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Forum To Be Held On Why Long Island Is Suffering A Cost Of Living Crisis

Long Island is suffering a cost of living crisis. Empire State Voices and Economic Security Project Action want to take a closer look at why.

29th Annual Fall Festival Celebrated in East Northport

East Northport Fall Festival 2024 rides 2

Scene & Seen

By Ed Shin

The Fall Festival has been entertaining East Northport neighbors for 29 years, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Bring them home: Presenting the stories of the Oct. 7 hostages

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On Oct. 7, 2023, our world changed forever. As families in southern Israel celebrated the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, unleashing a brutal attack that left over 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage, nearly all civilians. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Nine…

Gilgo Beach Task Force Releases Updated Rendering of Asian Doe, Seeks Public Assistance In Identification

Courts & Crime

By Michael Malaszczyk

The Gilgo Beach Task Force, led by Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, has released updated sketches of Asian Doe, one of the victims found along Ocean Parkway in 2011.

Drug-impaired wrong-way driver from Long Island gets 15 years for Brooklyn crash that left woman paralyzed

The intersection of Johnson Street and Bushwick Place where Rodriguez crashed head-on into an Uber carrying two passengers

Brooklyn Paper By Adam Daly

A Long Island man will spend 15 years behind bars for driving recklessly under the influence of drugs and causing a wrong-way collision that left a woman paralyzed from the neck down in East Williamsburg three years ago. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Eugene Guarino sentenced Virgilio Rodriguez, 51, of Rockville Centre, to 7 to…

J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Bomb Builder

Rear View

By Annie Wilkinson

He was an immigrant’s son. A sailor. An equestrian. And a poet who wrote about a small Long Island town where he enjoyed idyllic holidays.

By Allison Matos

Have a case of September Stress? Studies have shown that spending time with dogs and cats can reduce cortisol (the stress hormone) and increase levels of oxytocin, the “feel-good” hormone. So don’t wait – bring home one (or more) of these adorable adoptables today! Available for adoption through Tender Loving Cats Toby is a charming…
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Justin Timberlake Pleads Guilty to DWAI, Avoids Jail in Sag Harbor Case

Justin Timberlake outside the Sag Harbor Village Police Headquarters

Dan’s Papers By Alyssa R. Griffin

“SexyBack” singer Justin Timberlake has struck a plea deal that spared him from being sentenced to time in jail three months after he was arrested for alleged drunken driving in Sag Harbor. The 43-year-old Social Network actor pleaded guilty Friday at Sag Harbor Village Justice Court to driving while ability impaired as a violation in…