Long Island
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5 ways to enjoy the return of the Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson
The festival returns with 129 events including magic, train and craft shows and a ghostly puppet parade saluting the life and works of the celebrated Victorian author.
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Forecast: Sunny Sunday but rain, snow mix later in week
The high Sunday will top out in the mid-40s before rain Monday and snow possible Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service says.
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Police looking for LI mom who went missing nearly 2 weeks ago
Melissa Molinari, 38, was last seen at her home Nov. 21. Police say her family is cooperating in the search for the missing married mother of four who has no medical issues.
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Students in Herricks school district immersed in Spanish
The district's unique dual-language program serves mostly students who don't speak Spanish at home. For half the school day, students and their teachers do not speak English.
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WWII vets reunite after trip to Washington
Veterans who Honor Flight Long Island took to Washington in October were recognized during "Ceremony of Honors" on Saturday.
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DA: Man gets 6 years in drugged driving crash
The man pleaded guilty to being under the influence of marijuana and Xanax in September 2020 while driving more than 80 mph when he crashed into a tree and a storefront in Long Beach. A passenger in his vehicle was seriously injured.
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Two Nassau cops hurt in melee at MercyFirst group home
One officer suffered a concussion and the other had a broken hand resulting from a scuffle with four teens at the Syosset group home, Nassau police said.
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LI professor looks at life during Mars mission
St Joseph's College biology professor Tetyana Delaney was selected for a NASA research project to gauge what would be the physical and mental toll on astronauts during a mission to Mars.
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LI vintage store full of Christmas décor from the '40s and beyond
The shop features ceramic Santas, ornaments, festive mugs, an endless assortment of holiday-themed décor.
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Retro restaurant-arcade opens in Levittown
It's hard to believe the '80s was 40 years ago, but stepping inside Arcadia Retro Eats brings you right back.
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Suozzi decision sets off scramble for his congressional seat
Suozzi's announcement that he's running for governor has Republicans believing his swing seat will be in play next year.
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Check out 11 Long Island downtowns then and now
While Long Island's downtowns have evolved over the years, many of the shops have retained a vintage feel, and landmarks remind communities of their deep histories.
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Most organ transplants stopped due to COVID-19 last year, often with dire results
At the height of the pandemic, New York's organ transplant system shut down for two months, causing life-and-death dilemmas for hundreds of patients, many from Long Island. Thomas Maier reports.
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'Rampant' fraud cost small firms as much as $79 billion in COVID aid
LI's top federal prosecutor called EIDL grants "catnip for criminals" because they required little documentation from the applicant and were deposited into their bank account within three days.
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An LI cop said a stolen SUV intentionally rammed his car. This video shows otherwise, experts said.
The surveillance video captured the start of a stolen car chase that ended with officers kicking the suspect on a body camera recording.
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6,539 Black people tried to become police officers on LI. Only 67 were hired.
Minority applicants weren’t hired nearly as often as white ones in the past decade, and experts see “clear evidence that it is not the people, it is the process” causing the disparity.
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Nassau, Suffolk concealed court records of alleged police misconduct over last 7 years
Over the last seven years, attorneys representing the two counties have secured so-called confidentiality orders in at least 60 federal civil rights lawsuits that allege wrongdoing by members of the Nassau or Suffolk County police departments, according to the dockets of the U.S. District Court with jurisdiction over Long Island.
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LIPA: Customers face 'considerable risk' as storm season approaches
LIPA wants PSEG, which operates the Long Island grid under an $80 million-a-year contract, to conduct another test of all the systems at once, during regular business hours.
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NY National Guard to be sent to A. Holly Patterson nursing home, others
Medical staff will be deployed to several nursing homes and long-term-care facilities around the state that have suffered staffing shortages due to the pandemic, officials said.
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Police looking for LI mom who went missing nearly 2 weeks ago
Melissa Molinari, 38, was last seen at her home Nov. 21. Police say her family is cooperating in the search for the missing married mother of four who has no medical issues.
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Cops: Worker dies after fall from hotel's upper floor
The worker, a Holbrook resident, died after being transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, Suffolk police say.
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Chef Pati Jinich talks about her new cookbook
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DA: Man gets 6 years in drugged driving crash
The man pleaded guilty to being under the influence of marijuana and Xanax in September 2020 while driving more than 80 mph when he crashed into a tree and a storefront in Long Beach. A passenger in his vehicle was seriously injured.
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MTA: Person hit by train near East Rockaway
There was no word on the victim's condition. The crash caused residual delays of about 40 minutes for some trains on the Long Beach line, but normal service resumed by 7:18 a.m.
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LI professor looks at life during Mars mission
St Joseph's College biology professor Tetyana Delaney was selected for a NASA research project to gauge what would be the physical and mental toll on astronauts during a mission to Mars.
