Dr. The Martin Luther King Jr. trail ran through Long Island nearly 60 years ago, urging the new suburban communities to stop not only racial segregation but also segregation in schools like those in the Malvers. Today’s civil rights leaders, historians and Long Islanders said … 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

ONEAfter Laura-Jean Schnupp was diagnosed with cancer in January 2020, she got another surprise. The doctors could not identify where the disease had begun. Soon, she and her mother, Jeanne Santomauro Schnupp, began a procession of trips to various facilities for Laura-Jean’s chemotherapy, though at … Read More

Although N95 masks are most effective at blocking the transmission of coronavirus, drug and surgical masks also help, especially if everyone in a room wears them, experts and several studies say. Masking in schools has been debated over the past week after Nassau County Executive … Read More

When Elijah Olaniyi returned to Stony Brook for men’s basketball after a year playing in Miami, he said he did it because he had unfinished business. He led the Seawolves in scoring two seasons ago, proving he could play in the ACC a season later, … Read More

As the region faces increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, medical experts say Long Islanders should prepare to live with the disease in the coming years, but in all likelihood it will become less fatal over time. Experts agree that variants, vaccination rates and other factors … Read More

49 Long Island public and private school students were named semifinalists Thursday in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022 competition, cementing the region’s dominance in the prestigious annual competition. Nassau and Suffolk county seniors, including an island-leading six from John F. Kennedy High School in … Read More

With the omicron variant spreading rapidly across Long Island, thousands of residents started the New Year in their vehicles Saturday morning, queuing to receive free fast COVID-19 test kits at NYCB Lives Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, where the first cars arrived at The event, hosted … Read More

Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix live in a part of the Hamptons that could more correctly be called the Un-Hamptons. Pine forests need their house. There is not a beach or jitney in sight. Sag Harbor is about three miles down the road, but might … Read More

Applied DNA Sciences Inc. plans to submit data to the State Department of Health for an updated COVID-19 test that can detect the new omicron variant along with previous strains of the virus. Chairman and CEO James A. Hayward said in an email that after … Read More