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Islip officials rejected a resolution aimed at ending a contract between Islip and ICE allowing agents to train at the town's rifle range.
As the end of summer approaches, a Halloween retail giant is planning its expansion around Long Island to kick off the holiday season.
As the end of summer approaches, a Halloween retail giant is planning its expansion around Long Island to kick off the holiday season.
Construction for a new McDonald's in Suffolk County will begin soon, according to a report by Long Island Business News.
Suffolk County police are asking for the public's help identifying and locating a man who damaged a vehicle after a dispute on Long Island.
Town of Islip lifeguards will be honored at a town board meeting this week for saving a man's life on Fire Island earlier this summer
A protest calling for a Long Island town to end a contract allowing ICE to train at its rifle range took place over the weekend.
A man was arrested over the weekend for committing lewd acts in public and touching a woman inappropriately on Long Island, police say.
Two teen boys were arrested over the weekend after crashing a stolen car into a home on Long Island, Suffolk County police say.
Long Island firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in her Honda after crashing into a police car near a traffic light, officials say.
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A Doherty-owned Applebee's on Long Island is hosting a school supply drive on Sunday during its annual Stuff the Bus campaign.
An off-price retailer offering discounted designer clothing and accessories is opening a pop-up at a Tanger Outlets on Long Island soon.
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame's inaugural Music Documentary Film Festival runs through the weekend in Stony Brook.
A man died from an apparent medical incident during a single-vehicle crash on Long Island early Friday morning, Suffolk County police say.
A man walking with his bike was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Long Island on Thursday morning, according to Suffolk County police.
Long Island firefighters extinguished flames that broke out in a recycling yard earlier this week, Suffolk County police say.
Free breast cancer screenings will be offered in North Babylon on Friday, hosted by Sen. Monica R. Martinez and Stony Brook Medicine.
A Long Island school celebrated the grand opening of a sensory playground, aiming to help students feel "connected, engaged and supported."
Two employees of a Long Island massage parlor were arrested on Wednesday, Suffolk police say.