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From the bays surrounding Long Island come stories of beauty and heartache in an industry that once dominated the waters off New York’s coastline. Baymen, independent clammers and fishermen share their struggles in this behind-the-scenes documentary about a career many wouldn’t change for the world.


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Life on the Bays

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Life on the bays: A waning industry, daily struggles

Robert Rodriguez, who has been an amputee since he was 10 months old, uses his disability to connect with others who have recently suffered the loss of a limb. 


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LI man uses disability to connect with others

Nicolas Vigliotti suffers from a rare degenerative genetic disorder since birth. He's been confined to his home for most his life, but Nico's mother made it her mission to give him purpose and a reason to go on when hope was difficult.


When You're Ready

‘When you’re ready’: An LI mom’s fight for her son’s life 

Long Island native Stephan Bogardus is determined to follow in the footsteps of his mentor, a Long Island legend, while carving his own path as executive chef of North Fork Table and Inn in Southold.


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The North Fork’s Prodigal Son

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A dumpster-diving whistleblower shed light on alleged corruption in the town of Oyster Bay. After two years reporting on the story, federal investigators have brought charges against Nassau's top politician and his wife, and a town's supervisor, in a case that began with a local restaurateur. 

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The Cost of Corruption

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During the hardest period of their lives, families turn to Vanessa Zenz, a funeral director, for comfort during their grief. Her sincere care for her job and the people she meets and takes care of is anything but ordinary.


In Love and Death

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Inside the last trailer park in Nassau County, a tight-knit community has dispersed after a spirited 9-year legal battle that the residents were never equipped to fight. Many of the 80 families lost hope and moved away long ago. Newsday followed the last remaining family as it struggled against a deadline to find an alternative to becoming homeless.


The Last Trailer Park

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From archival interviews with Negro League legends Buck O'Neil and Monte Irvin to commentary from contemporary baseball figures lJoe Torre, Curtis Granderson, Tony Clark and Rob Manfred, Newsday examines the history of Negro League baseball the breaking of the color barrier. (Credit: Newsday staff)

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Out of the Shadows: Remembering the Negro Leagues

Out of the Shadows

When you see foie gras on a menu in the United States, it is most likely because of Michael Ginor. Many Long Islanders know him as the founder of Lola in Great Neck, but are unaware of his other life as the largest foie gras operator in the country.

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The House that Foie Gras Built: Feed Me TV

The House that Foie Gras Built

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Newsday chronicled the Brentwood girls soccer team’s 2017 season in the documentary “We Are Brentwood.” 


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'We are Brentwood:' A season with the Brentwood High School girls soccer team

'We are Brentwood:' 1 season with the high school girls soccer team

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There's a special relationship between an MTA canine police officer and the dog. The dog is more than a tool, more than a partner. He becomes your best friend. And although it might not be easy training your best friend, MTA Police Canine handler Officer Alison Schmitt, originally from Malverne and now Holtsville, proved more than up to the task. Accepting the job of MTA canine police officer changed her life, her family's life and life for the family of the late NYPD Det. Steven McDonald - longtime friends and neighbors of the Schmitts.


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MTA PD officer has special connection with Steven McDonald

Police Dog: Training your best friend

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For two years, Newsday has followed and filmed various Long Island drag racers. While some practice the sport legally, there exists a sub-culture of racers who do not. The consequences of those illegal street races have, at times, led to tragedy.  For decades, there were three sanctioned drag strips on Long Island. But each has been shuttered, leaving many in the film to wonder, if Long Island still had a legal drag strip, would that curtail the amount of illegal racing? (Newsday staff)

Street Racer: The culture of speed on Long Island

Street Racer: The Culture of Speed on Long Island

A pair of teams from a small, underestimated Suffolk town claimed state basketball titles side by side, a feat that had not been accomplished by a public school on Long Island. Thirty five years later the Wyandanch Warriors reconnect to tell their story. (Newsday / Raychel Brightman)

Warriors for life

Warriors for Life

Twins John and Joe Tardif were born prematurely and their parents were not sure they would survive. Now, 18 years later, Joe is an accomplished athlete who is a star player in baseball, soccer and basketball at Mattituck Junior-Senior High School. John has cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair and cannot speak, but he is Joe's biggest fan and never misses a game. In April 2016, the twins and their family talked about their special bond, their relationship with each other and the community, and about what the future holds. (Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara / John Paraskevas)

Brothers Joe and John Tardif: Along with their family, a winning team

A Winning Team

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NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports from Manorville as police search a wooded area. The search is in connection with the Gilgo Beach homicide investigation, officials say.

On the scene in Manorville as police comb woods

Rachel Lodice, 21, from Jericho, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to multiple charges after allegedly causing a fatal crash in Massapequa and driving off in a public safety vehicle that had stopped to help the victims, police said. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'It is unfair'

The state has detected high levels of a carcinogenic heavy metal at a West Islip Superfudn site, four years after a cleanup of the area.

Polllution concerns, again

The case of Theresa Sexton's son Terry Long, who was shot and killed nearly two years ago, has gone unsolved. On Tuesday at the Suffolk County Police Department's media room in Yaphank, Sexton asked the public to help find justice for her son's killing. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'Help them bring the people to justice'

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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Food and dining services stopped on the Nassau Community College campus on April 16. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'Bring back the food for our kids at Nassau'

Opening statements began Monday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.

'It's a case as to bookkeeping'

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.'

A former LI man set himself on fire at a park outside the courthouse of the Trump hush money trial where jury selection happened.

Former LI man ablaze outside trial

A Nassau judge said she was considering additional penalties against the owners of Cold Spring Hills nursing home after the facility ignored a contempt order for failing to make a $2.65 million payment.

On the hook for at least $2.6M

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

According to Port Washington's fire chief, two teens on a boat came across three men in Manhasset Bay after they capsized. The teens pulled them from the frigid waters to safety.

3 men rescued from Manhasset Bay

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