Nassau County officials on Monday announced a letter drive for health care workers and first responders, called “Letters to our Heroes.” Newsday reporter Cecilia Dowd has more on this story.


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The introduction of a water reuse action plan for Long Island has been announced by Seatuck Environmental Association hosting the annoucment was Great Neck Water Pollution Control District. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.  

A plan for reusing water on LI

Developers of the South Fork Wind Farm began laying undersea cable for a wind farm project designed to bolster the East End's growing energy needs.

Developers lay undersea cable for South Fork Wind Farm

Nafiah Ikram and her family held a news conference Wednesday in Elmont, about two years after she was attacked by someone who threw acid in her face, to keep a spotlight on the unsolved case. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Acid attack victim speaks out

A rally was held outside of a Connetquot school board meeting on Tuesday, in support of the reinstatement of a principal who supporters allege was forced out for supporting LGBTQ students.

Rally for reinstatement of Connetquot High School principal 

A new $10 million facility is set to open in the spring of 2024 at the Islamic Center of Melville, one of about 40 mosques across Long Island, compared to many fewer in September 2001. That has given leaders of Long Island's Muslim community a sense of acceptance. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

New facility at Islamic Center of Melville in '24

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"From the time that he started painting, until the day before he passed away, he had painted over 900 works of art, and donated $213,000 to charity," said Yvonne Dagger, his owner.

Dagger DogVinci, the painting lab-golden retriever, dies 

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Babylon High School officials said there were a number of students and staff experiencing vomiting and nausea Friday. 

Norovirus suspected in stomach illness that sickened more than 80 Babylon HS students

One Long Islander owed nearly $50,000 while another had roughly $39,000 in unpaid tolls and fees.

MTA seizes 20 vehicles for $600,000 in unpaid tolls

Emergency rooms across Nassau and Suffolk counties have reported an uptick in patients with norovirus or symptoms that appear similar.

FAQs: What to know about the stomach virus

Outside her Elmont home Wednesday, where the acid attack took place on March 17, 2021, Nafiah Ikram and her family held a news conference to remind the public of the attack and to urge anyone with information to come forward. 

After '21 acid attack, woman hopes for an arrest

"While we very much value John James Audubon's contribution to art and to ornithology, we also found during our assessment process that the name Audubon presented a barrier to getting more people involved," said Jessica Wilson, executive director of NYC Audubon.

NYC Audubon: Shedding name of naturalist who traded in slaves

The "Just Call" initiative began Monday — the beginning of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week — with a social media campaign and will continue though prom and graduation season, officials said.

Awareness campaign about social host law

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Almost 80 years ago, Rachel Epstein, then Rachel Malmed, and her brother were saved by a French couple after most of the siblings' family died in the Holocaust. On Monday, Epstein reunited with the French couple's great-granddaughter to talk to the congregants of the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore about the cross-continental bond between these two families.

'Every time I talk about my story, I'm not here, I'm there' 

Long Islanders on Monday called on lawmakers to say "no" to a proposed casino in Nassau County, but a local restaurant owner said the plan will be good for business. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Protesters: 'Say no to the casino'

More than a decade after Superstorm Sandy, New York Rising, the state agency created to help rebuild homes ravaged by the storm, is asking some residents to return the money awarded them after their reconstruction projects were unsuccessful. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

After Superstorm Sandy house rebuild failed, NY wants back funds it awarded

For the first time, the executive board of the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association is made up entirely of young women. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

Young women lead Nassau junior firefighters board

Hazel N. Dukes, a longtime civil rights activist and the president of the New York State NAACP, was honored by the Town of North Hempstead with a street naming ceremony in Roslyn Heights, near where she once lived. More than 250 people attended the event, including state Attorney General Letitia James, former Gov. David Paterson and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Civil rights activist Hazel Dukes honored with street naming

"We remember the good times, the bad times, the stuff that led us here." Inmates at the Yaphank jail are receiving lessons in memoir writing. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

A lesson in memoir writing at the Yaphank jail

A single-engine Beechcraft V35 made an emergency landing on the beach in Shoreham on Friday due to a reported engine issue, according to the FAA.

Small plane lands on Shoreham Beach after engine trouble

The StarChase vehicle-mounted GPS launcher allows police to track cars without the need for a high-speed chase. Old Westbury police are the first on Long Island to get the equipment. Chief Stuart Cameron describes the technology.

Police get vehicle-mounted GPS trackers

The marching band at Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station will participate in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Manhattan on Friday. 

Comsewogue students practice for New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade 

Remarks by Chief Deputy County Executive Lisa Black at a recent conference give a closer look at how Suffolk County officials scrambled to deal with the Sept. 8 ransomware attack. Hear analysis from Newsday reporter Mark Harrington.

Top Suffolk official said 'We're shutting down our emails'

Every second Saturday of the month, the "hunger truck" helps feed the Muslim community and others in and around Westbury. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'Hunger truck' serves halal food to the Muslim community around Westbury

Students at Caroline G. Atkinson School in Freeport learned on March 10 about farmworker rights activist Dolores Huerta as part of the TeachRock program, founded by musician and actor Stevie Van Zandt. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott has the story.

Stevie Van Zandt's TeachRock program reaches LI students

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