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Long Island
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5 things to know about LI Restaurant Week
Takeout is still available, but expect tables to fill up for two and three-course meals and prix-fixe lunches.
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'Happy Gilmore' caddie is now a psychiatry professor at Stony Brook University
His name is Jared Van Snellenberg, and as much as he enjoys the fun of his teenage career, he prefers cognitive neuroscience now.
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Cops: One dead, several hurt in Mount Sinai crash
The driver of a luxury sports car died after losing control on Route 25A and hitting a Jeep head-on, Suffolk police said.
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Police searching for 30-pound stolen turtle sculpture
The 3-foot, green- and bronze-colored sculpture, valued at about $800, was taken from the front yard of a Westhampton residence sometime between March 19 and April 4, police said.
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Iconic LI bakery setting up sweet shop in vacant store
Dortoni Bakery will open its newest branch in the former Pier I Imports building on East Jericho Turnpike, an owner of the Levittown bakery said. Four other stores, including a Jersey Mike's Subs, will occupy the building.
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'Relief, but not a celebration': LIers respond to Chauvin guilty verdict
In the wake of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, Long Island activists felt relief and cautious optimism for enduring change, but said there's much more to be done to address racial injustice.
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10 years ago, they were valedictorians. Where are they now?
They've overcome burnout, written fantasy novels and even went from being laid off to becoming the CEO. See what 12 of LI's 2011 valedictorians are doing now.
Watchdog
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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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Start-Up NY workers face unexpected tax bills due to COVID
Employees of firms in the program followed Cuomo's directive to work remotely, but state law requires in-office work to qualify for tax-exempt status.
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Heat-pump promise falls short for North Babylon ratepayer
A family faces a $3,700 electric bill after spending $27,000 on a heat-pump heating and cooling system they were told would lead to savings.
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Cuomo: State to deploy testers on housing discrimination
The action was sparked by a Newsday investigation that found evidence of widespread unequal treatment of minority homebuyers.
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Decades of inaction before Calverton wells contaminated, documents show
Newly uncovered court records show Grumman was aware at least 35 years ago that pollution generated by its work for the Navy had the potential to migrate below the surface.
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Northrop Grumman, Navy agree to $406M cleanup of plume
The defense contractor and the Navy reached a deal in principle with the state that would install a series of new contaminant extraction wells inside and along the edges of the 4.3-mile-long, 2.1-mile-wide Grumman plume.
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Suspected Stop & Shop shooter charged with murder at arraignment
Police on Wednesday identified the man who was fatally shot as Ray Wishropp, 49, of Valley Stream.
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Cops: One dead, several hurt in Mount Sinai crash
The driver of a luxury sports car died after losing control on Route 25A and hitting a Jeep head-on, Suffolk police said.
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Nassau police: Suspect in fatal Stop & Shop shooting captured
A West Hempstead supermarket employee who fatally shot a manager and wounded two co-workers was captured hours later after a massive manhunt across Nassau County, authorities said.
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Victim of Stop and Shop shooting a 'genuine great person,' friends and family says
"My family's very heartbroken today. We lost a genuine great person," said Alex Bernard, cousin to Ray Wishropp, who was gunned down at his job in a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead.
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Reward offered for information about house party shooting
Two men, both 26, and a 22-year-old Medford woman were seriously injured in the shooting, police said.
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Nassau police offer reward for info on acid attack
Police said the victim, a 21-year-old Hofstra University student, was doused in March with a liquid that caused serious injuries.
