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Apparent fish kill at Cold Spring Harbor beach, DEC says
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said it is investigating what one resident said were "thousands" of dead fish.
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Barbering offers a path to entrepreneurship. Can LI barbers make the money work?
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Cold cases and Gilgo ... Districts prepare for cyberattacks ... Rabid raccoon reported in Islip ... South Shore ride-along
Family of Irish fashion designer found dead on yacht plans $50M wrongful death lawsuit
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NYPD: East Hampton man charged in fatal hit and run on New Year's Day
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Legendary Connetquot HS three-sport athlete dies at 49
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College sports bill gains momentum in D.C., but some say it slights athletes
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How LI water districts are preparing for cyberattacks
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Nassau County should repay red light ticket fees
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Killing of Marcelo Lucero subject of human rights commission hearing
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Why the risk of flash flooding is increasing on LI
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Patchogue creates ride-share drop off spots on Main Street
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Man riding e-bike killed in Riverhead crash
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In race for governor, Blakeman strikes moderate tone in ads to NYC voters
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Walt Whitman artifacts on display at his birthplace museum
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A look at cold homicide cases from the 1990s: Could the Gilgo Beach serial killer be tied to any of them?
A Newsday review turned up half a dozen instances of unidentified remains found on LI in the early 1990s — a period when the admitted serial killer began committing murders.
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Gotti grandson can delay prison surrender if he donates kidney to mother by Monday
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Judge sentences LI man in 'senseless' backyard shooting death of unarmed father
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WWII-era grenade found in Bethpage home's basement
Cold cases and Gilgo ... Districts prepare for cyberattacks ... Rabid raccoon reported in Islip ... South Shore ride-along
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ICE presence once again growing on LI, as arrests rise nationwide
Advocates say they are seeing signs that U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents are becoming more active on Long Island.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICComplete coverage: ICE arrests and deportations on LI
1.5 million cartons of eggs recalled amid salmonella outbreak. Here's what to look for.
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She's spent 400 hours advocating for the environment. Now this LI teen has a Congressional gold medal.
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At-home Lyme disease tests — for ticks — hitting market this month
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LI village weighs code change to revive decades-old development project
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LI housing authority favors white seniors over residents of color, disabled people, feds say. Here's how.
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Development near popular LIRR station eyes 20-year tax break
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Man killed on LIRR tracks near Syosset
Suffolk woman contracts rare disease known as rabbit fever from cat bite
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State warns library: Come into compliance or trustees could be removed
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Nassau awards $730G in new legal contracts to Blakeman's campaign finance chair
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LI schools superintendent resigns after 3 years
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Aquarium casts out for help naming new octopus
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Point Lookout lifeguards demonstrate how fast swimmers can get caught in rip current
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Killers of Baldwin high hoops standout sentenced to life in prison
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LI village close to boosting flood-prone shoreline
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Massapequa man killed in Suffolk motorcycle crash
NY sides with cannabis shop seeking to open within 1,000 feet of LI high school
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Ex-PTA official pleads guilty to stealing $10,000 from group
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Swimmers rescued from ocean off Robert Moses State Park
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Looking into the future: What can the Isles accomplish over the next 10 years?
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Wrongful death lawsuit planned in head-on crash on Bethpage State Parkway
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When Babe Ruth caught a baseball dropped from an airplane on LI
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Why Nassau isn't paying back its $100 illegal red light camera fees
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1 girl, 23 arrested in 2 states: Inside LI's hidden world of drugs, sex trafficking
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32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.
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Nearly 6,000 LI households could face homelessness if Trump cuts Section 8 funding
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The Sandbox brings food trucks to Oyster Bay
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Out East: Main & Mill House
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LI hockey dad beats cancer
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Turtle-sniffing dogs searching LI woods to help protect a species
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Out East: Home on the free range at Browder's Birds
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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Where's the beef? Ken visits a butcher shop
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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Making ice cream at Coyle's in Islip
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Trendy Bites: Rainbow cookie meets donut
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