Authorities identified the men as Officer Michael Colangelo, 31, the groom, of Huntington Station, and Det. John M. Martinez, 39, of Hauppauge. The speed of their rented Maserati was excessive, State Police Maj. Pierce Gallagher said.
The Northport Village Board has a new trustee after Mayor Damon McMullen's appointment of resident Mercy Smith to finish the remainder of this year of his trustee term.
Nassau Democratic lawmakers have asked County Executive Laura Curran to review or rebid all proposed contracts approved by former Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker, a Republican who is under federal indictment.
Dix Hills native Scott Beigel's fiancee, Gwen Gossler, spoke about his life and heroism during a news conference. "He never wanted to be known as a hero. But he was. Scott was a hero to the students that he saved on Feb. 14," she said.
A turn-of-the-last-century home in Sea Cliff comes with modern interiors and views of Hempstead Bay from nearly every window. It is on the market for $799,000.
Spoons, the ice cream parlor where cereal is pulverized into the cold stuff, is expanding its reach with a second location, open now in Stewart Manor, and a third to come within weeks, in Massapequa Park.
Two Long Island lawmakers are asking state officials to push for the revival of an extension of a mortgage assistance program for superstorm Sandy victims, saying the end of the aid has left their constituents in a financial bind.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow told the graduates his career was "on the rocks," before he broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault story, but he remained determined.
About three dozen protesters of the proposed development at Belmont Park carried signs reading "Selling hot dogs doesn't pay the rent" and "The Coliseum is the Islanders' home" at the Elmont racetrack.