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By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and Town of Hempstead Councilman Ed Ambrosino welcomed Girl Scout Troop 1257 from Franklin Square to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building where they honored the troop for ...
By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
Officials from the Suffolk County Police Department, Town of Islip and the Transportation Security Administration will discuss an enhanced explosive detection initiative at Long Island MacArthur Airport at a press conference at the airport on ...
By Don Miller December 22, 2015
Media reports of people in need of food sparks NYCB to respond with generous donation; NYCB volunteers, executives on hand to distribute turkeys and toys at distribution event.
By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, together with James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and ...
By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
Governor Cuomo announced that he will use his pardon power to alleviate the barrier of a criminal conviction for people convicted of non-violent crimes committed when they were minors, and who have since lived crime-free ...
By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
It's that time of year again when things stray from their normal routine. This is fine for most of us, but our pets sometimes have a difficult time adapting, after all, they do rely on ...
By Long Island News & PR December 22, 2015
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on Congress to pass legislation in the Senate that aims to modernize the way the federal government deciphers, disrupts and decodes the social media methods of terror groups ...
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services today issued an advisory to residents to take precautions before recreating on the tidal portion of the Peconic River (east of Grangebel Park) this week due to the ...
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
Governor Cuomo announced that registration is now open for the fifth annual First Day Hikes program taking place at 38 state parks and historical sites on January 1.
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
The Fourth Squad reports the arrest of an Oceanside man for Assault of a police officer that occurred on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 9:47 p.m. in Long Beach.
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a single-car crash that killed the driver of a vehicle in Port Jefferson this afternoon.
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
Governor Cuomo today that the minimum wage increase for State Workers will take effect beginning December 31, 2015.
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today issued a Deadly Drug Alert to warn the public of narcotic fentanyl reemerging in the State of New York and Nassau County.
By Long Island News & PR December 21, 2015
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released a statement following the Congressional approval of the Zadroga Act.
By Long Island News & PR December 19, 2015
The Green Vale 6th grade was fully immersed in the study of Ancient Greece and Rome this trimester.
By Long Island News & PR December 19, 2015
In celebration of the holiday season, the Green Vale 1st grade class entertained their peers, parents and faculty with a stellar performance of “The Polar Express” on Wednesday, December 9.
By Long Island News & PR December 18, 2015
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,092,917 in federal funding to the Town of Brookhaven for restoration work to dunes at Friendship Beach that were damaged as a result of Superstorm ...
By Long Island News & PR December 18, 2015
Yesterday, United States Judge Arthur D. Spatt of the Eastern District of New York entered a decree ordering the forfeiture of approximately $40 million in net proceeds from the sale of a Montauk beachfront property.
By Long Island News & PR December 18, 2015
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the just-unveiled must-pass tax package, the “Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015,” includes a permanent extension of key provisions in two anti-poverty tax credits that ...
By Long Island News & PR December 18, 2015
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled "White-tailed Deer Damage Management in New York."
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