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By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Today, Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern demanded that House Republicans put partisan talking points aside and pass common sense gun safety legislation.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Mrs. La'Shawn Allen-Muhammad will be honored at the 3rd Annual "Walking Towards A Brighter Future" 8K Walk-A-Thon, hosted by the Dollicia F. Holloway Memorial Foundation and The H.I.P. H.O.P. Movement Community Enrichment & Economic Development ...
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Suffolk County Leg. Rob Trotta and Save Our Sound volunteers plant grass at Sunken Meadow State Park.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Blood drive on June 20th at the Baldwin Fire Dept. Every donor will receive one pair of Mets tickets.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
An estimated 180,000 veterans are incarcerated each year nationwide, with a significant rate of re-offense according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Buses will replace trains on the Oyster Bay Branch on Saturday, June 18 from 12:39 a.m. until 8:52 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 19 from 12:39 a.m. until 12:52 p.m.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Federal law prevents summer camps and other not-for-profit organizations that work with children to gain access to federal sex offender background checks on new employees and volunteers.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
The NYS Board of Regents adopted new rules that allow certain students with disabilities to meet the academic requirements to earn a Local Diploma without passing every Regents exam.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
NICE Bus driver Jean Jeune honored for saving the life of a disabled passenger from a burning vehicle in Plainview.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Agreement to modernize New York’s 80-year-old Alcoholic Beverage Control Law allows alcohol to be sold earlier on Sundays.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
A final agreement was reached on new legislation to combat heroin and prescription opioid abuse in New York State
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2016
Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary crew members rescued a stranded mariner northeast of Port Jefferson, New York, Tuesday.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
A solemn vigil to pay respects to the victims of the Orlando terror attack and to denounce violence in all its forms was held on Monday, June 13th.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
The Maritime Explorium children’s museum’s front porch has been turned into a brightly colored yarn bomb work of art.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
MTA LIRR is offering a menu of refreshments, including choices from North Fork wineries, for eastbound customers taking the 5:21 p.m. train from Ronkonkoma on Friday nights.
By WFSD News June 14, 2016
William Floyd High School junior Travis Negron has been accepted to the prestigious University of Miami Summer Scholars Program.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
The YMCA of Long Island announced today it has partnered with Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities to participate in the 7th annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves recently attended the Annual Installation Dinner of the North Bellmore Fire Department at the Melville Marriott in Melville.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
A permanent art exhibit at the Nassau County Health and Human Services Building located in Uniondale thanks to Hicksville high school students' donated artwork.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2016
Plover season has arrived”, announced the Suffolk County Parks Department, and with that inevitably comes the unfortunate obligation to close access to some outer beach areas.
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