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A Mount Sinai High School team has taken the top spot in this year's Bay Scallop Bowl.

A Midcentury Modern ranch in Lloyd Harbor, wrapped in walls of glass along its back and side, has listed for $700,000.

At the center of East Hills is a village park that "has been the attraction for the last 12 years of people wanting to live in East Hills," says village Mayor Michael Koblenz. "The park has everything."

Hundreds attend first public hearing on the planned development of an 18,000-seat arena as well as a retail and entertainment complex.

A second storm-related death -- that of a woman who was shoveling snow -- was reported, officials said.

Harendra Singh was asked to name officials who met with John Venditto at HR Singletons in Bethpage.

Then-Deputy Town Supervisor Leonard Genova also requested rides, which Harendra Singh estimated totaled about 100 in count and $15,000 in cost.

What do you if your traffic signal is white?

Amityville Village has changed the date of a public hearing on a proposed transit-oriented zone and will now have three hearings on the same date related to the proposal.

A 6-year-old boy was left in serious condition after a two-car crash in Brentwood on Thursday, authorities said.

Suffolk police are investigating a burglary at a Melville church, authorities said Thursday.

The seashore's longest-serving superintendent will step down at the end of March. He says he's "accomplished a lot of milestones."

Lawyers for the opposing sides agreed to let county parks officials pick a company to replace Beach Hut at three county beaches.

An officer was injured when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle while he was assisting a motorist on the LIE, authorities said.

Shimon Waronker has sued the district, alleging his removal as schools superintendent was punitive and that his rights had been violated.

Smithtown officials will explore a deal for sewers in downtown St. James with a company proposing a major subdivision in the town.

Long Island's SUSA Academy has been granted a franchise to play in the semiprofessional Women's Premier Soccer League.

The race for village justice in tiny Old Field has ended in a tie and will be decided next month in a special election, officials said Thursday.

On Tuesday evening we went to Manhattan to see a screening of the new movie "Sherlock Gnomes," starring Emily Blunt and James McAvoy. In this animated film, there were many exciting twists and elements to the story.