The LIRR was on or close to schedule between Jamaica station and Atlantic Terminal on Tuesday morning after delays due to signal trouble east of Atlantic, the railroad said.
One of the boaters used a cellphone to report their vessel was taking on water from an unknown problem. Some of the boaters were wearing life preservers and others were holding onto floating cushions and a cooler.
Coast Guard crews suspended their search of the Long Island Sound on Monday night for two people believed to have been aboard a sailboat before it came ashore empty earlier on Truman Beach near Greenport, officials said.
An employee of Great Neck North High School has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and the school district has alerted members of the school community, officials said.
Joan P. Yale was a trailblazer in Nassau policing who in her career became the highest-ranking woman to serve in any Long Island law enforcement agency.
A Coram woman was intoxicated and driving with three children in her sport utility vehicle when she crashed into a tree on West Yaphank Road early Monday morning, police said.
A Sea Cliff man is facing a burglary charge after breaking into a home Sunday night, but running off when the female homeowner woke up, Nassau police said.
The new marquee was lighted for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the theater's revival, but its role as the village's heart goes much farther back in time.