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Nassau County officials upset over Amazon's decision to abandon Queens headquarters

Nassau County elected officials expressed disappointment after Amazon announced Feb. 14 that it would drop its plan to open a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. The tech giant’s … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 2/14/19

The LIRR has canceled several trains on July 23 following a derailment at their West Side Yard, two days earlier.

Evening Long Island Rail Road trains canceled due to derailment

Long Island Rail Road tracks were damaged in a derailment at the West Side Yard around 5 p.m. on July 21. Several trains were canceled during the morning and evening rush hours on July 23 as crews make repairs. more

By Tyler Marko | 7/23/18

Oceanside Care Center resident Adele Perlow celebrated her 107th birthday on July 2. She spent a lifetime working in the women’s fashion industry in New York City.

Oceanside Care Center resident, fashion connoisseur turns 107

As Red Bone’s “Come and Get Your Love” played over the loudspeakers at the Oceanside Care Center on July 2, emcee Dave Patrick ran over to resident Adele Perlow and put the microphone up to her … more

By Peter Belfiore | 7/17/18

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is calling on New York state to hold off on granting well permits to New York City, which would allow the city to draw millions of gallons of water from Long Island's sole-source aquifers.

County Executive Curran calls on state to halt NYC's well permits

At a Feb. 1 news conference, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called on New York state not to renew the permits for 68 wells in Jamaica, Queens, until the United States Geological Survey … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/3/18

An estimated 200,000 women, men and children took to the streets of New York City for the 2018 Women's March, held Jan. 20, one year after President Trump was inaugurated.

Hundreds from Nassau take part in NYC Women's March

An estimated 200,000 men, women and children took to the streets of Manhattan for the second Women’s March, held on the first anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen, Melissa Koenig and Nakeem Grant | 1/21/18

‘Heisenberg’ and ‘Oh, Hello’

Sometimes it takes only two to make a great show. ‘Heisenberg’ Heisenberg, at the MTC, stars the marvelous Mary-Louise Parker as quirky 40-something Georgie Burns and Denis Arndt as … more

11/30/16

Steven McDonald in his Malverne home last week. Thirty years ago, McDonald was shot and left paralyzed by a group of teens in Central Park.

‘We are the flesh on the bone’

As his kitchen television silently aired CNN’s footage of the chaos the day after five white Dallas police officers were killed by a black sniper during a peaceful demonstration, Malvernite and New York City Police Detective Steven McDonald was listening to a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, made nearly 50 years ago, on the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/12/16

Communities around the world held vigils after the shootings, like the one here near the Stonewall Inn in the West Village, New York City.

After Orlando, sadness and stepped-up security in New York

As the shocking details of last Sunday’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., emerged this week, local police and community organizations ramped … more

By Mary Malloy, Barbara Rubin-Perry, Julie Mansmann and Anthony Rifilato | 6/14/16

Good news, class of 2016: Grades don’t matter

I’d like to offer local high school graduates some important advice for the future: Don’t study too much in college. It’s not the sort of wisdom graduates expect to hear, especially from a high school teacher, but . . . more

By Nick Buglione | 6/9/16

CCRB finds excessive and unnecessary use of force

The New York City Citizens Complain Review Board [CCRB] has found that NYPD officer James Frascatore, 38, did use excessive force when he tackled former tennis pro James Blake, 35, outside of the … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 10/14/15

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