Long Island

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

Long Island Family Fights To Raise Awarness About Tuberous Sclerosis

A Long Island family is seeking to raise awareness about a very rare disease.

2013/05/19

Woodhaven Nursing Home (file / credit: Woodhaven Assisted Living)

Long Island Nursing Home Aides Accused Of Spying On Residents

Two nursing home aides are accused of taking disturbing photos and videos of residents at multiple nursing homes on Long Island.

2013/05/16

Gas Pump (file / credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Gas Prices Lower Than This Time Last Year

Although gas prices have nudged up a few cents in the past week, the average price of a gallon of regular, $3.78 on Long Island, is actually about $0.21 less heading into this Memorial Day weekend than this time a year ago.

2013/05/16

Port Washington Long Island Rail Road Station (file / credit: MTA)

LIRR At Grand Central Could Mean Fewer Parking Spaces In Port Washington

While many commuters are looking forward to the Long Island Rail Road’s expansion into Grand Central Terminal, those in one Long Island town are a bit wary.

2013/05/15

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

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

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

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

Fallen U.S. Marine Honored With Long Island Walk-Run Fundraiser

A walk-run event was held Saturday in Lido Beach, Long Island, to honor the memory of a fallen U.S. Marine.

2013/05/11

Robert Liguori (credit: New York State Sex Offender Registry)

L.I. Man Gets Up To 3 Years For Hidden Camera At Fashion Show

A convicted sex offender who admitted to recording young women surreptitiously at a Long Island fashion show has been sentenced to as many as three years in prison.

2013/05/08

Katie Beers On Cleveland Kidnapping Victims: ‘I Cannot Even Fathom’

When three women were found alive in Cleveland a decade after disappearing, Long Island kidnapping victim Katie Beers was flooded with a rush of buried memories.

2013/05/07

State Senate Votes To Rename Nassau County Bridge For Slain Police Officer

The New York State Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to rename a bridge in Bellerose, Long Island, for a Nassau County police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty last fall.

2013/05/07

Adam Haber, candidate for Nassau County Executive (file / credit: Adam Haber for County Executive)

Nassau County Executive Candidate Proposes ‘Disaster Czar’

Democrat Adam Haber proposes naming a “disaster czar” to handle a county-wide emergency management and information system that he says would give Nassau County the response it did not get after Sandy.

2013/05/07

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