Long Island Newsday: Local
- Cops: Five unlocked cars with key fobs inside stolen in Hauppauge
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 09:39 PM The cars were stolen between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. Thursday at residences on Bezel Lane, Maureen Drive, Sandra Drive, Steven Place, police say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pandemic slows efforts to diversify teacher workforce, but there are signs of change
Friday - 03/18/2022 - 05:00 AMEnd-of-school-year resignations and early retirements should create hiring opportunities for some school districts, education advocates said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Some residents oppose plan to relocate Village Hall to historic home, plot in Plandome Manor
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 06:32 PMTrustees have set an April 6 vote on a proposed 10-year, $600,000 villagewide bond to finance the project, but some residents who live on the street where the Richardson Home would be moved to said officials have not been transparent and have hired a lawyer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Upper Brookville, Muttontown create new police department to patrol villages
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 08:10 PMThe joint force will begin patrols June 1 under the banner of the Muttontown and Upper Brookville Police Department, or MUB PD, and operate with a projected annual budget of $4 million to $4.1 million.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Train hits, kills person near Hicksville station, LIRR says
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 08:31 AMThe person was struck just after 8 p.m.Wednesday east of the Long Island Rail Road station in Hicksville, officials said. It led to a suspension of all service between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma that lasted more than two hours,
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rusty Mae Moore, transgender activist and longtime Hofstra educator, has died
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 06:42 PM"She was the most loving, most nurturing human being that it has ever been my pleasure to meet," her wife said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cops: Suspect in N. Massapequa fatal stabbing dies from self-inflicted wounds
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 10:01 PMStaff at a hospital pronounced Vincent Maiolica, 34, of Massapequa, dead Monday, according to police. He had been suspected of stabbing two women over the weekend â one of whom later died â and then attempting to take his own life, Nassau police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Jericho, police say
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 09:25 AMThe crash occurred on westbound Jericho Turnpike around 11:45 p.m. when the westbound motorcycle was struck by a westbound 2021 Kia K5 sedan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LI unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in January as more got jobs
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 05:52 PMThe jobless rate was 5.9% in January 2021.Â
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Great Neck attorney killed in his Flushing, Queens office, NYPD says
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 08:00 PMJim Li, a longtime immigration lawyer, was found unresponsive in his Flushing law office after he had met with a woman now charged in his stabbing death.Â
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- Claudio's restaurant, Long Beach and other LI places that were hot spots during Prohibition
Friday - 03/18/2022 - 05:00 AMLong Island turned into a crucial highway in the efforts to smuggle alcoholic beverages to a thirsty citizenry.Â
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal pandemic rent relief largely assisted low-income Long Islanders, state data shows
Friday - 03/18/2022 - 08:43 AMMore than half of the $48.7 million went to help women-run households, according to demographic data.Â
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Long Island COVID-19 numbers inch up, but no need to panic, experts say
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 08:04 PMAfter omicron peaked on Long Island in January, it steadily bottomed out, but a new subvariant makes up 38% of all new confirmed COVID-19 infections statewide. Experts and New York State health officials say it's too early to see the slight spike as a sign of dire days to come.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LIRR union electricians threaten work stoppage over worker's suspension
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 08:16 PMAbout 1,000 LIRR union electricians could stage a work stoppage, as they accuse railroad management of violating their contract by suspending a 25-year employee who tested positive for marijuana.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Maryland man charged in sex abuse of Suffolk teen who was missing, police say
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 01:04 PMPolice said the teen was found in the man's home Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Voters across Long Island elect village mayors and trustees
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 07:24 PMIn Hempstead, voters elected a teacher and one-time NFL prospect Noah Burroughs to a one-year term as trustee to the Hempstead Village Board.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Babylon holds celebration of 150th anniversary of split from Huntington town
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 05:00 AMThe anniversary of Babylon's separation from Huntington town will be marked by community celebrations, a time capsule, and a parade. Â
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Queens woman held in stabbing death of North Shore attorney
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 10:16 AMXiaoning Zhang, 25, of Flushing, is charged with the murder of Jim Li, 66, of Great Neck, a prominent immigration attorney who was stabbed to death Monday in office in Flushing, the NYPD said
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - $7M from federal omnibus bill to fund hookups to public water supply to 124Â homes
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 07:14 PMWork will begin in the summer to transfer properties in Riverhead and Brookhaven towns whose private wells have tested positive for contaminants.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Feds: Linda Mangano should serve 2 1/2 years in prison for corruption
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 08:18 PM"Despite the jury's verdict, the defendant refuses to accept any responsibility for her crimes and shows an utter lack of remorse," prosecutors said in a sentencing recommendation.
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- From rum-smuggling fishermen to famous mobsters: Long Island's big role in Prohibition
Friday - 03/18/2022 - 05:00 AMWith over 1,600 miles of indented coastline, the Island had plenty of secret coves, harbors and inlets to which bootleggers could bring in liquor from as far away as the Caribbean and Europe.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Major Long Island business groups call for study of LIPA sale to private entity
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 12:47 PMA key state legislator called such a study "redundant" and "ill-considered," while LIPA said the review could temporarily lock the agency out of the bond market
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ward Melville High young scientist Amber Luo makes 'a dream come true' in Regeneron
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 07:11 PM"I heard Ward Melville and I was like, 'Did I just hear that?'Â To be able to be in the top three is something everybody dreams of," Amber Luo said about her finish in the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Data: A spike in foreign-born Long Islanders amid better economic numbers
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 12:01 AMExperts cautioned that despite the positive numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, international turmoil could still impede the region's economy, and a lag in data has prevented the bureau from fully capturing the affect of COVID-19 restrictions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nine LI bridges carrying more than 67,000 total vehicles in 'poor' condition
Thursday - 03/17/2022 - 08:56 AMThe bridges, carrying a total of more than 67,000 vehicles daily, are rated poor possibly because of issues with decking, support beams, piers or abutments, according to state Department of Transportation data and experts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LI woman gets new heart, lungs from one donor
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 07:56 PM"To speak and not get tired. To walk and not get tired. It's the first time in my 40 years that my body has done that," Lindsay Salguero-Lopez said of the results of her transplant surgery.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - County exec gets traffic light added to busy Woodmere intersection
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 05:00 AMNassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said the traffic light is needed in the intersection, heavily trafficked by pedestrians, trucks and other vehicles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal COVID funds to help pay for Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park, marina upgrades
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 05:32 PMThe upgrades, including new sidewalks and a picnic area, had been planned for years and were completed last year, town officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Firearms code, tax breaks for volunteer firefighters focus of new bills
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 06:04 PMHead of the Harbor trustees will vote Wednesday on bills considering a property tax exemption for fire and ambulance company volunteers and a change to village firearms law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ward Melville High School senior takes 3rd, $150G in Regeneron science contest
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 10:11 PMAmber Luo, 18, of Stony Brook, was the top finisher of the seven finalists from Long Island in the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition.
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