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The top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week include picketing from Northwell health care workers.

Long Island News

Top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week: ICE detainee dies, fall festival guide and more

By Long Island Press

The Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) offers educational, vocational and emotional assistance to autistic children who require accommodations.

Suffolk

Autism diagnoses on the rise: How Long Island nonprofit DDI helps

By Aparajita Chatterjee

Nassau County East Meadow jail

ICE detainee found dead in Nassau County jail

By Isabella Gallo

Officials are calling Stony Brook University’s new $300M Quantum Computing Center Long Island’s next moonshot.

Business

LI’s next moonshot? $300M quantum computing center comes to Stony Brook University

By Claude Solnik

Mineola High School quarterback Gavin McLaughlin running with the football.

Mineola

From youth fields to varsity stardom: Gavin McLaughlin’s Mineola journey

By Nick Mongiovi

The former Herbert L. Pratt Estate, “The Braes," will host the North Shore Historical Museum's "Gatsby at 100" gala next month.

North Shore Historical Museum sets date for Gatsby-inspired gala

By Hannah Devlin

2025 Kids Need More 5k Fun Run

Kids Need More raised $10,000 in their 2025 Fun Run

By Long Island Press

Resident Lisa McLaughlin speaks at the Locust Valley Board of Education meeting regarding the district's policy on transgender students.

Locust Valley parents disagree about transgender student policy as district eyes change

By Hannah Devlin

Surgeons Jeff Silber, second from left, and David Essig, right, perform spine surgery at Northwell’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center. LIJ is among Northwell’s hospitals ranked in the nation’s top 10% for specialty care by Healthgrades

Business

Inside Northwell’s real estate expansion

By Claude Solnik

Police investigated a bullet found on the Glen Cove High School's turf field, determining that it was non-functional.

Police deem bullet found at Glen Cove High School non-functional

By Hannah Devlin

Rosemary Hunter, a Levittown resident and teacher in the Carle Place School District, died in her sleep.

Carle Place teacher dies in her sleep, leaves behind orphaned child

By Casey Fahrer

Visit a winery and take part in the grape harvest this fall on the East End

Dan’s Papers

Fall is prime time for East End winery events

Back row: Jacqueline Moline, MD; Aldo Iacano, MD; and Si Pham, MD. Front row: William Giammarino and his wife, Debra Cilenti. Photo credit: Northwell Health.

Health

9/11 emergency service worker receives double lung transplant

By Hannah Resnick

Health

Northwell Long Island Jewish physician assistants picket to push ‘slow’ negotiations forward, not yet on strike

By Isabella Gallo

Come From Away at the Engeman Theater in 2025

Community Events

An exuberant ‘Come From Away’ lands at The Engeman Theater in Northport

By Barbara Anne Kirshner

Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced $2M in labor theft has been uncovered since the start of the year.

$2 million in labor theft uncovered this year: DA

By Hannah Resnick

car free day long island 2025

Long Island News

The air is telling us: The time for Car Free Day LI is now

By Mindy Germain, Transit Solutions

Older adults in Nassau County are facing rising financial insecurity, with poverty rates climbing sharply according to a new report based on U.S. Census data.

Nassau seniors see poverty rise as older population surges

By Larissa Fuentes

Everybody loves a feel-good success story about a local business. Along the Great South Bay of Long Island, that reigns even more true. Toasted Oysters, a local oyster farm operating from Islip, has been selected to showcase their authentic Blue Point oysters, which are grown right here on the South Shore of Long Island, at the 2025 Ryder Cup. The star-studded, highly anticipated golf match will be held at the Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale from September 23 to 28.

Islip

Veteran-owned oyster farm to represent the Great South Bay at the Ryder Cup

By Joe Cook

Syosset native, Sue Bird, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this month.

Syosset

Sue Bird of Syosset, Billy Donovan of Rockville Centre inducted into basketball Hall of Fame

By Hannah Devlin

Protestors took to the Long Beach boardwalk to call on Gov. Kathy Hochul to put an end to fossil-fuel projects.

Environmental protesters call on Hochul to reject NE fuel pipeline

By Casey Fahrer

The Sands Point Preserve Conservancy unveiled a "rainbow bridge" to memorialize pets that have died.

Sands Point Preserve Conservancy unveils ‘Rainbow Bridge’ for pet memorials

By Long Island Press

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NCC teacher’s union files another appeal against department consolidation

By Isabella Gallo

An LIRR train at Far Rockaway in August 2023.

LIRR union workers approve strike, but will wait till 2026 in hope of federally-mediated deal

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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