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	Rachel Siegel-Joffe opened&nbsp;her late husband&#39;s Lego store, a Bricks &amp; Minifigs shop, in West Babylon on Saturday. Larry Joffe&nbsp;planned to open the store on May 4 but died of a heart attack that day. Saturday&nbsp;would have been his 59th birthday.
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Rachel Siegel-Joffe opens late husband's Lego store, Bricks & Minifigs, with excitement and sadness

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'I just said I love you. I miss you.'

New York State Police say one person was injured in a two-car crash in the eastbound lanes on the Southern State Parkway near North Amityville Friday.

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The Bay Shore school district spent over $600,000 after it was accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations against since-retired third-grade teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

$600,000 in legal bills, 45 sexual abuse lawsuits

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ABB Auto World president Ashley Duff and Ginger Sipes, both of Shirley, are charged with scheme to defraud and conspiracy.

Former LI auto dealership charged in odometer rollback scheme

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Sixteen 55-gallon drums have been dug up in all, with test results on the contents of the last 10 drums to be unearthed still unavailable, Oyster Bay officials said Tuesday.

More test results on drums from Bethpage park dig still pending

Seven fire departments battled the early morning blaze.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is planning a virtual community meeting on the problem Wednesday.

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The decision poses challenges for the state's goals for some 9,000 megawatts of the green energy by 2035, including its plan to subsidize the manufacture of turbines in New York.

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Kevin Rodriguez pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in satisfaction of prior charges against him in connection with a confrontation with police officers.

Great Neck man pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after encounter with Nassau police 

The New York Rise, Long Island's new professional softball team, will play its first game on June 19. Newsday's Matt Lindsay reports.

'This dream is kind of a reality now'

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The fire was between Exits 55 and 56 on the eastbound right shoulder, according to Suffolk police. At one point, three of the four eastbound lanes were closed through the morning commute near Hauppauge.

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A fire erupted at the Winters Brothers recycling and waste transfer station in West Babylon on Monday.

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The fire dod not appear to be a criminal act, officials said.

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Southold police chased a suspect Monday during a 45-minute pursuit along the North Fork, from Riverhead to Greenport, until the driver sped off a 100-foot cliff and landed in Long Island Sound.

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Tom Cutinella, a Shoreham-Wading River football player who died after a traumatic brain injury in 2014, was honored by St. Charles Hospital on Friday for donating his organs.

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Suffolk County SPCA detectives seized 49 animals from a 79-year-old Ronkonkoma woman's home. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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A woman crashed into a fire hydrant just before 11 a.m. in Coram and is facing multiple charges, including a DUI.

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Kristin Gillespie founded Rights to Unmute to fight misogyny and bullying in the online gaming community. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports. 

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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney's office is investigating allegations that members of Steve Bellone's administration "improperly destroyed" and removed county data as they were leaving office last year.

A 'misuse of government property'

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