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Long Island turned into a crucial highway in the efforts to smuggle alcoholic beverages to a thirsty citizenry. 

About 1,000 LIRR union electricians could stage a work stoppage, as they accuse railroad management of violating their contract by suspending a 25-year employee who tested positive for marijuana.

"I heard Ward Melville and I was like, 'Did I just hear that?' To be able to be in the top three is something everybody dreams of," Amber Luo said about her finish in the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition.

A key state legislator called such a study "redundant" and "ill-considered," while LIPA said the review could temporarily lock the agency out of the bond market

The bridges, carrying a total of more than 67,000 vehicles daily, are rated poor possibly because of issues with decking, support beams, piers or abutments, according to state Department of Transportation data and experts.

Experts cautioned that despite the positive numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, international turmoil could still impede the region's economy, and a lag in data has prevented the bureau from fully capturing the effect of COVID-19 restrictions.

In Hempstead, voters elected a teacher and one-time NFL prospect Noah Burroughs to a one-year term as trustee to the Hempstead Village Board.

The number of closings last month was the lowest since July 2020. Data released Tuesday by OneKey MLS suggests the spring will bring higher prices. 

The waterfront village has restaurants, shops and festivals, with homes including condos, ranches, Colonials and vintage gems.

The festivities will kick off next month with a reenactment of the first town board meeting on April 2, 1872, that's invitation-only and then through Oct. 2 will include parades, a time capsule and celebrations in Babylon's villages and hamlets.

Police said the teen was found in the man's home Monday.

Amber Luo, 18, of Stony Brook, was the top finisher of the seven finalists from Long Island in the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition.

The victim was riding a 2020 Suzuki motorcycle about 6 p.m on Wicks Road near Suffolk Avenue when he lost control and collided with a truck, police said.

Work will begin in the summer to transfer properties in Riverhead and Brookhaven towns whose private wells have tested positive for contaminants.

Head of the Harbor trustees will vote Wednesday on bills considering a property tax exemption for fire and ambulance company volunteers and a change to village firearms law.

The jobless rate was 5.9% in January 2021. 

The upgrades, including new sidewalks and a picnic area, had been planned for years and were completed last year, town officials said.

In Great Neck Plaza, incumbent Ted Rosen is set to go against his 2020 challenger Leonard N. Katz. Elsewhere on Long Island, voters will choose new trustees, mayors and judges or fill vacant seats.

A small piece of history from the original Penn Station has returned to greet LIRR commuters at the Moynihan Train Hall, which connects to Penn, six decades after the station was demolished.

The crash occurred on Sound Avenue, east of Twomey Avenue, at about 7:50 p.m. Sunday, Riverhead Town police said.