects its new bishop

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Photos: LIers turn out for Record Store Day 2026

LI police fired after internal investigation

LI police were fired after videos showed them kicking a handcuffed man and lying about a crash, newly obtained records reveal. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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