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Village residents across LI elect new mayors, trustees
In Sag Harbor, trustee Jim Larocca narrowly defeated first-term incumbent Mayor Kathleen Mulcahy, while Port Jefferson Mayor Margot J. Garant handily defeated challenger and trustee Barbara Ransome to win a seventh two-year term.
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Elevators are operating at Floral Park LIRR station
Long Island Rail Road customers can now ride an elevator up to the Floral Park station platform — and not wear a mask when they get there.
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Baby bald eagle rescued after falling from nest
A wildlife rehabilitator at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown used a towel, warm fluids and a borrowed bucket truck to secure, treat and return the baby eagle to its nest at the Nissequogue Golf Club on Tuesday.
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Huntington board OKs measure to limit bureau judges political activities
The board approved a resolution prohibiting some of the political activities of judges who sit on a bureau that hears cases on noise complaints, illegal business operations and illegal dumping in town waterways.
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Cops: Arrest made in killing of woman found dead in motel
A 34-year-old Elmont woman has been charged with second-degree murder, Nassau police said.
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Hofstra dean Stacey Sikes to be LIA's No. 2 executive
Sikes, who has led Hofstra's small business programs, is believed to be the first woman to hold one of the LIA's top 2 jobs in the group's 95-year history.
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Three of 4 districts pass 2021-22 school budgets
Bridgehampton, Northport-East Northport and Wantagh budgets passed. Voters rejected the fiscal plan for Three Village schools by a wide margin.
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Ranking this summer's hottest hard seltzers
Long Island's breweries have entered the hard seltzer and canned cocktail game. See how they stack up.
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Try something new: Recent LI restaurant openings
The latest restaurants to open on Long Island.
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Great white sharks tracked swimming off Long Island
Charlotte, an 8-foot teenager, was tracked east of Long Island Sound, Monomoy, a 6-foot, 7-inch juvenile male, was tracked near Montauk, and 8-footer Martha was located near Trenton, N.J., according to Ocearch.
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Popping the question is hard. LIers are using wedding proposal packages to help.
Why not have a penguin propose for you?
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A new cruise ship is sailing the Great South Bay
The boat is based in Bay Shore Marina but can pick up and drop off passengers from different locations within 15 miles.
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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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Most big police forces widely use body cams. But not Nassau and Suffolk.
Newsday found that LI’s major departments are two of only three large U.S. forces that have spurned cameras. The cost would be a fraction of each department’s budget.
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Customers face 'considerable risk' as storm season approaches: LIPA
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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4 men were arrested because of what LI police said. Here’s what videos showed.
A Newsday investigation finds evidence that officers jailed people without cause, used unjustified force and exposed taxpayers to lawsuits. Faith Jessie reports from the studio.
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With NYAW rate hike near, lawmakers try new path to relief
PSC doesn't think the rate increase will be delayed and one state senator calls for review of higher-cost "conservation" rates.
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Number of county workers who make $200,000-plus spiked in 2020
The number of county employees paid more than $200,000 jumped by 13% in Nassau County and 26% in Suffolk, according to payroll data obtained and analyzed by Newsday.
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Lawyer as client sentenced: 'His reputation is kaput'
A West Islip man -- dubbed by federal prosecutors as "the closest thing anyone has seen to a career white collar criminal" -- was sentenced to 11 1/4 years in federal prison for defrauding several people and companies of more than $9 million.
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A top Suffolk police official is retiring, the department says
Suffolk County's First Deputy Police Commissioner James Skopek is the third top Suffolk police official to put in their retirement papers in the last few months.
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Freeport woman admits causing fatal crash in emotional court scene
Emotions boiled over in the courtroom as Nicole Pollock, 28, pleaded guilty to causing the crash and family members of Lissette Jimenez, 39, of South Hempstead, struggled to contain their grief and anger as they listened.
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Summer camp, COVID and vaccines: What parents should know
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Real estate agents give insider tips for buyers in this hot market
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A top Suffolk police official is retiring, the department says
Suffolk County's First Deputy Police Commissioner James Skopek is the third top Suffolk police official to put in their retirement papers in the last few months.
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Murder, auto theft increased in 2020 amid pandemic
Overall crime, including violent and property crimes, rose 1.2% statewide in 2020.
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Cops: Arrest made in killing of woman found dead in motel
A 34-year-old Elmont woman has been charged with second-degree murder, Nassau police said.
