The mayor says Greenport would be open to bringing back the parklets next year, but some village business owners want the dining spaces to stay through the fall.

A flash flood watch has been issued for Nassau County from 4 p.m. today through 8 a.m. tomorrow, and there is a "marginal" risk of severe thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said.

A relatively small number of school systems have posted state-required reports on how they intend to spend federal dollars. A deadline looms, and there are questions about oversight.

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"I am sick and tired of the same dealers being on the same street corners," said Linda Ventura, whose son died of a fatal overdose one day after returning from rehab.

Wyatt, a longtime resident of Sag Harbor and Manhattan, spent decades in journalism. At the New York Daily News, he started as a copy boy in 1965 and became a reporter, editor and music columnist. He also wrote a biography of jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

A Freeport woman who drove an estimated 100 mph on the Meadowbrook Parkway while drunk and high last year before causing the crash was sentenced Wednesday to 6 to 18 years in prison.

The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market's recovery, at least temporarily.

No, experts say there's no strong evidence yet that it makes children and teens sicker than earlier versions of the virus, although delta has led to a surge in infections among kids because it's more contagious.

The multitalented Van Peebles wrote numerous books and plays, and recorded several albums — playing multiple instruments and delivering rap-style lyrics. He later became a successful options trader on the stock market.