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Linnet Bligen, the keynote speaker at an event in Hempstead, urged her audience: "Honor his legacy through service. Be a tutor if you're good at math. Be a coach if you can catch a ball. Be a mentor if you have wisdom and love."

The seniors, including twins from Brentwood High School and an Island-leading six from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, were among 300 nationally and internationally honored in the prestigious STEM competition.

The water damage at Huntington Station's The Helping Hand Rescue Mission destroyed the inside of the recently renovated building. The 27-seat dining hall was set to reopen Jan. 25.

The event is modeled after New York City's Peace Week and aims to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his mission of decreasing violence through community engagement.

The child's mother faces multiple charges, including aggravated driving under the influence, in connection with the Thursday crash, authorities say.

The scaled-down application for the facility, town planners said, reflects demand from residents storing household goods and furniture but also from business owners storing equipment. Officials have scheduled a Feb. 8 Board of Zoning Appeals hearing.

With houses ranging from vacation cottages to waterfront spreads, inventory is tight.

A winter storm that brought snow, ice and mayhem to the Southeast should spare Long Island the worst, but still bring heavy rain and strong winds overnight along with coastal flooding.

The programs, SNUG — guns, spelled backward — are run by local nonprofits in Nassau and Suffolk but overseen by the state. They target youth, typically between the ages of 14 and 24, who are at risk for gun violence.

An unidentified individual posted anti-Black slurs in the Zoom comment section during a Dec. 20 meeting of the town's Anti-Bias Task Force, according to task force representatives.

The village board could vote Tuesday or next month on a bond to pay for the project to rebuild the receding bluff that's threatening tennis courts at the village-owned country club.

More than 32,000 flights came in and out of the airport in 2021, contributing to years of complaints about aircraft noise and traffic over the East End, but airport advocates warned of lawsuits if the town closes the facility temporarily.

The Betty White Challenge, which has gone viral on social media, encourages people to donate to their local animal shelter or rescue in honor of what would have been White's 100th birthday on Monday.

Long Island riders are asking the LIRR to stop leaving them out in the cold, and to open station waiting rooms for extended hours during the frigid winter months.

An apartment-retail complex two blocks from the Long Island Rail Road stop is nearing completion and another is set to start construction later this year.

The weather during the day on Sunday is expected to be near 40 degrees, with calm winds, but Sunday night a strong storm is expected to move in, the National Weather Service said. 

A Freeport woman was driving on Ponquogue Avenue at Good Ground Road in Hampton Bays when she collided just before 2 a.m.with a Hampton Bays volunteer ambulance company responding to an aided case, Southampton police said.

The motorcyclist died in the crash on Friday night on Harned Road in Commack, according to Suffolk police.

Call comes after learning that personal information belonging to an unknown number of current and former Metro North employees was swiped during a cyberattack last month.

A four-time bank robber and his getaway driver were charged with attempted robbery after the teller at a Chase bank in Deer Park didn't meet the robber's demand for cash, Suffolk police said.