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Last summer, the Suffolk County Legislature approved a non-funded position for an inaugural two-year term that will begin on June 1. Eligible candidates must be nominated by their schools, be 13-19 years old and reside in Suffolk County.

"For the county executive to choose me, an outsider, to lead this police department is impressive," Rodney Harrison said after being sworn in by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

The new facility would serve up to 50 clients, according to drawings filed with the town planning department. But some residents and a local civic group say the facility's patients could endanger students at an elementary school nearby.

Veteran anchor Jackie Lukas and sports anchor Jamie Stuart, along with reporters Christine Insinga and Shari Einhorn, exited the channel Friday in a newsroom reorganization.

If you're thinking of recycling your Christmas tree, here's an idea. Some farms on Long Island are accepting live Christmas tree donations through the end of January. The trees serve as food for some very hungry farm animals.

"Counties have no more authority to direct school board matters than do schools to legislate county affairs," Michael J. Kelly, president of the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association said in a letter to the Nassau county executive.

The hamlet has a variety of housing styles that start at about $500,000 and can go well north of $10 million.

State Supreme Court Justice William Condon said it was "physically impossible" to hold the Valva murder trial, with two defendants, two juries and court staff in one courtroom amid pandemic restrictions.

Jorge Guadron, who won the historic Islip council seat in November, said he'd represent all residents but also is eager to serve local business owners and minority community members in his role as councilman.

Newsday analyzes the region's performance from a report detailing results of Advanced Placement tests taken last spring in more than 600 districts statewide, including 98 in the Nassau-Suffolk region.

A new $1 million passage for river herring traveling from the Peconic River will provide access to fresh water that has been blocked by a dam on Little River for 150 years.

Sub-zero wind chills will greet Long Islanders who venture out Monday night and the deep chill will last through Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said.

The outages began at around 1 a.m., and then spread, forcing customers to choose between buying their tickets once they were aboard or using the MTA e-TIX app. The system was restored at about 10:45 a.m.

Of roughly 246,000 flights that 11 major carriers planned would arrive or depart from Kennedy, LaGuardia, Long Island MacArthur and Newark-Liberty airports between Jan. 8 and March 31, 3.3%, or about 8,000 flights so far, are forecast to be chopped from the schedule, according to an analysis of industry data.

Long Island's seven-day percentage of positive cases, consistently the highest in the state, also decreased slightly, to 25.95% from 26.46%.

Aerial photos show the breach is less than half of what it was following Superstorm Sandy.

James M. Tullo, a Republican, succeeds Beth Ann Reilly, a former deputy town attorney who was appointed planning commissioner two years ago. She will return to her old position.

But the "Interborough Express," mentioned by Gov. Kathy Hochul in her State of the State speech, would have to overcome skepticism from transportation experts and commuters.

While the old formula set max sales price at about three times 130% of Area Median Income, the revised formula sets them at about three times' median income. 

The town declared a state of emergency after town officials became concerned that a mass firing of members in the North Amityville Fire Company could impact the health and safety of residents.