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.

A Wyandanch woman is facing charges related to animal cruelty after her two dogs were found in "horrible condition" last week at the Babylon Animal Shelter, a Suffolk County SPCA official said Sunday.

An effort to create a write-in primary for the Women's Equality Party ballot line in the 1st Congressional District has fallen apart.

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.

A pedestrian was struck and killed as he tried to cross a busy thoroughfare in Brentwood on Saturday night, police said.

A proposal by Republican members of Congress to tighten work rules for recipients has provoked a partisan split.

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.

The entire Suffolk County Legislature this week huddled behind closed doors more than an hour and a half, grilling county attorneys over a $10 million settlement with Martin Tankleff, who served 17 years in prison for killing his parents before the appellate division in 2007 overturned the conviction.

"Now when I do things, I can get the awards, I'm with the boys and I'm not just off to the side," said scout Sarah Scotch.

The state Office of the Attorney General has fined a Bethpage developer $141,000 and ordered him to pay $25,000 in restitution over information omitted from state filings on condominium developments in Copiague, Westbury and Islip Terrace.

The business has grown from a few wooden boats to a fleet of 28 that serves more than a million passengers a year.

Xuefei Xia visited the Syosset Volunteer Fire Department open house Saturday so his 4-year-old son could check out the fire engines. While a beaming Vincent Xia climbed into the passenger seat of a big red firetruck, firefighter Mike Shi chatted with his father in their native Mandarin about volunteering.

Suffolk County police suspect a man who wears a surgical mask is responsible for five armed robberies since February.

A sliver of Suffolk's pine barrens now bears the name of a late Port Jefferson environmentalist who devoted nearly two decades to preserving them.

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.

Recently, we had the pleasure of going to the newly opened restaurant and music hall, Opry City Stage, in the heart of Times Square. When we first walked into the restaurant, we were face to face with a wax figure of Johnny Cash. There was also a gift shop where you could buy T-shirts, cowboy hats and other country music memorabilia. The staff was super kind and friendly.