Richard Rosenberg "had a wonderful dry wit, and he was a terrifically nuanced headline writer," said a co-worker at the newspaper.

About two years after the Capri Motor Inn — which had become notorious for what officials said were frequent robberies, drug busts and prostitution — was torn down, the new apartments on Freer Street were opened on Jan. 20.

The plan is part of Samanea New York's effort to offer a lineup of entertainment tenants at the Westbury mall.

Neither snow nor sleet nor cold stops these markets from providing LIers with fresh produce, handmade baked goods and much more — all winter long. 

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The 2022 edition of the Islip Journal of War Veterans will feature veterans who served from the first Gulf War through the present. The entries will include the names, photos and hometowns of the veterans, their branch and dates of service, and any medals and honors awarded to them. 

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"I kept asking can we get there faster," recalled Chelsea Anderson of the birth of her son in an ambulance. "He was not waiting. In the blink of an eye, he was coming. He was ready and I was ready."

The White House says President Joe Biden warned Ukraine's president Thursday that there is a "distinct possibility" Russia could take military action against Ukraine in February. The Kremlin likewise sounded a grim note, saying it saw "little ground for optimism" in resolving the crisis after the U.S. this week again rejected Russia's main demands.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight increases economists blamed on the surge in cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19.

The White House said the president will join the new mayor to discuss the Biden administration's "comprehensive strategy to combat gun crime."

The retirement of the liberal Supreme Court justice gives President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.