Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) unveiled LED signs on Thursday that went up around Clara H. Carlson School in Elmont. In attendance was Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Donald X. Clavin Jr. and his family. Clavin had lobbied to make the streets around the school safer for his children and others in the neighborhood.


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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

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' 

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

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Friday marks not just a happy 40th birthday for her two children, Heather Jean (Tilton) Rubinstein and Todd Macdonald Tilton II, but one of the milestone anniversaries of reproductive technology that nowadays yields more than 73,000 newborns annually in the United States.

Forty years after first test tube births in U.S., twins to celebrate a birthday on LI

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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 

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 plan calls for redirecting highly treated wastewater from sewage treatment plants to water dependent facilities such as golf courses, rather than discharging the pollutants into the ocean or coastal waterways. 

Local experts call for 'revolutionizing' use of recycled water to save aquifer, avoid pollution

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Lt. Col. Jasmin Moghbeli told kids at Lenox Elementary School about her extraordinary life as she prepares to blast off to the International Space Station. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Out-of-this-world experience as kids meet Baldwin astronaut

Las Vegas Sands hosted the legendary soccer stars as they met with Long Island soccer clubs, and hundreds of kids, at the Mitchel Athletic Complex's indoor field on Saturday.

David Beckham, Carli Lloyd meet with young LI soccer players

What's the process for getting a casino up and running in Nassau County? Who will decide and when? Experts answer your questions about state and local approvals for casinos.

Is a casino in the cards for Nassau?

Tawheed Brennen intends to sue the Nassau County Police Department over alleged police brutality from now-retired detective James Healey. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

Allegations of police brutality against the Nassau County Police Department 

Hempstead schools elementary students took part in the unveiling of a postage stamp honoring writer Ernest J. Gaines. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. 

'It's just wonderful to be able to unveil the stamp here.'

Westbury Arts has hosted the event for the last six years to celebrate Black History Month. 

Westbury Arts hosts annual Black History Month celebration

Wife: 'He would have been overwhelmed with all of this."

Street dedication in honor of fallen NYPD officer, a Ground Zero recovery worker

A fire ravaged a commercial building on Saturday night in Flower Hill. No one was inside and the cause of the fire has not been determined. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

'My thoughts are with all my tenants' says owner of building devastated by fire in Flower Hill

The 35-foot male humpback whale that died after washing ashore at Lido Beach will be necropsied Tuesday, NewsdayTV Cecilia Dowd reports.

Feds investigating death of whale at Lido Beach

A male humpback whale that washed ashore in Lido Beach has died, officials say.

Humpback whale washes up in Lido Beach

Long Islanders gathered in Mineola on Sunday to show solidarity for Tyre Nichols, who was beaten by five Memphis police officers after a traffic stop and later died.

Rally in Mineola for Tyre Nichols

The Greek Orthodox Church in Bethpage was damaged after an electrical fire Tuesday afternoon but no one was injured, Nassau County police said. NewsdayTV Cecilia Dowd reports.

'Our whole church is devastated by this'

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