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Suffolk cops responded to a Deer Park middle school after officials discovered a student brought a BB gun to school.

Superintendent: Student has been disciplined.

A family out for a walk in Nesconset discovered a group of ducklings in a storm drain after they heard the cries for help.

Group of ducklings rescued in Suffolk

Video shows a small plane making an emergency landing on Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai as the sun was setting Wednesday.

Emergency landing caught on camera

Sunrise Liquor Store in Bay Shore sold a Cash4Life ticket worth a guaranteed $7 million.

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Any changes the town board could make would require a public hearing before a vote on new code.

How big can a house be? East Hampton mulls new size limits

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Long Island residents will go to the polls on May 21 to vote on school budgets, board members and propositions for the 2024-25 school year. Search here by school district or candidate to see everything on the ballot in your district.

School Voters Guide: 2024 budgets, propositions, candidates

Campus police have now returned all 17 phones taken during pro-Palestinian protests May 1, in which 29 people were arrested. 

School returns phone seized from arrested student protest leader, bars her from graduation

Overall, school taxes would increase 2.56%, and six districts are seeking to override state cap limits on property taxes.

Your guide to 2024 school elections: $16B in spending, 370 board candidates on LI ballots Tuesday

Experts say a key factor in the decline is the lack of affordable housing options.

LI population declines, with tiny gains in some East End towns, census figures show

The festivities surrounding Haitian Heritage Month have taken on special significance given the gang violence that has left Haiti wracked with famine and displacement.

'Rich and beautiful': LIers celebrate Haitian heritage amid chaos in Caribbean nation

"In this kind of decreasing rate environment ... buyers should make sure they have a pretty robust float down policy," one Long Island expert urged.

Mortgage rates inch downward for second straight week

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An old rotary phone was unveiled at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip on Sunday for grieving people to "call" their loved ones "on the wind." NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

'I just said I love you. I miss you.'

New York State Police say one person was injured in a two-car crash in the eastbound lanes on the Southern State Parkway near North Amityville Friday.

Traffic nightmare on SSP

The Bay Shore school district spent over $600,000 after it was accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations against since-retired third-grade teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

$600,000 in legal bills, 45 sexual abuse lawsuits

The fire was between Exits 55 and 56 on the eastbound right shoulder, according to Suffolk police. At one point, three of the four eastbound lanes were closed through the morning commute near Hauppauge.

Hot potatoes: Truck fire causes potato spill on LIE

A fire erupted at the Winters Brothers recycling and waste transfer station in West Babylon on Monday.

Firefighters battle flames at recycling plant

The fire dod not appear to be a criminal act, officials said.

Car catches fire at Smithtown police precinct

Southold police chased a suspect Monday during a 45-minute pursuit along the North Fork, from Riverhead to Greenport, until the driver sped off a 100-foot cliff and landed in Long Island Sound.

45-minute pursuit with police 

A visit to hidden migrant encampments in the Hamptons. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson reports.

Hamptons' unseen neighbors

Hidden communities on the East End have become a place of refuge for some migrants. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson reports on the challenges they face on Long Island.

'It's not so easy to find people'

Haircuts and important blood pressure screenings in Dix Hills. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

Blood pressure screenings and haircuts in Dix Hills

Tom Cutinella, a Shoreham-Wading River football player who died after a traumatic brain injury in 2014, was honored by St. Charles Hospital on Friday for donating his organs.

HS football player who donated organs honored by St. Charles Hospital

Suffolk County SPCA detectives seized 49 animals from a 79-year-old Ronkonkoma woman's home. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Town: House is now uninhabitable

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