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Phishing scam offering fake site plan approval targeting East End
The phishing emails impersonate planning and land use staff and request funds to finish applications.
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Planting Fields is ready for its four-season garden
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Maggiano's to close its only LI restaurant, laying off 57 workers
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Backlash to LIRR ticket policy drives down rider satisfaction
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Blakeman says $1M Mineola condos could keep wealth in Nassau
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2 homes burn, 1 set by lightning; 3 boats catch fire
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Renovations planned to make 2 LIRR stations fully accessible
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Meet the 15-year-old Long Island swimmer chasing an Olympic future
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Blakeman claims that Democrats will try to 'steal' gubernatorial race
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Leftover storms, showers fall on LI Wednesday
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Largest new apartment complex on LI since 2019 opens in Nassau
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Suffolk expanding tests of toxic plume near East Hampton battery plant
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NIFA says Nassau officials dodged requests for meetings about audit of assessment system
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Lottery opens for 80 affordable apartments with rents starting at $863 per month
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Suffolk Supreme Court cooling tower tests positive for bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease
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Co-founder of Queens Defenders sentenced for embezzlement scheme
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LI college student indicted on child abuse, porn charges
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'An act of courage': NYPD Det. Didarul Islam remembered 1 year after his death
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LI teacher charged with killing sister-in-law practiced chokehold on stuffed animal before attack, prosecutors say
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said Joseph Horner, a music teacher, had been fixated on his sister-in-law, Victoria Castle.
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Masked people bang on Gilgo Beach killer's door, prompting police response
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Street takeovers creating dangerous conditions for drivers, spectators and law enforcement: police
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MTA faces $300M deficit, pointing to unexpected labor, health costs
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Village forgives church it had cited for Christmas tree fundraiser
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First loss for Port Washington in 12U state tournament; St. James/Smithtown eliminated
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Photos: Little League baseball featuring Port Washington and St. James/Smithtown
East End town probes vandalized license plate reader cameras
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LIRR makes afternoon Montauk-bound train from Manhattan permanent
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St. Anthony's Anthony Diieso wins National Football Foundation QB Challenge
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Historic biplane, built locally more than 100 years ago, to be restored by LI aviation museum
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Bike, walking paths to link Great River LIRR to parks
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Huntington African American Museum plans inch forward
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Jogger struck and killed in Hamptons was a rising real estate associate in Manhattan
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New lawsuit filed in 2023 Farmingdale High School bus crash that killed two
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Off-peak LIRR ridership hits record while on-time performance dips
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Federal judge again approves $9M settlement in case of 8-year-old Thomas Valva's death
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Nassau approves Blue Envelope Program, serving as de-escalation tool for police
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Unsettled weather expected this week on LI
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Toddler's fatal pool drowning is second on LI in a week
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LIE westbound lane reopened after flooding in Jericho
LIRR train strikes, kills pedestrian
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Queens man charged with kidnapping 19-year-old and holding her in LI motel
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Driver unhurt, describes 'blessing' after tractor-trailer flips on exit ramp of LIE
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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The Sandbox brings food trucks to Oyster Bay
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Out East: Main & Mill House
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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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Trendy Bites: Rainbow cookie meets donut
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