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The governor said the omicron variant is increasing through "community spread." Meanwhile, the FDA and CDC approved booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds.

Friday will bring a mix of sun and clouds before a 40% chance of showers Saturday, increasing to 80% at night, forecasters say.

The town board is considering amending its definition of food shop to make such establishments eligible to serve alcohol for on-site consumption. Food shop owners will still have to get approval from the state to serve alcohol.

Christopher LaMagna, who has long struggled with depression and anxiety and discovered running as an outlet during the pandemic, is preparing to run 130 miles from Montauk State Park to Central Park, to raise money for the Long Island Crisis Center.

A Massapequa Park man was killed when his vehicle collided with a box truck parked on the shoulder of Ruland Road shortly before dawn, Suffolk police said.

A $1,000 cash reward will be paid to whoever can help identify the person who sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on two properties in Shirley in the past two weeks, Suffolk police said.

A motorist driving a Honda Accord died from injuries suffered when he tried to turn left onto County Road 111 from East Moriches-Riverhead roads and crossed in front of a southbound car in Eastport on Wednesday afternoon, Suffolk police said.

The village has announced it will host its first St. Patrick's Day parade, on March 26, with former Rep. Peter King as grand marshal.

The rate prompted one medical expert to say it's time for Nassau and Suffolk counties to change their tactics in dealing with the virus, noting that New York City is doing far better. 

Mount Sinai's Emily Solomos, whose Instagram account Em's Custom Cookies is a cornucopia of delectable designs and colors, competes Thursday on season 5.

The Long Island counties will receive about $27 million each as part of the agreement.

The December sky marks an interesting celestial show for star watchers particularly as 2021 comes to a close with three simultaneous events happening, astronomers say.

Newsday announced Wednesday that senior assistant managing editor Don Hudson has been named managing editor, succeeding Richard Rosen, who is retiring next year. Hudson, 60, joined the staff of Newsday in 2018. 

Officials in Oyster Bay, Smithtown, Islip, East Hampton and Shelter Island towns have also decided to prohibit sales and consumption sites, creating bans in nearly half of Long Island's 13 towns.

National Grid is promoting the company's Energy Affordability Program, which offers seniors and low-income residents discounted heating bills and upgrades to make home heating systems more fuel efficient.

The rain, snow mix will end overnight and winds will kick up, bringing wind chills down to the 20s overnight and into Thursday, forecasters said.

A backseat passenger in an SUV was shot by someone in a black sedan in the East Patchogue/North Bellport area on Tuesday night — and then driven to a hospital by a Good Samaritan, Suffolk police said.

The projects are expected to treat 353,000 gallons of stormwater annually, install 43,000-square-feet of green infrastructure and remove 97,700 pounds of marine debris from the Sound, EPA officials said.

Only one driver was seriously injured in a four-vehicle smashup on the westbound Long Island Expressway on Tuesday afternoon in Holtsville, police said.

"I think more counties and more areas of New York should follow suit in what the city is doing right now," said an associate professor of health policy at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.