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Cameron Batts, a 6th-grader at Woodhull Intermediate School in Huntington, interviewed Rodney Harrison, Suffolk's first Black police commissioner, and other local influencers as part of a Black History Month project. 

With COVID-19 rates continuing to decline, now is a safer time than a few weeks ago to be in crowded indoor settings, but experts have different views on whether it's a good idea to forgo masks, despite new CDC guidance that loosens mask recommendations.

The agency's recommendations are not binding but could give Gov. Kathy Hochul impetus to drop the mandate as early as next week.

Temperatures on Saturday will reach a high of about 34 degrees, with the wind chill value between 10 and 25 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr., lawmakers and mental health advocates came together to create the Riverhead center, which they said is needed more than ever during the pandemic.

Hours after the Feb. 16 tanker truck crash on Sunrise Highway, driver Emanuel Thornton, of Bay Shore, was found by police in Bellmore after getting out of a taxi taking him home from Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, according to village police records.  

Christopher Cruz of Long Beach filed the lawsuit nearly one year after he alleges he was punched and kicked on Feb. 24, 2021, by a group of Suffolk officers who cursed him and used racial slurs during the attack.

Here are three major myths and the facts about them, according to three of the top medical experts on LI who specialize in infectious disease and have years of training in the field.

A coating to two inches of snow and sleet are possible for Long Island from the overnight winter storm, but as temperatures rise Friday, the precipitation should turn to rain, the National Weather Service said.

Since 1996, the organization has helped mentor and assist not only generations of Black attorneys on Long Island, but also helped open doors in the legal field for court officers, court clerks, judicial referees, magistrates and judges in Nassau and Suffolk, a founding member said.

The cost of fuel and bringing virtually all goods into the region will rise if Russia limits how much oil it exports, economists said.

The firefighters wore their dress blues, creating a sea of blue uniforms that stretched two blocks away from St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church on Main Street in Bay Shore.

Robert Fehring, a retired Bellport High School teacher, band director and track coach, acknowledged in federal court that he sent dozens of the threatening letters to LGBTQ community leaders over eight years. 

On Long Island, the COVID-19 seven-day positivity level appears to be stabilizing this week at about 2%, higher than some experts hoped for, as Gov. Kathy Hochul prepares to make a decision on lifting a mask mandate for schools.

The Tim Hortons store at 2084 Jericho Tpke. in Commack and Lidl, which will occupy the former Stein Mart space in Commack's Mayfair Shopping Center, won approvals from Smithown land use officials this week. 

Mary Reid, 84, of Bay Shore hopes that her years of service and leadership in volunteer groups will inspire other residents of color who want a seat at the table where community decisions are made.   

The eight-bird domestic flock comprised chickens and guineau fowl, and was described by the USDA as "non-poultry" since it was for "backyard pleasure."  

Its parks and city commute attract buyers, but housing stock in the hamlet, ranging from the $500,000s to the millions, is tight.

The final phase road-raising project cost $3.4 million alone and came nearly a decade after Superstorm Sandy, which left some residents in Oakdale stranded as floodwaters swarmed the hamlet's roadways.

Three Long Island nonprofits that help breast cancer patients are among similar groups tapped to receive part of more than $644,000 in settlement funds from bogus charities, according to the state Attorney General's Office.