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More than 29 million visitors spent time at Long Island state parks last year, a dip of nearly 2.5 million from 2020, but statewide, a record 78.4 million visitors traveled to state campgrounds, trails and historic sites, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. 

The injuries were non-life-threatening, Suffolk police said

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine said the town hopes to memorialize Annie Henry, 104, of Gordon Heights, who died Jan. 30, with a plaque or monument. "She is the American story in a nutshell," Romaine said.

Hopes of peace are tempered by concerns about how a bloody conflict could upend the lives of family and friends living in Ukraine as the country prepares for a possible Russian invasion.

The five males, four teenagers and a 23-year-old man, await arraignment after the stolen Nissan Sentra they were in Tuesday night crashed into a marked police vehicle in North Bay Shore, Suffolk police said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul appears likely to make a final decision on the future of a mask mandate for schools after winter break, which ends when classes resume on Feb. 28, according to educators who attended an online meeting with her on Tuesday.

Defense attorneys for the two nurses and a receptionist at an Amityville pediatric health care center who were charged with forgery appeared briefly on behalf of their clients in Suffolk County District Court Tuesday.

A home health aide who allegedly hit a dementia patient on the head before the 83-year-old bled to death in his Garden City home told detectives she lashed out after he threw his walker and told her to get out, court records show.

PSEG ratepayers, meanwhile, will face a 26% jump in their power supply charge for February because of the gas price increase.

The Hauppauge school district's Board of Education approved an introductory course in American Sign Language for its high school students beginning next school year.

Long Island Rail Road customers will get new ticket discounts four days earlier than expected, but might have to wait until 2024 to use the MTA's OMNY fare system — three years later than originally promised.

The research affirms what health experts on Long Island and around the country have been advising people about the importance of wearing masks, even as the latest pandemic wave fueled by the omicron variant has slowed down.

Developers are proposing a 24-unit rental housing project. The Southold Town supervisor says he's concerned local residents may not get first priority to live there.

The governor said she will make an announcement on Wednesday about whether a mandate to wear masks in indoor public places will be extended, but added that it is "premature" to make a decision on the future of a mask mandate in schools.

Police said the man's death was not due to foul play.

The tribe's graves protection group urges Southampton Town to use its preservation fund to buy land planned for development to protect possible ancient burial ground.

Alessandra Biaggi, a Democratic state senator from Pelham, declared her candidacy to succeed Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who is not seeking reelection.

Five men have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in return for steering contracts to particular vendors.

Light rain will fall, off and on, through Monday and overnight before the sun breaks out Tuesday afternoon and stays around for the rest of the week, the National Weather Service said.

Efforts to purchase Broad Cove, a 100-acre former duck farm on the waterfront of Flanders Bay, date to the 1960s. The Peconic Land Trust bought the property.