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Thousands of dead fish are appearing on LI's North Shore 

Community members gathered at Burns Park in Massapequa to watch the historic win that will send Massapequa Coast to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 

Massapequa Coast heads to Little League World Series

Residents failed to vote in a Tri-Harbor Ambulance District election that included a referendum to increase retirement benefits for volunteer first responders. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports. 

Councilman: 'I was disappointed that people didn't know' about election where no one voted

Massapequa Coast plays Tom's River (NJ) on Friday for the chance to go to the Little League World Series.

Massapequa Coast one game shy of reaching LLWS

Casey Karry and Exectutive Director RISE Life Services Charles Evdos speak about the late Danny Karry and sevices RISE offfers to the community. 

RISE Life Services in Riverhead honors late founding board president, her son

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A teenager with a gunshot wound was reported from an area hospital about 20 minutes after police responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired in Wyandanch, Suffolk police say.

Teen shot in Wyandanch, police say

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Experts share with Newsday their take on a government-approved plan to stretch the hard-to-get monkeypox vaccine. 

Giving smaller monkeypox doses considered

"It really is disgusting," Supervisor Don Clavin said. "It turns your stomach."

Hempstead leaders condemn return of antisemitic leaflets

The red, black and gray insect, considered a "planthopper," poses the greatest agricultural threat to grapes, hops, apples, blueberries and stone fruit, agricultural experts say.

LI growers brace for damage from crop-eating spotted lanternfly

The victim, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night, Suffolk police said.

Cops: Motorcyclist killed in East Northport crash

A female pedestrian was struck and killed about 1:30 a.m. on Johnson Avenue in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk police said.

Ronkonkoma man faces charges in fatal hit-and-run, police say

Officials have cited poor publicity in informing residents of the votes and are trying to figure out whether a revote will be held at Port Jefferson EMS. Most of the seven other districts had final tallies ranging from 13 to 32 votes.

Zero is the loneliest number: No one voted in ambulance district election in Brookhaven Town

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A judge ruled in favor of Roger's Frigate, a Port Jefferson ice cream parlor and sweet shop. It had been cited for its large political banners that the village said didn't comply with the sign code. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Ice cream shop's pro-Trump signs free speech, judge rules

Sen. Chuck Schumer announced a proposal for additional relief to homeowners participating in a $1.7 billion coastal storm risk management project — a reimbursement for the costs to relocate for those seeking to raise their homes.

Schumer announces proposal for relief to homeowners seeking to raise homes 

Local beaches have been rife with rip currents.  The powerful channels of fast-moving water pose a danger to swimmers. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports on what to look out for and what to do if you get stuck in one.

What to do if you get stuck in a rip current

Suffolk prosecutors intend to retry Ann Marie Drago for criminally negligent homicide in the death of anti-gang activist Evelyn Rodriguez after an appellate court recently overturned her 2020 guilty verdict.

DA: ''We intend on moving forward with the case.'

The streets of Hicksville on Sunday were the scene of a celebration of India and America at the annual India Day Parade. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

India Day Parade celebration of India and America

Irving Atkins, 89, of Hauppauge, spent decades searching for his biological family after finding out he was adopted in his 50s. On Saturday, his biological and adopted families gathered for a "reunion" at a Lake Grove restaurant. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

A family 'reunion' decades in the making 

An East Meadow man is accused of smashing more than two dozen cars with a brick, just down the road from where he lives. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

27 cars, thousands of dollars in damages

Daniel Campbell pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in the death of Devesh Samtani and under the plea agreement would receive six months in jail, but that can be substituted by community service, according to Judge Richard Ambro of Suffolk County Supreme Court.

Daniel Campbell pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in the death of Devesh Samtani

Resident Bruce Morrison discusses vandalism in his East Meadow neighborhood. According to Nassau County police, a man who smashed the windshields of more than two dozen vehicles Thursday morning is now under arrest.

Dozens of cars vandalized, windows smashed by bricks in East Meadow

Patricia Rosso, of Plandome Manor, talks about The Richardson Home, which was demolished Thursday morning. The historic building had been a part of Long Island since the 18th century.

Neighbor talks about historic home as it's demolished

According to Nassau County prosecutors, Lance Holmes, also known as DJ Love Dinero on Sirius XM, was charged along with postal worker Adrianna Lewis with trafficking cocaine and fentanyl. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Hempstead postal worker allegedly shipped cocaine, fentanyl

Hempstead School Board officials held a press conference on Wednesday to address school safety after a shattered window with what appeared to be a bullet on the floor was found at the Rhodes Academy. The Hempstead Village Mayor responded during his own press conference later in the day. 

School Board president: 'We don't want to wait until something happens a third time'

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