Last week we met Victoria Arlen. She is a Gold Medal winning swimmer from the 2012 Paralympic Games. She is also an actress, model and motivational speaker. Her story and her success are incredible. She went from not being able to walk for years because of two rare conditions that compromised her immune system to dancing on stage in "Dancing with the Stars."

More than a dozen residents from New York City, Westchester and Long Island took part in a free hockey clinic for the visually impaired and blind.

Kids make a craft the first Tuesday of every month.

Suffolk County police rescued a man Sunday night who was stranded on Pattersquash Island in Moriches Bay.

Officials on Long Island's East End are moving aggressively to require the installation of advanced nitrogen-reducing septic systems, even as Suffolk County assesses the effectiveness of the technology in cleaning the region's surface waters.

More than 100 others gathered for the presentation of the portrait created for the 118th U.S. Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, which will be held in June.

Village officials last year denied permission to reopen the popular sampling room after complaints of excessive noise, crowd control and drunken patrons.

Hundreds of thousands of students in grades three through eight across the state and on Long Island will undertake the state's standardized math exams starting this week.

Lt. Susan Ralph sued in 2015, citing decades of gender discrimination and retaliation. The department admits no wrongdoing in agreeing to the $120,000 settlement.

Hempstead Town officials have installed new signs at town parks reminding visitors that vaping is prohibited at the locations, according to a news release.

Daffodils dance by the hospital entrance. The blooming Bradford pear trees look like they're swaddled in white lace. Soon, the gardens of St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn will be decked out in all their flowered finery.

Schools superintendent Thomas Rogers is asking for an independent evaluation of the environmental impact and "potential risks" of a mixed-use development planned for land next to an elementary school.

A Wyandanch woman is facing charges related to animal cruelty after her two dogs were found in "horrible condition" last week at the Babylon Animal Shelter, a Suffolk County SPCA official said Sunday.

An effort to create a write-in primary for the Women's Equality Party ballot line in the 1st Congressional District has fallen apart.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building three new elevators and a sound-retaining wall at the Floral Park Long Island Rail Road station, and village residents got a sneak peek of the plans.

A pedestrian was struck and killed as he tried to cross a busy thoroughfare in Brentwood on Saturday night, police said.

A proposal by Republican members of Congress to tighten work rules for recipients has provoked a partisan split.

The formidable task of beating back climate change must be tackled by teenagers who are still in school -- and their communities -- as global accords falter, a scientist told students on Saturday.

The entire Suffolk County Legislature this week huddled behind closed doors more than an hour and a half, grilling county attorneys over a $10 million settlement with Martin Tankleff, who served 17 years in prison for killing his parents before the appellate division in 2007 overturned the conviction.

"Now when I do things, I can get the awards, I'm with the boys and I'm not just off to the side," said scout Sarah Scotch.