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Lisa Dabrowski uncovered a long-lost Purple Heart medal at a yard sale in April in Southold that belonged to late Army veteran Robert Hollaman, who was wounded in battle in World War II. His daughter Lynn Bryson attended a ceremony in Riverhead on Sunday to receive the award. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

A Purple Heart medal's journey back to Seattle via Southold

Doina Almazon, of Hicksville, says she has been displaced for nine years, with her house undergoing severe damage during Superstorm Sandy and her family undergoing financial hardship when her ex-husband lost his job. The Town of Oyster Bay is set to demolish her home as soon as Monday. "While we feel terrible for anyone in this situation, the fact remains that a court ordered the demolition of this house as it is unsafe and unfit for human occupancy," town spokesman Brian Nevin wrote in an email Sunday. Almazon says her home is almost ready to be moved back in.

Woman to Oyster Bay: Don't demolish my house

The life of FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin was celebrated off Lido Beach West with a paddle-out memorial water service. Skudin, of Long Beach, was killed June 17 when a tree limb fell on his family's car during a vacation in North Carolina.

Paddle-out memorial service honors FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin

The Hempstead branch of the NAACP honored Hazel N. Dukes at a luncheon in Westbury on Saturday. 

NAACP icon honored at Westbury luncheon 

Long Island reverend creates support group for people of color who have Parkinson's

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Initial focus is on discrimination against renters who use government assistance.

LI Board of Realtors kicks off anti-discrimination campaign

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Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein told members of the Nassau County Legislature on Monday his new job will be vice president  in charge of health disparities at Catholic Health.

Longtime Nassau County Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein resigns

The officials called for the Nassau IDA to ensure the retailer keeps its promise to add 150 jobs to the number it already employs in the county.

Pols: Amazon should lose tax breaks if new jobs aren't created

When officers arrived at the scene they found the woman holding her 4-year-old daughter, who was bleeding from a laceration to the forehead, Nassau police said.

Police: Child suffers minor head injury, mom charged with DWI after crashing with kids in car

Almost 75% of Nassau homeowners who grieved their taxes this year won reductions, in spite of the county's massive effort to curb tax challenges. 

Nassau tax settlements jump, despite reassessment

"I'm overwhelmed with joy," said Lynn Bryson, who traveled from her home in Seattle to Long Island this weekend to collect her father's Purple Heart in Riverhead Sunday. "And I feel Dad's presence here today also," she added.

A daughter collects the Purple Heart her father earned almost 80 years ago

They were given a raise in anticipation of this summer, county spokesperson said.

Suffolk says it has enough lifeguards

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Nassau County officials investigate explosive devices found on grounds of LI school

Nassau County homeowners are challenging their property assessments, and nearly three-quarters of all filers received reductions that reduced their tax burden for 2022-23, a Newsday analysis of county data shows.

Nassau property tax settlements jump for second straight year

Firefighters, family and friends of FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin paid their final respects at his funeral in Oceanside on Friday. Skudin, 45, was killed on June 17 while on vacation with his family, when a 2,000-pound tree fell onto his car in Asheville, North Carolina.

Funeral for FDNY firefighter killed while on vacation 

The Long Island Expressway was completed — ending near Riverhead — 50 years ago this weekend. Some Long Islanders appreciate the highway's necessity, while others see a need for upgrades. Newsday's Steve Langford reports.

50 years since the completion of the LIE

The Smithtown library board on Thursday voted to restore Pride Month displays in its children's reading rooms, reversing its decision at its Tuesday meeting to remove the displays, which drew ire from residents and elected officials.

Smithtown library board restores Pride displays in kids' reading rooms

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who attended Hempstead schools. surprised Daniella Marroquin, Hempstead High School valedictorian, with a phone call, offering her congratulations and words of wisdom. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

White House Press Secretary surprises Hempstead valedictorian

Valerie Mack was 24 years old when she abruptly disappeared from her family's lives around October 2000. Newsday TV's Faith Jessie talked with Newsday reporter Anthony M. DeStefano about Mack's muder.

Gilgo Beach victim Valerie Mack's family speaks to Newsday

In 1971 a fourth-grader from Huntington wrote a letter to a U.S. soldier in Vietnam. Fifty-one years later, Kathleen Ryan gets to meet the soldier she wrote to over five decades ago.

LI woman meets Vietnam veteran she wrote to in 1971

Two horses joined commuters on a Long Island Expressway service road in Holtsville, police said

Cops corral escaped horses on LIE service road

The owner of Ram's Head Inn on Shelter Island, Aandrea Carter, has taken the town to court after a 50-year-old dock attached to the property was dismantled last month. 

Ram's Head Inn takes town to court over dismantling 50-year-old dock

Kyle McCarthy, Long Beach man, finds a message in a bottle from 2020

Nassau's NICE Bus announced that they will be launching a line of "mini" buses on part of the South Shore that will operate like Uber or Lyft, rather than following a fixed bus route.

NICE Bus launching on-demand service

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