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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that he and a bipartisan group of state legislators will hold hearings on Long Island next week on the improper granting of pension and other benefits by school and special districts as well as local governments.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
The milestone became our millstone Thursday, as the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline topped $4 for the first time ever on Long Island. Outrageous, some Newsday readers are calling it.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
While Smithtown's Democratic highway superintendent and two Republican town board members squabble over the best way to pay for needed road repairs, the paving season could come to an end.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A man who hit a car and a school bus at a busy Huntington Station intersection Thursday, then fled, was nabbed at home and charged with driving while high on drugs, Suffolk police said.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Three weeks before he led Suffolk County police on a high-speed chase, running through a red light and crashing into an innocent man, John Licausi failed a routine drug test administered by his parole officer.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Suffolk County police are investigating a crash in Melville Thursday afternoon that sent one person to the hospital, while another driver has fled from the scene, authorities said.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Light rain. Mild wind. Possible patchy fog -- after noon.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The governor stood at a podium before hundreds of high school students and declared, "I am from Hempstead, New York."
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thursday's hearing in the lawsuit seeking to invalidate Suffolk's worker status bill was postponed to May 29, attorneys in the case said.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
A self-appointed Islip Town watchdog was charged Thursday with stealing more than $100,000 from her boss, authorities said.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
With school budget votes just four days away, the State Education Department has announced the names of 380 "high-achieving" schools on Long Island, among more than 1,700 statewide that excel in state reading and math tests.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
An unidentified woman was taken to a local hospital for injuries after her leg slipped into a gap at the Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road station early Thursday evening, a LIRR spokesman said.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vincent Mannelli runs most days, sometimes for four hours at a stretch. He's run in marathons and half-marathons, and, at age 56, is trim and agile.
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Don't Mess With Taxes (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is definitely not what any of us wanted to hear, but the Newsday reports that some economic stimulus checks are showing up in the wrong bank accounts. Although the direct deposit of most of the rebates seem to be going into the appropriate accounts, the Long Island, N.Y., tabloid says some are winding up...
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Deer Park middle school was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a bomb threat was discovered on a bathroom wall, officials said.