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NYS Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey cuts the ribbon re-opening Robert Moses State Park (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach Boardwalk Reopen

Disabled Long Island Newlyweds Offered Apartment

A doctor wears a stethoscope during an examination (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Long Island Family Fights To Raise Awarness About Tuberous Sclerosis

Rockville Centre Train Station (credit: CBS 2)

Police: Teen Charged With Robbery In Attack Near Rockville Centre Train Station

Police said a 15-year-old and another suspect threw a 36-year-old woman to the ground near 100 N. Centre Avenue after she exited a Long Island Rail Road train in Rockville Centre around 8:15 p.m. on May 5.

2013/05/15

Lotto Scam Suspects Yunis Ozturk, Yalcin Nergiz, and Orhan Ozurk (credit: Suffolk County District Attorney's Office)

3 L.I. Men Accused Of Swindling Lottery Winner Due In Court

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said the suspects deceived the Take Five winner by paying him $774 of the $74,892 payoff when he redeemed the ticket at a Riverside gas station on March 18.

2013/05/14

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, LIPA Crews (credit: CBS 2)

Legislators Tentatively Back Cuomo’s Plan To Do Away With LIPA

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo received tentative support from legislative leaders Monday for his plan to finally sideline the Long Island Power Authority, which has been criticized for high rates and questionable response in disasters — most infamously including Superstorm Sandy.

2013/05/13

Girls on Long Island compete in high school lacrosse (Credit CBS 2)

Athletes And Adminstrators Butt Heads Over Helmet Requirements In Girls Lacrosse

A debate is raging around a popular high school sport on Long Island; should girls be required to wear helmets during lacrosse games?

2013/05/13

LI Students Only Allowed To Bring Clear Plastic Bags Into School Following Threat

Police said the message was written in black magic marker on the cafeteria window at Baldwin Senior High School on Ethel T. Kloberg Drive between 10:30 p.m. Friday and 8:07 a.m. Saturday.

2013/05/13

North Hempstead Officials At Wit’s End With Geese, Decide To Euthanize Them

Officials in a Long Island town said this week that they have to scare off invasive Canada geese, and now must resort to euthanasia.

2013/05/13

Map of Route 347 Improvement Projects (credit: NYS DOT)

Project To Ease Port Jefferson Station Traffic Slated To Begin

The $25.6 million project at the busy intersection of Routes 347 and 112 at Port Jefferson Station is designed to improve traffic flow and safety.

2013/05/13

Nautical Mile, Freeport, N.Y. (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Reopening Ceremony Held For Long Island’s Nautical Mile

Town officials were on hand to accept $1.3 million in grant money from the National Grid, which will be used to help 45 businesses still struggling to open in time for summer.

2013/05/13

Man Killed When Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Long Island

A boating tragedy off Southampton, Long Island, left one person dead Sunday afternoon.

2013/05/12

John Beaumont has been charged with second degree murder for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Police: LI Man Charged With Murder For Stabbing Brother To Death

Officers responded to a home on Densfield Road after John Beaumont called police to report that he stabbed his brother Thomas during an argument.

2013/05/12

LI Man Killed In Head-On Crash

The driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity is being withheld until his family is notified, police said.

2013/05/12

Volunteers worked to rebuild the home a 95-year-old Lindenhurst woman. (Credit CBS 2)

95-Year-Old Sandy Victim Finally Returns To Lindenhurst, LI Home

An army of volunteers pitched in to help rebuild the home, that Clarke had lived in since the Eisenhower administration, after it was ravaged by the storm.

2013/05/11

Walmart (file / credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/GettyImages)

LI Cops Seek Suspect In Early Morning Walmart Hold-Up

Once inside the man brandished a black handgun and ordered the manager to empty the contents of the store’s safe into a black duffel bag before fleeing the scene.

2013/05/11