Suffolk

LI wine growers agree: 2008's weather was a challenge

LI wine growers agree: 2008's weather was a challenge

Kenneth Vaglio took no chances. After a growing season plagued by frost, hail, heavy rains and wide temperature swings, the general manager of Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue decided this month to begin harvesting white grapes nearly two weeks early.

The fight for civil rights

civil rights, timeline, history, living to tell The local and national struggle

Forty-eight years after the Greensboro sit-in sparked a movement, we reflect on local leaders, then and now, doing their part to push for equality.

Advertising LocalLinks

Your local year in review

promo
Crime, triumph, horror and joy, that was 2007. Re-live the year in photos.

Long Island Rail Road

LIRR to spend $20.7M to reduce platform gaps

Fixing the gap

The rail line will spend $20.7 million to reduce the gap between trains and station platforms systemwide.

Hepatitis scare on Long Island

Hepatitis c, long island, harvey finkelstein, HIV, AIDS, needle Tainted syringes

One doctor exposed hundreds of patients to Hepatitis B and C and HIV.

The Katie Trebing Story

More Suffolk

Newsday Special Reports

Lawyers getting full-time benefits
Lawyers Getting Full time benefits

In districts across Long Island, attorneys have been improperly reported as state employees - and are raking in big pensions as a result.

READ MORE >
Superintendent double-dippers
Superintendent Double-Dippers

It's called "double-dipping." School administrators retire with big pensions from one district and then collect a big salary from a new district.

READ MORE >
special districts
Special Districts

Across the region, scores of independent special districts provide high salaries and other benefits - and operate with little oversight.

READ MORE >
Advertising LocalLinks

Special Projects

The Katie Trebing story The fight for civil rights

Local leaders, then and now, reflect on doing their part to push for equality.

The Katie Trebing story The Katie Trebing story

A daughter with a deadly disease, an extraordinary chance to save her...create the perfect sibling.

They Failed to Act They Failed to Act

Since 1995, the Long Island Rail Road has logged nearly 900 gap incidents at stations from Penn to Bridgehampton.

Born to Serve Born to Serve

Michael P. Murphy's actions in June, 2005 earned him, posthumously, the nation's highest military award.

Coram station Fire Alarm

The only comprehensive look at the last large public service on Long Island impervious to outside scrutiny - the fire system.

Coram station Remembering Flight 800

On the beach at Smith Point County Park is a monument with the names of the 230 passengers and crew from Flight 800.

Our Fallen Our Fallen

Soldiers from Long Island killed in uniform reflect the face of our communities. Newsday remembers their sacrifice.


What you are looking for


Famous deaths
Obituaries
Lottery Results
Comics
Op Ed/Letters to the editor
Offbeat News
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Crossword
DJIA NASDAQ SPX

My Long Island

Long Island user photos
Your life in photos

Your faces. Your cameras. Your life. Upload your photos now.