Hempstead Town officials have installed new signs at town parks reminding visitors that vaping is prohibited at the locations, according to a news release.

Daffodils dance by the hospital entrance. The blooming Bradford pear trees look like they're swaddled in white lace. Soon, the gardens of St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn will be decked out in all their flowered finery.

Schools superintendent Thomas Rogers is asking for an independent evaluation of the environmental impact and "potential risks" of a mixed-use development planned for land next to an elementary school.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building three new elevators and a sound-retaining wall at the Floral Park Long Island Rail Road station, and village residents got a sneak peek of the plans.

The formidable task of beating back climate change must be tackled by teenagers who are still in school -- and their communities -- as global accords falter, a scientist told students on Saturday.

Can defendants be found guilty if they're hardly ever present at the scene of a crime?

In Nassau County, a capital of political branding, the county executive is erecting signs with nobody's name on them.

A disagreement at a Bellmore comedy club escalated Friday night as several patrons attacked a security guard and a female worker and one attempted to take the guard's handgun, police said.

New York American Water, the private water company whose soaring rates in Sea Cliff have led to ratepayer outrage, on Friday hit Nassau County and others with a lawsuit on behalf of customers "forced to pay excessive rates due to illegal property taxes."

The theft unraveled when a manager received information that an infusion pump and vein finder were being sold on eBay, officials said.

The move comes after the town board again stalls a proposal to solicit competitive proposals for legal services.

A chef testified that his company was poised to begin providing food to emergency workers in the wake of superstorm Sandy, a contract ultimately awarded to Harendra Singh.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat who took office Jan. 1, has yet to reach out to the county legislature's Republican leader, Richard Nicolello, who publicly berated her administration for misleading GOP lawmakers and warned they would be skeptical about her future requests.

A federal judge ruled Thursday in favor of Nassau County and its financial control board, upholding the board's decision in 2011 to suspend raises for about 7,000 unionized county employees.

Federal investigators are probing the death of a man who was "pulled along" at the LIRR's Lynbrook station platform by a moving train earlier this month.

The "Dream Prom Boutique" helped area teens get ready for their big night in style, with the perfect price tag.

The Oyster Bay Town landmarks preservation committee voted Wednesday night to hire an expert to assess the condition of the historic former Snouder's Corner Drug Store.

A former manager of one of Harendra Singh's restaurants testified that he never saw Linda Mangano, communicated primarily by email with her and collaborated on only two projects with her.

The jury heard from an attorney from a loan brokerage firm, a limousine driver and a former Harendra Singh restaurant manager, as, seven weeks in, prosecutors continue to make their case

"Financially, this is unaffordable and irresponsible," an anti-tunnel committee member told the crowd.