Both films are based on the 1982 Caldecott Medal-winning book "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg.

Golf fans heading to next week's U.S. Open tournament in Southampton will be able to do so via a new Long Island Rail Road station.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will oversee the installation of a water treatment system at a building that houses Shelter Island's senior center and a pair of medical offices after a banned gasoline additive was detected above allowable levels in the property's private well last month.

A Brightwaters village trustee is challenging the incumbent mayor in the June 19 election.

Long Island has hosted 22 major golf championships, beginning with the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur championships at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896:

One of the all-time most recognizable and respected figures in golf will return to major championship competition this week. Front and center, right in the middle of the action, this icon will hold everyone's attention throughout the U.S. Open.

A vehicle struck and seriously injured a bicyclist on Thursday morning in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County police said.

Port Jefferson's financial future has become a main issue shaping the June 19 election with two incumbents and a political newcomer running for two trustee seats.

New York Institute of Technology will use a $150,000 state grant for a bioengineering laboratory in Old Westbury as part of a larger expansion of biotechnology initiatives on Long Island, officials said.

One teacher said the lack of a contract is demeaning. "This is not fair to the devoted teachers," he said.

Most students get dragged to the principal's office for the wrong reasons. Copiague's Franklin Parra went there to get drafted by the Mets.

The unidentified man, who lived at the home with a woman and a young girl, was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

The NYPD bestowed its highest honor on slain Det. Myosotis Familia and retired the shield of Det. Steven McDonald in a ceremony Wednesday in front of police headquarters in Manhattan.

A man used an aerosol can to start seven fires early Wednesday that included torching a car, a boat, a business, a fence and two flags in Wyandanch and Deer Park, police said.

Four Wyandanch women were arrested Tuesday and charged in connection with thefts from stores at the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park, Suffolk County police said.

"Usually when I go to Turkey, I consider that going home. But last summer is when I first felt like when I was coming back here that I was actually coming home."

Long Islanders can look forward to two mostly sunny days to wrap up the work week before -- once again -- there is a chance of rain for Saturday, forecasters said.

Suffolk County Legis. Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood) will formally announce her candidacy Thursday for the open 3rd District State Senate seat GOP incumbent Tom Croci is vacating to rejoin the Navy.

"I apologize to the officer," Mark Caraway said. "I didn't know what happened. I heard voices in my head. The voices kept saying that somebody was going to kill me."

Gina Lieneck walked slowly, purposefully, to the front of the room, then told the story that changed her life -- and now defines it.