The project will renovate downtown Island Park and install underground drainage storm basins. Construction is set to begin by Friday, coinciding with the ninth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.

He wore many hats as president, chairman and founder of different organizations, but his most cherished title was "grandpa," said his wife.

Town officials have portrayed the government takeover of the Peninsula Golf Club in East Massapequa as necessary to protect the land from development, even though it has been protected from development for 75 years under a restrictive covenant with Nassau County.

The utility is considering adopting a new 'customer benefit contribution' of around $10 a month for new solar customers; installers say the fee will stifle a solar market already in decline.

The teen was pronounced dead at Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue, police said.

Chris D. Montpetit, 37, pleaded guilty in May to charges that included aggravated driving while intoxicated after he crashed into a disabled car, killing Erika Bautista, 31.

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Incumbent Democrat Laura Curran touts a drop in major crimes and recent budget surpluses. Republican Bruce Blakeman, a Hempstead Town councilman, is attacking Curran on reassessment.

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Hear what the candidates running for Nassau County executive had to say as they answered questions from Long Islanders during a Newsday Live virtual town hall event.

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Hear what the candidates running for Suffolk County district attorney had to say as they answered questions from Long Islanders during a Newsday Live virtual town hall event.

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Hear what the candidates running for Nassau County district attorney had to say as they answered questions from Long Islanders during a Newsday Live virtual town hall event.

A panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11.

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in.

North Port police acknowledged in an interview with WINK-TV that they mistook Laundrie's mother for him while running surveillance on the now-deceased "person of interest" in the killing of Blue Point native Gabby Petito.

The New York senator wrote to Senate leadership asking lawmakers to increase funding by at least $20 million, for a total of $67 million, in the fiscal 2022 spending bills for the Area Health Education Center program.