Long Island town, city pension budgets spike by nearly $14 million, Newsday analysis shows
Officials said they hiked pension budgets after the state changed the way newer employees' retirement packages are calculated ...
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Long Island school battles over name change to honor ‘living white’ man — ‘erasing’ indigenous history
A top-performing Long Island school district is battling over a proposal to rename an elementary school for its outgoing superintendent — with some griping that a “living white” man shouldn ...
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Long Island Wildfire Is Under Control, Officials Say
The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley still faced a high fire risk on Sunday, officials said. By Chelsia Rose ...
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Newsday's All-Long Island teams
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Brush fires on Long Island prompt Governor Hochul to issue State of Emergency
LONG ISLAND (PIX11) – Governor Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency as Suffolk County battled multiple brush fires reported in Southampton on Long Island Saturday. Over 70 fire departments ...
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State of emergency declared as brush fires shut down roads in Long Island, New York
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County. Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air.
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Backyard s’mores believed to be the origin of Long Island fires, investigators say
Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people ...
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Backyard s'mores named cause of massive Long Island brush fires, investigators say
Dozens of investigators tasked with determining the origin of Saturday's brush fires on Long Island have linked the blazes to a backyard in Manorville. Officials said Monday that the fires were ...
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Retired Long Island nurse, health teacher uses ancient technique to calm anxious animals: ‘Just like people’
They’re all bow-wowed by her. A Long Island woman has dedicated her retirement to easing hundreds of anxious animals with an ancient Japanese calming technique she first mastered on people.
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Wegmans opens its first Long Island store this week
To mark its Lake Grove opening, Wegmans made a $5,000 donation to Long Island Cares. Long Island and the rest of the New York City area had been devoid of the popular supermarket chain until Oct ...
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Wegmans opens its first supermarket on Long Island
The beloved grocer celebrated the grand opening of its first store on Long Island Wednesday -- a 101,000-square-foot supermarket in the DSW plaza at the corner of Middle County Road and Moriches ...
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Queens-based chain to open its first Long Island restaurants
James Chen and Chef Chris Pak, who own and operate two restaurants called Kuku Korean Cuisine in Long Island City and Forest Hills, are bringing the concept to locations in Roslyn Heights and ...