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With Hempstead a focal point for ICE raids, many local business owners are barely staying afloat. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger, Doug Geed and Newsday reporter Bart Jones have the story.

Hempstead village businesses suffering amid ICE raids

The Hofstra men's basketball team returned home to cheering fans after securing a spot in the NCAA tournament.

Hofstra men’s basketball team heading to the NCAA tournament 

NewsdayTV Ken Buffa's grabs his buzz saw and heads to Bullfrogs Woodworks to check out the new tools that go into modern woodworking.

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Bay Shore homeowner is left with thousands in debt after hiring an unlicensed contractor. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Tips to avoid home improvement scams 

Newsday food writer Marie Elena Martinez visits Rocco's Tacos in Huntington Station to learn about their all-you-can-eat tacos deal.

Tacos and more all-you-can-eat deals on LI

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits with a man who has been collecting, refurbishing and reselling antique brass cash registers.

Out East: Cha-Ching! Restoring antique brass cash registers

The region's waterways were a common means of escape from slavery, in addition to land-based networks of the Underground Railroad.

Enslaved people used LI waterways as pathway to freedom

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Find Your Balanced Life, a women-only gym in East Northport.

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The Nassau County executive discussed a variety of topics during his address, including no tax hikes, countywide safety and cooperation with ICE. NewsdayTV political analyst Joye Brown discusses takeaways from the speech.

Blakeman delivers State of the County address

The 36th annual flower and garden show at Hicks Nurseries in Westbury has something for everyone. NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano reports.

Check out the annual flower and garden show at Hicks Nurseries

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National Grid is considering repowering power plants in Northport, Port Jefferson and Island Park. Newsday reporter Mark Harrington has more.

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Matthew Smith, of Hauppauge, pleaded not guilty to new charges in the January crash that killed Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Espinosa.

Matthew Smith, 20, pleads not gulity to upgraded charges

One man and one child were killed by a fire that broke out on Albemarle Avenue in Hempstead early Friday, authorities said.

Early morning fire kills 2 residents

There were no initial reports of injuries at the West Side School in Laurel Hollow, where first responders were alerted to a blaze early Tuesday morning.

Smoke, flames pour through school

Barbara Waldman was 31 when she was killed at her Oceanside home. Her children were 5, 6 and 7 at the time. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'Hey mom ... they found your murderer'

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The annual event had been postponed last month because of frigid temperatures.

Brave swimmers dive in at Long Beach Polar Bear Splash

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The 30-year-old drove her SUV into a house shortly after 2 a.m., police say.

LI woman charged with DWI after crashing BMW into home

Future Scholars, launched by Stony Brook University, will provide students from five East End school districts with mentorship, academic enrichment and college readiness resources.

Creating the path: How a new initiative is preparing first-generation LI students for college

Over the next three or four months, one LI expert said he expects to see an "extreme amount of collapses" because of the ground bearing extra weight.

Cesspools are filling up and collapsing after the heavy snow. It might get worse.

The town spent heavily on attorneys before ultimately approving the mosque's expansion as part of a settlement.

Oyster Bay's mosque fight cost taxpayers millions in legal fees

Voters head to the polls to decide mayoral races in Saddle Rock and Northport, as well as a handful of trustees races in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Village election preview: Key LI races to be decided Wednesday

Pipe and drum bands, vintage cars and colorful floats moved along Main Street on Saturday afternoon.

Lots of green under blue skies at Bay Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Demonstrators in Brookhaven Town are calling for environmental solutions and a meeting with officials over the landfill's future. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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Police rushed to a home on Henrietta Street in Valley Stream Sunday, where they found occupants sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning, two of whom were unresponsive, authorities said.

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Suffolk County police officers and members of the Mastic Fire Department rescued a dog from a collapsed cesspool on Concord Road in Shirley.

Dog rescued from collapsed cesspool in Shirley

PFAS are linked to many types of cancers, thyroid problems and developmental problems in children. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'We were just shocked on those numbers'

The East Meadow school district is asking taxpayers to vote yes on a $71.5 million capital improvement bond. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'It's good for the school district'

LI community groups on Thursday urged Nassau County to sever its partnership with ICE. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

'ICE has no place in our communities'

Rex Heuermann is set to stand trial in September for seven killings he allegedly committed between 1993 and 2010. Newsday Suffolk County courts reporter Grant Parpan explains.

'Alarming to prosecutors'

Donna Caltabiano has been stranded in Dubai since Saturday after two flight reservations were canceled. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

'We feel nobody is here to help us'

Despite Blakeman's rising favorability, the poll found 61% of New Yorkers still say they do not know, or have no opinion, on Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Exec makes gains with men, suburbanites

The proposal to renovate a large office building leased by the federal government could signal ICE's efforts to expand its crackdown on Long Island, immigration advocates said. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'It appears to be a detention center and not an office'

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