Shuttle astronaut among 3 added to LI hall of fame
Galleries Growing up in Levittown, Jay C. Buckey marveled as the Apollo missions put men on the moon. When his next-door neighbor came home from work and showed him sketches of lunar modules, part of...
View ArticlePolice seek pair in Islandia shed thefts
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticleCops seek pair in Islandia shed thefts
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticlePolice seek pair in thefts from Islandia sheds
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticleCops: Two hurt in Greenlawn break-in
Galleries Web links Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an early morning burglary Monday in Greenlawn, Suffolk County police said. The identities of the two injured, who were taken...
View ArticleHeroin-related arrests, deaths rise on Long Island
Videos Heroin's effect on LI Galleries Cheap heroin has flooded Long Island's drug markets, leading to a spike in arrests involving the drug as opioid addicts and dealers increasingly turn to it in...
View ArticleLIPA contractor Navigant defends its work
Videos Power politics: LIPA's broken promises Galleries Web links A contractor at the center of a Moreland Commission report detailing excessive spending and questionable expenses at the Long Island...
View ArticleNassau compromise good for homeowners
And so the battle ends. After more than a year of political infighting, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, legislative Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves and Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams Monday...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for killing estranged wife
Galleries Web links A Bay Shore man was sentenced Monday to 20 years to life in prison for stabbing his estranged wife to death after arguing over whether he could see their son more often. Wesley...
View ArticleCops probe apparent drowning in Water Mill pool
Videos Guide to pool safety Riptide survival Galleries Web links Map Southampton Town Police are trying to determine how a man apparently drowned last week in a Water Mill pool and why he was at the...
View ArticleCSEA: Should Nassau Living Wage Law cover part-timers too?
The Civil Service Employees Association is asking Nassau Comptroller George Maragos to examine whether part-time and seasonal workers should be covered by Nassau's Living Wage Law. CSEA Local 830, the...
View ArticleShuttle astronaut among 3 added to hall of fame
Growing up as a child in Levittown, Jay C. Buckey marveled as the Apollo missions put men on the Moon. When his next-door neighbor came home and showed him sketches of lunar modules, part of his job at...
View ArticleCops: Officers witnessed pair commit robbery
Galleries Web links Two men who robbed a man on a street in Roosevelt early Monday were arrested moments later by two plainclothes officers who witnessed the entire incident, police said. The robbery...
View ArticleFriedman case: Timeline of events
Videos DA: Jesse Friedman justifiably convicted of child sex abuse Court order sought to compel disclosure of documents in Jesse Friedman case Galleries 1988. Jesse Friedman, now 43, and his father,...
View ArticleDA: Jesse Friedman justifiably convicted of child sex abuse
Videos Court order sought to compel disclosure of documents in Jesse Friedman case Galleries A review of a high-profile 1988 sex abuse case by the Nassau County district attorney has concluded that...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for wife's death
Galleries Web links Moments before a Bay Shore man was sentenced Monday to 20 years to life in prison for stabbing his estranged wife to death, he tearfully told her family he was sorry for doing it...
View ArticleStony Brook prof explores waterborne trash
While other tourists go to Alaska to see grizzly bears or whales, Stony Brook professor Carl Safina went to find trash, particularly the man-made refuse that floats in the Pacific and litters Alaska's...
View ArticleCops: BMW sought in crash that injured jogger Karen Benjamin
Galleries Web links Suffolk County police said Monday they are looking for a light-colored sedan or station wagon that fled the scene after critically injuring a jogger in Mount Sinai. Police...
View ArticleSlight delays on LIRR due to New Hyde Park fire
Galleries Web links LIRR service is running on or close to schedule eastbound to Hicksville, with residual delays of up to 10 minutes east of that station due to earlier fire department activity near...
View ArticleLIE westbound lanes reopen at exit 41
Galleries Web links All lanes of the Long Island Expressway have been reopened following an accident that had closed the westbound lanes at exit 41 in Jericho. The accident involved a tractor-trailer...
View ArticleLIE westbound lanes closed at exit 41
Galleries Web links All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway at exit 41 in Jericho are closed due to an accident involving a car and a tractor-trailer, Nassau police said. No other details on...
View ArticleSome LIE westbound lanes reopen at exit 41
Galleries Web links All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway at exit 41 in Jericho were closed for about an hour, beginning about 6 p.m., police said, due to an accident involving a car and a...
View ArticleDriver killed in crash on LIE in Jericho
Galleries Web links A 47-year-old man was killed early Friday in a one-vehicle crash that closed the Long Island Expressway in Jericho for more than three hours, police said. Nassau County police said...
View ArticleLIE eastbound in Nassau reopens after crash
Galleries Web links The eastbound Long Island Expressway reopened Thursday after being shut down in the Searingtown and Roslyn areas due to an auto accident, authorities said. The lanes between Exit...
View ArticleOne seriously hurt in crash on LIE in Jericho
Galleries Web links One person was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash that closed the eastbound Long Island Expressway in Jericho for about three hours early Friday, police said, jamming up the...
View ArticleLIE eastbound closed in Jericho after crash
Galleries Web links All lanes of the eastbound Long Island Expressway are closed Friday morning in Jericho after a one-car accident, Nassau County police said. Police announced the closure of the road...
View ArticleLIE eastbound in Jericho reopens after crash
Galleries Web links One lane of the eastbound Long Island Expressway in Jericho remained closed Friday morning after a one-car accident, Nassau County police said. Police announced the closure of the...
View ArticleHOV lane reopens at LIE Exit 36
Galleries Web links The HOV lane eastbound on the Long Island Expressway near exit 36 in North Hills has been reopened, Nassau County police said. Police had earlier advised motorists to expect delays...
View ArticleTwo westbound lanes reopened on LIE
Web links Two westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County were closed nearly four hours Monday for lawn maintenance, police said. Nassau County police announced in a traffic...
View ArticlePolice: LIE reopens after truck overturns
Videos Overturned truck on LIE Galleries Web links A dump truck overturned Monday, spilling dirt and clogging eastbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho for nearly three hours, Nassau...
View ArticleAccident slows traffic on westbound LIE
Galleries Web links A two-vehicle accident on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho backed up westbound traffic and closed two lanes early Friday, according to the New York State Department of...
View ArticleLIE lanes reopen after car overturns
Galleries Web links Two lanes of the westbound Long Island Expressway in Jericho, which had been closed due to an overturned autombile, were reopened at about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nassau County police...
View ArticleWrong-way crash closes LIE in Old Westbury
Galleries Web links The entire Long Island Expressway has been closed east- and westbound in Old Westbury at Exit 40, according to the state's accident website. A woman was driving west on the...
View ArticleWestbound LIE reopens after crash
Galleries Web links An early morning auto accident that knocked down a utility pole and power lines closed the westbound Long Island Expressway service road for hours Tuesday in North Hills, Nassau...
View ArticleSunrise's eastbound lanes reopen at Exit 52
Galleries Web links Eastbound lanes of the Sunrise Highway in North Patchogue that were closed because of an overturned tractor trailer at Exit 52 are reopened, according to the Suffolk County...
View ArticleLIE east lanes reopened at Exit 46
All eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway are open after they were closed for a little more than two hours early Sunday afternoon because of an accident with injuries. The lanes were closed...
View ArticleWestbound LIE reopens after crash in Jericho
Galleries Web links A morning rush-hour accident that snarled traffic on the westbound Long Island Expressway was cleared about 40 minutes after it occurred Thursday, authorities said. The...
View ArticleLIE reopens all lanes after Jericho crash
Videos LIers comment on traffic while in traffic Wrong-way driver crashes on LIE Potholes driving you crazy? Galleries Web links...
View ArticleAccident cleared on westbound LIE at Exit 40
Galleries Web links Traffic is moving well again on the westbound Long Island Expressway near Exit 40 after a 5:25 a.m. accident caused delays Friday morning. The two-vehicle accident in Jericho was...
View ArticleWestbound LIE lanes reopen in Jericho
Galleries Web links Westbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway was delayed for about 90 minutes Tuesday as metal rods that fell onto the roadway were picked up, Nassau County police said. Police...
View ArticleWestbound lanes of LIE reopen at Exit 40
All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway at Exit 40 in Westbury reopened Sunday morning after an accident investigation closed them for several hours, Nassau police said. The crash, between a...
View ArticleLIE reopens lanes in Queens, Nassau
Galleries Web links All lanes of the Long Island Expressway are now in use, police said. The westbound LIE from Exits 29 to 28 in Queens were closed until 5:30 p.m. because of an accident. The lanes...
View ArticleWestbound LIE lanes in Holbrook reopen after crash
Galleries Web links All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway have been reopened after being closed for about an hour Sunday afternoon at Exit 61 in Holbrook because of a vehicle crash,...
View ArticleEastbound lanes of LIE reopen after crash at Jericho exit
Galleries Web links All eastbound lanes have reopened on the Long Island Expressway after a truck overturned Monday afternoon in Jericho, according to the state Department of Transportation and Nassau...
View ArticleWestbound LIE at Exit 63 reopens
Galleries Web links A crash involving a tractor-trailer closed the westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway for almost three hours on Wednesday in Holtsville, authorities said. A camera at the...
View Article5-vehicle crash slows LIE in Islandia
A five-vehicle crash early Thursday on the westbound Long Island Expressway, just east of Exit 58 in Islandia, reduced traffic to one lane for about an hour, Suffolk County police said. The crash at...
View ArticleWestbound LIE reopens after crane fire
Galleries A mobile crane caught fire early Tuesday morning on the Long Island Expressway in South Manor, briefly closing all westbound lanes between Exits 69 and 68, officials said. The incident...
View ArticleNIH medical researcher Michael Potter dies
Michael Potter, a scientist at the National Cancer Institute whose research led to greater understanding of tumors and the immune system and who won the prestigious Lasker Award for medical research,...
View ArticlePact in Nassau to pay $95M in tax refunds
Nassau government leaders have reached a long-delayed agreement on $95 million in funding to pay property tax refunds. The agreement calls for the county Legislature to approve $40 million in...
View ArticleLIPA contractor defends its work
Videos Power politics: LIPA's broken promises Galleries Web links A contractor at the center of a Moreland Commission report detailing excessive spending and questionable expenses at the Long Island...
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