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Work continued on a student-designed mural on the wall of a bagel shop next to Massapequa High School depicting its mascot, a Native American chief, and backed by the school district.

Police are investigating a morning rush-hour crash involving a tractor trailer and at least six other vehicles, including a school minibus, Thursday morning on Newbridge Road in North Bellmore.

Fans with tickets are dressing up as Swift's various "eras." 

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer with parades, ceremonies, firework displays, festivals and more. Here are things to do this weekend that will leave you excited for the season ahead:

The spot was fiercely farm-to-table.

On Long Island, there is no shortage of restaurants that take to waterside decks and patios for picturesque summer dining.

High school classmate Tony Russo recalled Linda and Lori Yaccarino as "very popular girls" who were part of the in-crowd.

U.S. Navy Growler Air Show Team makes its Long Island Air Show debut. 

Nassau County legislators, in a near unanimous vote late Monday, approved a 99-year lease agreement that would allow Las Vegas Sands to develop a $4 billion casino resort on the Coliseum site.

Take to waterside decks and patios for picturesque summer dining.

One person was killed and seven others were transported to area hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation after a blaze swept through a home in Williston Park early Tuesday, Nassau County Chief Fire Marshal Michael F. Uttaro said.

The plan includes demolishing sections of the Holbrook mall, which would be reduced in size by 42%, from 282,000 to 163,000 square feet.

The owner has been thinking of opening on Long Island for years.

The LIRR's Grand Central Madison schedule overhaul, which reduced the number of night trains at Penn Station, has inconvenienced many Long Islanders who rely on trains to get them home after events at Madison Square Garden and Broadway shows, riders said — even forcing some to leave performances early.

Suffolk County detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Holtsville that claimed the life of a 42-year-old Bay Shore woman early Sunday morning.

Meet Long Island's 2023 salutatorians, arranged in alphabetical order by school. 

They might've needed a bigger boat in "Jaws," but the state says Long Island swimmers at its park beaches can count on being shielded from shark activity by drones and other surveillance techniques this summer.

One is an ultramarathoner, one is a former Broadway actress and another is a private pilot. Meet this year's valedictorians from Long Island's Class of 2023.

Once in a while, Jerry and the gang left Manhattan and headed east.

A huge "Star Wars" fan, Larry Joffe was set to open his West Babylon shop on May 4, but died of a heart attack that day.

Cannabis is now a few clicks away on the Island — every day of the week. 

Vicky Ramos was making traditional Colombian empanadas out of a beloved takeout spot in North Lindenhurst back in 2011, a decade before the handheld snacks became trendy on Long Island. 

Fare evasion costs the MTA nearly $700 million a year, including $24.4 million on the LIRR, according to a new report.

Jordan Viscomi, 30, of Centereach, an instructor at David Sanders Dance Dynamics, befriended two female students age 15 and 16 at the studio and engaged them in live video chats and phone text messages of a sexual nature, police said.

Bagpipes skirled, drums boomed and hundreds of well-wishers cheered Thursday as the Suffolk County police officer who was shot last week during a robbery investigation in Coram was released from Stony Brook University Hospital.

Wherever he hangs his hat, that's his Jokeland.

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers will break into the Empire State this summer with a Times Square eatery, but the Louisiana-based chain also is making a play for Long Island.

Nostalgia runs high in this decades-old seafood spot.

Hughes, who won gold in women's figure skating in 2002, joins a growing list of Democrats seeking to unseat Republican Anthony D'Esposito.

A total of 122 Long Island school districts reported budgets approved by voters in school elections Tuesday, with defeats only in West Hempstead and in the tiny Wainscott district, the latter which narrowly failed to override its tax cap. 

Speeders beware: The warning period for New York's first speed camera program at work zones ends Wednesday.

They showed they were the best academically in their high schools. What stands out since 2013 is what they have learned from life.

A special pre-Mother's Day brunch was held Friday, celebrating 15 nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island who all gave birth starting in April 2019. The women gave birth within months of each other as part of a baby boom that made national headlines four years ago. 

Iconic singer-songwriter Billy Joel listed his 26-acre Centre Island waterfront estate for $49 million, his real estate agent said. 

A 7-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in the Marriott Melville pool in January 2022 and had been in a coma ever since died earlier this month, and her mother was charged Monday in her death, Suffolk County police said.

Long Island taxpayers have paid more than $165 million since 2000 to end lawsuits that alleged police and prosecutorial misconduct, including excessive force, false imprisonment and wrongful death, a Newsday investigation has found.

Funeral services are planned beginning this week for James Jaronczyk, the boater whose body was recovered in the Great South Bay off Babylon.

Scientists and medical experts say the warm winters have helped keep ticks unusually active year-round. That means more bites and more chances to be infected with diseases the tiny creatures carry.

New York State Police have identified two people killed in a single-vehicle accident on Ocean Parkway in Babylon Town Sunday morning as Smithtown residents Daniel Fabrizio, 58, and Diane Seghposs, 58.

School district residents go to the polls on May 16 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts.

Yes, that is a hit TV show filming on Wall Street in Huntington Friday, and yes, it's the 12th season of "American Horror Story," which has blocked off a major village thoroughfare through Saturday morning.

Long Islanders may soon be able to share a joint with a fellow sports fan at the bar – or toke over trivia.

The village of Patchogue has a lot to celebrate. The downtown streets are bustling with businesses, new housing developments have brought an influx of residents and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts is marking its centennial this month.

A man from West Islip who kept a chokehold around the neck of an agitated fellow passenger on a New York City subway, leading to the other rider's death, turned himself in to authorities Friday on a manslaughter charge that could send him to prison for 15 years.

Daniel Penny, 24, of West Islip will be arrested and face a charge of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely.

The Shinnecock Indian Nation said that it is open to allowing the Wyandanch School District to keep its Warriors team name if it removes its Native American imagery, but officials at the state Education Department said it's too late for the district to procure an exemption.

A Suffolk County Police officer was shot in Coram, a law enforcement source told Newsday. 

Two Long Island high school seniors are among five from New York and 161 named U.S. Presidential Scholars — recognizing their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.

George Anthony Devolder Santos, 34, as he was identified in the 13-count indictment, pleaded not guilty during his initial appearance in federal court in Central Islip Wednesday afternoon. 

Seasonal scents like pumpkin spice and holiday cookies are sold year-round.