Service on the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station and Jamaica was restored in time for the evening rush after a westbound train fatally hit an unauthorized person on the tracks Wednesday afternoon, the LIRR said.
Representatives of environmental groups and the supermarket industry urged Nassau County legislators Wednesday to schedule a public hearing on a bill to charge shoppers 5 cents for single-use bags.
Jurors considering the federal corruption charges against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto asked Wednesday to review security camera footage of the Mangano family's front door.
The sun was setting in the sky as the Brentwood girls soccer team's season came to close. As Coach Martino Sottile spoke to one of his players, two others crept closer. In their hands, they carried a Gatorade bucket.
Two men who burglarized a Melville church are wanted more than two months later, and a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest, Suffolk County police said.
The proposal is one of several options listed in a report to help improve travel between the Ronkonkoma train station and Long Island MacArthur Airport.
Every autumn, after picking apples at an orchard either on Long Island or upstate, I bring them home, bake pies and make applesauce. In December, I make limoncello to give as gifts and enjoy over the holidays, and every week I make a batch of Greek yogurt. For the past 15 years, I've had an ever-brewing container of kombucha on my kitchen counter, and there is always compost in the backyard. I grow an array of vegetables and, summer before last, I cajoled my family to spend a (somewhat miserable) day canning tomatoes under the hot August sun.
State transportation officials will decide in about three months whether a new railroad crossing should be added in Mastic to alleviate chronic traffic congestion.