People News – LI Press

Lou Gramm, who spearheaded Foreigner, answers all burning questions ahead of the band's Tilles Center appearance.

Concerts & Music

Lou Gramm talks all things Foreigner before The Hits Unplugged at Tilles Center

By By Barbara Anne Kirshner

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Joseph O’Grady’s ‘second career’ is serving his Floral Park hometown

By Isabella Gallo

Emma Madeline Mazzarella is a Girl Scout from Patchogue who founded You Are Not Alone Bags to help struggling students.

Patchogue

Girl Scout founds You Are Not Alone Bags to give hope to struggling students

By Long Island Press

Rep. Tom Suozzi met with Pope Leo XIV during a gathering of the International Catholic Legislators Network.

North Hempstead

Rep. Tom Suozzi meets with Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

By Larissa Fuentes

Producer Fred Mollin talks Billy Joel and Johnny Mathis, recounts Linda Ronstadt’s last recording

By Barbara Anne Kirshner

New Hyde Park Board of Trustees meeting 8/22/25

New Hyde Park board addresses empty store fronts, traffic enforcement

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Village of North Hills Board of Trustees 8/21/25

Local News

North Hills board proposing new legislation enforcing private road maintenance and a new system for changing addresses

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Xerox CEO Steve Bandrowczak, from Long Island

Babylon

LI native CEO leads Xerox into new era

By Claude Solnik

George Kendall Moss

Sea Cliff

Founding partner of Rallye Motors on Long Island, George Kendall Moss, dies at 95

By Long Island Press

Port Washington North Public Hearing Bombay Kitchen

Port Washington

Port Washington North holds heated public hearing on restaurant’s odor issue

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Tina Anthony- Artist

Jericho

Northport resident Tina Anthony is bringing art to Long Island at 83 years old

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Floral Park Board of Trustees Meeting 8/14/25

Floral Park board introduces local law allowing senior citizen residence in commercial zones

By Amit Ben-Bassat

New York Bar Foundation

Uniondale

New York Bar Foundation honors two Nassau County judges

By Amit Ben-Bassat

North New Hyde Park House fire

Manhasset

House fire, smoke in North New Hyde Park home

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Astronaut and Long Island native Mike Massimo during a space walk

People

LI astronaut’s job is out-of-this-world

By Claude Solnik

Center for Science animatronic dinosaur unveiling

Rockville Centre

Long Island’s Center for Science welcomes 3 new life-like animatronic dinosaurs

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Nikola Tesla's lab in Shoreham was destroyed by a fire, but the campaign to restore it has a newfound energy.

Brookhaven

LI’s forgotten genius: Campaign to restore Tesla’s Shoreham lab reenergized

By James Bernstein

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Hempstead

Hofstra Northwell names new nursing school dean

By Ryan Toohill

Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District BOE 8/7/25

Floral Park-Bellerose BOE appoints 11 new teachers, some vacancies remain

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Two newly unveiled bridge signs honor fallen troopers Fabio Buttitta and Thomas M. O’Neill, pictured at the dedication ceremony with lawmakers and community members.

Brentwood

Two Sagtikos Parkway bridges dedicated in honor of fallen NYS troopers

By Reed Ounjian

2024 North Hempstead Blood Drive

North Hempstead to hold Aug. 13 blood drive amid statewide blood shortage emergency

By Amit Ben-Bassat

Deshawn Martin (C) holds up the Antojitos Express restaurant in Hempstead at gunpoint on January 30, 2022.

Hicksville

Hempstead man sentenced to life in prison for murder after a history of armed robberies

By Amit Ben-Bassat

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Port Washington

Port Washington holds fourth weekly vigil to protest ICE

By Emma Alexander

Joan Rivers was a national icon with strong Long Island ties.

Joan Rivers: The inimitable icon’s Long Island ties

By Annie Wilkinson

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