Long Island

Arctic air settles in today and tomorrow ahead of what could be a powerful snowstorm starting Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

The scheme attempts to bilk consumers by offering COVID-19 tests provided by the federal government in exchange for personal and financial information, according to state consumer and health department officials.

Among the questions driving the often heated disagreements over masked-up children in schools: When is a parent's right to decide what's best for their children supplanted by the need to protect the public at large from spread of the coronavirus?

The proposal for the 50-bed facility in Fort Salonga elicited opposition from neighbors and a local civic group who said it was inappropriate for their residential area.

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A state mandate to wear masks in schools is back in effect for now after a state appellate division judge on Tuesday suspended, or "stayed," a ruling by a judge in Nassau County that the mandate was illegal.

A judge's ruling overturned the mask mandate. Then a state appellate division judge suspended that ruling, meaning the mask mandate was back on. Students, parents and teachers tried to keep up.

After World War II, Margaret Doran Glaser became of the first trans-Atlantic flight attendants when she was hired by American Overseas Airlines.

The move reflects, in part, an expanded use of online technology in education spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manhattan-based College Board introduced the written exam nearly a century ago.

"We're wasting taxpayers' dollars. Many people don't know that a police officer is responsible for responding to crime 24 hours a day. There's no such thing as being off-duty technically," Adams said.

Their criticism came on the eve of a vote by county lawmakers on a redistricting compromise announced by County Executive Steve Bellone and legislative leader Kevin McCaffrey.

Raul Ponce pleaded guilty in November to a slaying in the woods of Uniondale, two murders in the Massapequa Preserve and a deadly shooting on a Hempstead street — all between 2016 and 2017.

The latest infusion of grant money going to Long Island Cares means more for the needy, and suppliers can add to their labor force, and output, in the farming and fishing communities.

"Remember before we had vaccines and boosters, all we had were masks, and we did a very good job," said Dr. David Battinelli, physician-in-chief at Northwell Health.

After falling from 91 million riders in 2019 — a modern record — to about 30 million in 2020, the Long Island Rail Road rebounded by 17% last year, when it carried 35 million passengers.

The cable is a 600-megawatt line that snakes through Nassau County before spanning the Sound to Westchester County.