Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith beat Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman Sunday in a cardboard boat race on the Peconic River hosted by Riverhead Business Improvement District and Riverhead Chamber of Commerce. Participants were welcome to test their homemade boats to see who could stay afloat.


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A student wearing a Palestinian flag on her cap made a statement by walking out of the ceremony before it ended. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. 

'Everyone was celebrating'

Suffolk cops responded to a Deer Park middle school after officials discovered a student brought a BB gun to school.

Superintendent: Student has been disciplined.

A family out for a walk in Nesconset discovered a group of ducklings in a storm drain after they heard the cries for help.

Group of ducklings rescued in Suffolk

Video shows a small plane making an emergency landing on Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai as the sun was setting Wednesday.

Emergency landing caught on camera

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Settlement payouts reached $29,494,635 last year, compared with $7.7 million in 2022, according to documents obtained by Newsday.

Suffolk lawsuit settlements top $29.5 million in 2023

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Suffolk County will pay out an estimated $29 million to settle lawsuits from 2023, compared to the year before when it spent just $7.6 million. A massive increase discovered in documents obtained by Newsday. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports. 

Suffolk pays $29 million in lawsuit settlements  

Hampton Library officials are hoping to raise $1.5 million more for a renovation on the facility that was built in 1877.

A Bridgehampton book 'retreat' seeks donations for nearly $2M renovation

The lawsuit is at least the third suit filed against the town in recent years by staff and former students of the Frank P. Long Intermediate School in Bellport.

Ex-Bellport student's lawsuit blames cancer on 'toxic' conditions at Brookhaven landfill

Police say they are searching for a gunman in the daytime shooting on Long Island Avenue.

Cops: Man shot, seriously injured, outside Wyandanch business

From shoring up infrastructure to working with nature, communities are trying various methods to address a slow-moving crisis.

How LI communities are trying to hold back rising seas

"It is on a fairly traveled road," said the listing agent, "but, when you step into the yard ... you are transported."

$879G Smithtown home comes with peach, plum trees

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Sunrise Liquor Store in Bay Shore sold a Cash4Life ticket worth a guaranteed $7 million.

The winning numbers are... 

An old rotary phone was unveiled at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip on Sunday for grieving people to "call" their loved ones "on the wind." NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

'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.

Traffic nightmare on SSP

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

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.

Hot potatoes: Truck fire causes potato spill on LIE

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

Firefighters battle flames at recycling plant

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

Car catches fire at Smithtown police precinct

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.

45-minute pursuit with police 

A visit to hidden migrant encampments in the Hamptons. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson reports.

Hamptons' unseen neighbors

Hidden communities on the East End have become a place of refuge for some migrants. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson reports on the challenges they face on Long Island.

'It's not so easy to find people'

Haircuts and important blood pressure screenings in Dix Hills. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

Blood pressure screenings and haircuts in Dix Hills

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.

HS football player who donated organs honored by St. Charles Hospital

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