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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

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

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 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

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"Go out and vote. ... You ought to be there like they did for Mandela," said Hazel N. Dukes, 90.

Activist honored by Hempstead NAACP: Voting is key

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Police don't believe the "simplistic" devices, which used water bottles, were related to the school, the police commissioner said. 

Explosive devices found on grounds of Merrick school, police say 

Hundreds of firefighters lined the Oceanside street Friday for FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin, who was killed in an accident while on vacation with his family last week.

Mourners bid farewell to FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin

The buses were parked at Pond Road lot in Ronkonkoma when the devices were stolen between about 2 p.m. on June 11 and around 6 a.m. on June 13, police said.

Reward in theft of catalytic converters from school buses

Authorities said Arlin Aguilera, of West Hempstead, was drunk and speeding at the time of the crash. He pleaded not guilty to charges.

Man arraigned in 2021 Woodmere crash that killed girl

A Queens woman is facing assault and weapons charges after barricading herself in a manager's office and punching an officer in the face when police tried to arrest her at a Valley Stream CVS, Nassau police said.

Cops: CVS worker threatens other employees, assaults officer

The beach will reopen when testing shows that bacteria levels have fallen to acceptable levels, a county spokeswoman said.

Bayport Beach closed due to high levels of bacteria, Suffolk officials say

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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

To mark the official start of summer today, we are documenting the unique people and places that make up this Island, and sharing it here and across Newsday's social media platforms. Check out the latest updates.

Summer's first evening: a Day in the Life of Long Island

A Newsday analysis of executive compensation at LI public companies shows the 2 highest paid work at a tiny biotech firm. Newsday TV's Ken Schachter reports.

Tiny biotech's executives top LI compensation list

Attendees emphasized the importance of educating people about Black history as Suffolk County celebrated Juneteenth on Monday in Hauppauge with song, prayer and dance. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

'We too are America,' Juneteenth Jubilee attendees say

Data shows Suffolk County CPS workers' caseload numbers did not meet county guidelines under a county law enacted after Thomas Valva's death. Officials said COVID-19 played a role. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Caseload numbers for CPS workers in Suffolk County did not meet guidelines under a county law enacted after Thomas Valva's death

Julien Brathwaite, Westbury High School's 2012 valedictorian, went to the University of Michigan to study electrical engineering. While there, he pivoted career paths and now works at Apple, living in Oakland, California.

2012 valedictorian's pivoting interests led him to Apple

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