For Daniel and Ines Loor, it was a dream to afford a house on Long Island. The Loors and their three children rented part of a house in Brentwood. Now they are settling into a renovated three-bedroom house with lawn in Massapequa. It is a … Read More

Life and Legacy of Pastor Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated across Long Island and throughout New York State on Monday with calls for public service and a commitment to preserve the voting rights of black Americans. At Bethlehem Judea Church in Hempstead, nearly 75 … Read More

Nassau police have arrested and charged two men in connection with the fatal shooting in November of a Hempstead man found wounded on a Uniondale street, authorities said. Kyle Colthirst, 18, of Uniondale, and Tariq Pitaud, 18, of West Babylon, are each charged with second-degree … Read More

Long Island commuters are asking LIRR to stop leaving them out in the cold and open waiting rooms at the station for extended periods of time during the cold winter months. As temperatures have dropped well below freezing in recent days, some Long Island Rail … Read More

Legis. Kevin McCaffrey, Suffolk County Legislature’s first GOP president in 17 years, said he and the Republican majority will push to reduce the county’s user fees, reconsider the red light camera program and block public campaign funding scheduled to begin next year. . McCaffrey, 67, … Read More

Soup is not just a great way to warm up: it’s an occasion for culinary art, and it’s local masterpieces. The lobby (461 Hempstead Tpke, West Hempstead): Avgolemono, a heavenly Greek blend of lemon and temperate eggs, is here enhanced by a solid amount of … Read More

When Farmingdale State College senior Jasmine Brown remembers her first year, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic started, it glows like Technicolor – before the screen dims to gray. “Oh, the first year was amazing – it was almost like you see in the movies, … Read More

Two proposals, including plans for transit-oriented development near LIRR in Amityville Village and a town square in Riverhead with an amphitheater and an ice rink, each won $ 10 million in state aid on Thursday. Lieutenant. Governor Brian Benjamin and Long Island officials announced the … Read More

Florence Beitch from the Bay Shore remembers meeting her husband, Bill. In 1954, I was with a date in Manhattan when I came across my aunt’s niece and her date, Burt. We talked, walked apart and later in the evening saw each other again in … Read More

Long Island students have helped thousands of local families stay warm this winter through collections of everything from socks to scarves. A stocking fundraising initiative, called Socktober, saw more than 1,500 new couples gathered by students at Seneca Middle School in Holbrook – including as … Read More