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The Great Spring Reset: How to wake your home up after a Long Island winter

By Steve Mosco

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Pets

Nassau County SPCA Chief: Animal Hoarding Is a Mental Health Crisis, Not Just Cruelty

By Allison Matos

The Hallway Report: Chill Skeleton founded by Blake Cagner

By Blake Cagner

Jericho Lacrosse

Jericho lacrosse opens 2026 season with high expectations

By Marcus Kranz

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Business

New hires, promotions on Long Island

By Long Island Press

Image 1 (Cover Pic) Featured Artist Imani Monroe with her son Olajawon Monroe (Photo by Ed Shin)

Community Events

Imani Monroe’s ‘Transformation – The Works of My Hands’ exhibit debuts in Uniondale

By Long Island Press

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Family

Suffolk County Girl Scout of the Month: Bringing sensory kits to Long Island first responders

By Long Island Press

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Driftwood Day Camp: Doing summer camp differently

By Abraham Clemons

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Cleveland Sterling was sentenced to 44 to 52 years in prison for sex trafficking three women in southeast Queens and repeatedly assaulting two of them.

QNS

Long Island predator sentenced for sex trafficking three women across southeast Queens: DA

Hire a Neighborhood Kid (HANK) Services for Seniors: Helping locals stay independent

By Timothy Daly

Nassau single-family house prices rose in February

Living

Nassau single-family home, condo and co-op prices soar

By Claude Solnik

City Council Speaker Julie Menin.

AMNY

City Council staffer detained by ICE ordered deported; Speaker Menin vows to continue legal battle to keep him here

Rich Dunphy, Robert Broderick, and James Corcoran (L. to R.) all reelected in Village of Plandome elections.

All incumbents reelected in Village of Plandome election

By Michael Campbell

Village officials (L. to R.) Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald, Clerk Joseph O'Grady and Trustee Frank Chiara at the recent meeting, where a junior firefighters program was established.

Village board establishes junior firefighters program

By J. Cav Scott

Mayor Pedram Bral, Trustee Anne Mendelson, and Deputy Mayor Barton Sobel (L. to R.) respond to snow fee criticism.

North Hempstead

Village of Great Neck approves third amendment to new village hall plans for $3,500

By Michael Campbell

P&L Development, a pharmaceutical company in Westbury, will lose $400,000 in tax incentives after failing to meet its employment target stipulated by the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

Business

Westbury drug manufacturer fails job pledge, loses $400K in tax breaks

By Nicholas Gordon

Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (L.) joined Judge William P. Bodkin during his appointment to serve as judge of the District Court of the County of Nassau for the Third Judicial District.

North Hempstead

After two decades in the courts, William Bodkin takes seat on Nassau bench

By Larissa Fuentes

The West Side Elementary School in Syosset is undergoing repairs after an electrical fire caused severe damage.

West Side Elementary School students transferred to district schools after fire

By Nicholas Gordon

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Great Neck South HS to present 56th annual opera, “The Tales of Hoffmann”

By Long Island Press

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State Department designates Great Neck man imprisoned in Iran a “wrongful detainee”

By Michael Campbell

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Spencer Luo column: Your kid is using ChatGPT. Now what?

By Spencer Luo

Gilgo Beach

Suspected Gilgo Beach killer unable to appear in court, as judge sets date for rulings

By Michael Malaszczyk

Hempstead Town Supervisor John Ferretti at a recent board meeting.

Politics

Hempstead asks car wash to add American flag before expanding

By J. Cav Scott

An 18-unit residential development is proposed for 700 Willis Ave.

Village board defers judgment on Willis development

By J. Cav Scott

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