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By Eric Anderson January 07, 2013
The January 1 deadline has come and gone, while two facilities remain open.
By Carrie B. January 06, 2013
After he received his insurance check, he hung a big sign right over his demolished basement and view of his homes damages.
By Lyndsay McCabe January 06, 2013
Though the murders at Gilgo Beach remain unsolved, some justice has come to the pimp that put one woman in potential danger.
By Eric Anderson January 06, 2013
Hurricane Sandy left the boardwalk unusable.
By Amy Gernon January 05, 2013
A special shotgun season for deer hunting is opening in Suffolk on Monday, and this year hunters will have access to expanded territories.
By Robert Ottone January 04, 2013
A Kings Park man has been charged with first degree manslaughter after murdering his grandmother early Friday morning.
By Long Island News & PR January 04, 2013
The Nassau County Bus Transit Committee has scheduled two public hearings on January 10 regarding the anticipated effect of the MTA’s (Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s) fare increase on NICE (Nassau Inter-County Express) bus.
By Wendy L January 04, 2013
The latest jobs reports was released reflecting slow, but steady progress.
By Robert Ottone January 04, 2013
Erosion continues to be a hot-button issue on the east end of Long Island.
By Amy Gernon January 04, 2013
Two separate shooting incidents on Thursday evening has left three NYPD officers recovering, with one suspect dead and four others in custody.
By Vickie Moller January 04, 2013
Gov. Cuomo's New York Education Reform Commission has recommended the creation of a statewide full-day Pre-K program, an initiative representing the first state-sponsored educational program of its kind in New York.
By Amy Gernon January 03, 2013
MYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that 2012 experienced an all-time high in tourism, as well as all-time lows for murders and shooting deaths, as well as fire fatalities.
By Wendy L January 03, 2013
A hate crime is under investigation after finding an anti-Semitic message and swastika written at Roosevelt Field Mall.
By Amy Gernon January 02, 2013
In an era of strict partisanship, lawmakers from both parties have come together to condemn House Speaker Boehner's failure to put the Sandy relief package up for vote.
By Vickie Moller January 02, 2013
In honor of the life and legacy of the late Matthew T. Crosson, a renowned business leader, attorney and television commentator, his family has established a memorial scholarship fund in support of Stony Brook journalism ...
By Robert Ottone January 02, 2013
Hipsters Morgan Gliedman and Aaron Greene arrested for amassing various weapons in their Greenwich Village home.
By Wendy L January 02, 2013
Plans for a new attraction to come to Staten Island that would help rebuild its shoreline after Superstorm Sandy.
By Wendy L January 02, 2013
On New Year's Day evening a fire erupts at one business and spreads to two others in East Meadow.
By Amy Gernon January 01, 2013
Southampton residents will be voting on a proposed tax levy to pay for a $26 million coastal erosion project set to begin later this year.
By Amy Gernon January 01, 2013
All that's left to seal a later than last minute deal on the fiscal cliff is a vote in the House of Representatives.
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