H & J Medical Supplies donated a wheelchair to Roxanne Drayton on Monday to replace the one stolen along with her SUV last month.  A local car dealership donated a 2011 Kia Sorento EX on Sunday to replace her SUV.


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Since announcing it wants to build a casino in Uniondale, Sands New York has sponsored a range of local programs, including a soccer clinic with superstar David Beckham. Critics say Sands is trying to buy community support. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Sands New York, casino hopeful, hosts high-profile events in Nassau

Long Island officials announced on Friday the implementation of the Blue Alert System, which will have "all eyes and ears out on the streets" looking for suspects who commit violence against law enforcement officers. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Blue Alert system launched to help search for assailants of police officers

Nassau and Suffolk have made some of the largest payouts to employees for their unused sick and vacation days. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday politics reporter Scott Eidler discuss.  

Large payouts to Nassau, Suffolk employees have experts worried 

Suffolk County police announced Daniel Forsberg of Sayville was charged with allegedly possessing more than 100 images of child pornography, NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Police: Cache of child porn in Sayville

The introduction of a water reuse action plan for Long Island has been announced by Seatuck Environmental Association hosting the annoucment was Great Neck Water Pollution Control District. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.  

A plan for reusing water on LI

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Ten students at the private Stony Brook School are taking part in a NASA-sponsored program to grow fruits and vegetables in space. Their experiment will launch in May and spend a month at the International Space Station.

High schoolers' fruit, veggie growing experiment going on space trip

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For years, the counties have been paying departing employees for unused days off. But experts question whether they are kicking the recurring expense down a road with no end in sight.

Nassau, Suffolk struggle with 'alarming' employee payouts

Since announcing it wants to build a casino in Uniondale, Sands New York has spread money around Nassau to sponsor local programs, including bringing in soccer superstars and a former NFL star to youth events.

Sands funding local programs in Nassau as it pursues casino license 

Sofia Pierno, 15, of Floral Park Centre, and five other teenage girls make up the first all-female executive board of the Nassau Junior Firefighters — representing hope for the future amid a shortage of volunteer firefighters on Long Island and across the country.

Girls power through to lead Nassau Junior Firefighters

Participants in the Sun River Health Center in Brentwood's nutritional classes can get $20 vouchers to purchase locally-grown produce. 

New Suffolk program will help low-income diabetics buy produce

Yan Starodubets lives in war-torn Ukraine, but studies online with the Stony Brook School and even helped with a school project that is sending an experiment to outer space.

Online Stony Brook School student takes class from Ukraine

The system, which went into effect last week, will issue statewide alerts about suspects at large involved in police assaults and shootings. New York joins 40 other states with Blue Alert systems.

Blue Alert system aims to help find assailants after assaults on police

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Developers of the South Fork Wind Farm began laying undersea cable for a wind farm project designed to bolster the East End's growing energy needs.

Developers lay undersea cable for South Fork Wind Farm

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

A rally was held outside of a Connetquot school board meeting on Tuesday, in support of the reinstatement of a principal who supporters allege was forced out for supporting LGBTQ students.

Rally for reinstatement of Connetquot High School principal 

A new $10 million facility is set to open in the spring of 2024 at the Islamic Center of Melville, one of about 40 mosques across Long Island, compared to many fewer in September 2001. That has given leaders of Long Island's Muslim community a sense of acceptance. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

New facility at Islamic Center of Melville in '24

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' 

Long Islanders on Monday called on lawmakers to say "no" to a proposed casino in Nassau County, but a local restaurant owner said the plan will be good for business. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Protesters: 'Say no to the casino'

More than a decade after Superstorm Sandy, New York Rising, the state agency created to help rebuild homes ravaged by the storm, is asking some residents to return the money awarded them after their reconstruction projects were unsuccessful. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

After Superstorm Sandy house rebuild failed, NY wants back funds it awarded

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

"We remember the good times, the bad times, the stuff that led us here." Inmates at the Yaphank jail are receiving lessons in memoir writing. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

A lesson in memoir writing at the Yaphank jail

A single-engine Beechcraft V35 made an emergency landing on the beach in Shoreham on Friday due to a reported engine issue, according to the FAA.

Small plane lands on Shoreham Beach after engine trouble

The StarChase vehicle-mounted GPS launcher allows police to track cars without the need for a high-speed chase. Old Westbury police are the first on Long Island to get the equipment. Chief Stuart Cameron describes the technology.

Police get vehicle-mounted GPS trackers

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