It was drawn in pencil and crayon on an 8 x 11” paper. Her 10-year-old son Cooper told her it was a drawing of his school.  But Nicole Miller was puzzled when she saw that he had drawn bars over the front door.

“Having a more inclusive workplace fosters innovation, and private employers should have flexibility to implement policies they think can support their operations and bottom line,” Matt Cohen, CEO and president of the Long Island Association, the region’s most influential business group, said in a statement to Newsday.

A boater was hospitalized after two yachts caught fire and sank at a Long Island marina early Wednesday, officials said. Firefighters were first called to Manhasset Bay Marina in Port Washington around 12:30 a.m. to a 43-foot Marine Trader yacht that was completely engulfed in flames, cops said.

The new version of the Water Resources Development Act includes new language that will lower the federal aid threshold for coastal renourishment on Long Island in the wake of damaging storms.

The Suffolk County Health Department said bird flu has been detected in poultry and wild birds in New York since 2022. The department added there have not been any cases in cattle

A very special Long Island gal celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this month in style — and shared her secrets to living a long, fulfilled life.

Window World of Long Island has been voted the best window company on Long Island in the 2024 Bethpage Best of Long Island contest!

Kristen Rosario, 22, of East Northport, has officially been crowned Miss Long Island, with 17-year-old Adrianna Lane of Smithtown named Miss Long Island Teen.

New York has barred drivers from driving past buses picking up or dropping off kids for a long time, and a 2019 law let local governments install cameras and issue tickets to those who ignored the flashing stop signs that extend from the vehicle’s side.

The plan, if approved by state legislators later this year, would increase total funding assistance for schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties to $5.2 billion.