Laurie and Frank DeClara's 2,253-square-foot home feels larger when the party-centric backyard gets used.

Lessons can be geared to kindergarten through high school.

A Massapequa home rebuilt in 2015 after superstorm Sandy was turned into a modern showcase of European finishes. It is on the market for $1.445 million.

Suffolk police responded to a report at a Bayport elementary school Wednesday that some students were disturbed after hearing another student's comment about a bomb, said the district's top administrator.

District's funding plan of more than $212M also includes funds for more academic services while avoiding a tax increase.

A Mattituck man faces stolen property charges after police found stolen soil, mulch, planting pots, and other items from local nurseries in his home, Southold Town Police said Wednesday.

County Executive Laura Curran Wednesday night pitched her vision of ethical responsibility, fiscal prudence and economic development in Nassau while acknowledging the fragility of the government she inherited.

Mourners streamed into a Westhampton Beach firehouse Wednesday for a wake commemorating the life of Tech. Sgt. Dashan J. Briggs, one of four members of the Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing who perished in a March 15 helicopter crash in Iraq.

Edward Mangano paid for some of his own meals and even asked that his campaign be charged for events, Harendra Singh acknowledged at Mangano's federal corruption trial.

Gregory, a Democrat seeking to challenge the GOP incumbent, says King should return $5,000 in donations from restaurateur Harendra Singh.

She's working on a three-peat.

On the seventh day

For Rabbi Dovid Weinbaum, one of the key parts of Passover, which starts Friday at sunset, is matzo, the unleavened bread eaten at seder dinners during the eight-day religious festival.

The fire-damaged Sag Harbor Cinema on the village's Main Street is one step closer to being rebuilt after the project received approval Tuesday from the village planning board.

The race for Old Field's only village justice seat has been marked by accusations that the incumbent failed to obtain permits for a swimming pool at his house and that the challenger lacks the proper temperament to be a judge.

THE SCOOP

Baiting Hollow is a rural and serene community "and yet it is in close proximity to lots of things to do," says Catherine Kent, a longtime resident and Town of Riverhead councilwoman.

The monument, depicting a soldier gripping a long rifle, was hauled away to the McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory in Ohio last week before a snowstorm struck Long Island, village officials said.

Road work that begins Thursday will cause sporadic lane closings for months on Deer Park Avenue at Sunrise Highway in North Babylon, state officials said.

One of the most exciting parts of buying a brand-new house is picking out the cabinets, flooring, fixtures and finishes to make it your own. Going into a designer showroom is like being a kid in a candy shop, and there's a lot to choose from.