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By WFSD News January 29, 2016
Kimberly Apicella and Mark Dawson, physical education teachers at William Floyd Elementary School, were recently selected as “Bright Lights” by the Association of Suffolk Supervisors for Educational Technologies (ASSET) at their annual winter luncheon.
By Long Island News & PR January 29, 2016
Suffolk County Legislator Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) recently served as the community reader in Ms. Caffey’s first grade class at Forest Avenue Elementary School.
By Long Island News & PR January 29, 2016
With wind chills bringing temperatures into the single digits on Long Island, United Way of Long Island activated its emergency fuel fund, “Project Warmth.”
By Long Island News & PR January 29, 2016
Buses will replace train service on the Port Washington Branch between Great Neck and Port Washington on Saturday, January 30 from 1:22 a.m. to 5:37 a.m. for Sperry Rail Testing and the cutover to a ...
By Long Island News & PR January 29, 2016
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced New York State will conduct testing to further analyze the nature of the Northrop Grumman plume in Massapequa.
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board today approved the final major contract for the East Side Access project, which will build and finish four platforms and eight tracks for the new Long Island Rail Road ...
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter recognized members of the Nassau County Police Department, including father and son Nassau County Police Officers, for helping save the life of a ...
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today issued a consumer alert following a recent uptick in local reports of telephone scammers posing as officials from the Internal Revenue Service.
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a partnership between the New York State Department of Health and the State University of New York to help college faculty, staff and students identify sexual assault and interpersonal ...
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the opening of 85 free tax filing assistance sites across New York State. These new locations will add to the expanding network of sites that help eligible New Yorkers ...
By Long Island News & PR January 28, 2016
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that possession of hoverboards aboard trains or buses or at stations of the New York City Subway, New York City Buses, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Staten ...
By Long Island News & PR January 27, 2016
The Suffolk County SPCA is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for pushing a dog out of a car and abandoning it.
By Long Island News & PR January 27, 2016
The Homicide Squad reports the details of a Fatal Vehicular Accident that occurred at 10:15pm on Monday, January 25, 2016 in Hicksville.
By Long Island News & PR January 27, 2016
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is pleased to announce that the Long Island State Park Region will be hosting two interactive programs as well as cultural displays in celebration ...
By Long Island News & PR January 27, 2016
The Fair Media Council’s Folio Awards, slated for April 22, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Crest Hollow Country Club, honors the best in news. Reserve now to be among the 600 business ...
By Long Island News & PR January 27, 2016
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today announced that the City of Long Beach has been awarded nearly $10 million in federal grant funding for repairs to the Long ...
By Long Island News & PR January 26, 2016
The MTA Long Island Rail Road will resume service system-wide for Tuesday morning’s rush hour after a concerted effort by thousands of LIRR and state workers cleared the five remaining branches left snow-bound by a ...
By Long Island News & PR January 26, 2016
Suffolk County Legislator Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) recently participated in a meeting of the Lindenhurst High School Business Advisory Board (BAB).
By Long Island News & PR January 26, 2016
Steve Reiter was sworn in to the position of Commissioner of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District (GNWPCD) after recently being reelected to the office.
By Long Island News & PR January 26, 2016
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today a re-launch of his office’s online public data portal, NYOpenGovernment.com.