The 29-year-old woman faces felony charges of driving while intoxicated with a child, according to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office.

Good Friday live street processions with hundreds of people marking the Stations of the Cross will take place at several Long Island parishes, and at a major Catholic cemetery.

The new fridge, housed at Christ Episcopal Church in Brentwood, will offer fresh food around the clock to anyone in need, organizers say.

"Everybody is so shook up with what's happening in the world," said town art instructor Maureen Pouder, who enlisted her students and other artists to paint about 50 works featuring Ukraine's national plant in a show of solidarity for the country and its citizens. 

Head of the Harbor Mayor Douglas Dahlgard hopes to win grants and funding to eradicate phragmites australis, a fast-growing reed around Stony Brook Harbor. 

A dense fog advisory is in effect until noon today and showers and thunderstorms are forecast, with rain expected through the day and into the evening.

In January, Dawn Smallwood took on the challenge of becoming the first female chief of police in Stony Brook University's 65-year history. "I really want students, faculty and staff to feel like we are their police," Smallwood says.

As the pandemic drags on, it's harder to get a table at a Sag Harbor restaurant on winter weekends. Vehicle traffic is up. Trash collection remains in demand. The affordable housing crisis has been exacerbated by spiking housing costs associated with higher demand.

Aidan Carman, who in the fall will attend Farmingdale State College, will be the school's first recipient of a national Army Reserve Minuteman Scholarship, which will cover all his fees and books.

The first graduating class of the NYU Long Island School of Medicine in Mineola saw firsthand how doctors struggled to understand the coronavirus and find effective treatments.

Police said the man's passenger was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries.

In some districts, minority children, especially boys, may rarely — if ever — see a teacher who looks like them. But expected end-of-school-year resignations and early retirements should create hiring opportunities, education advocates said.

More than half of the $48.7 million went to help women-run households, according to demographic data. 

End-of-school-year resignations and early retirements should create hiring opportunities for some school districts, education advocates said.

Long Island turned into a crucial highway in the efforts to smuggle alcoholic beverages to a thirsty citizenry. 

With over 1,600 miles of indented coastline, the Island had plenty of secret coves, harbors and inlets to which bootleggers could bring in liquor from as far away as the Caribbean and Europe.  

 The cars were stolen between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. Thursday at residences on Bezel Lane, Maureen Drive, Sandra Drive, Steven Place, police say.

The joint force will begin patrols June 1 under the banner of the Muttontown and Upper Brookville Police Department, or MUB PD, and operate with a projected annual budget of $4 million to $4.1 million.

After omicron peaked on Long Island in January, it steadily bottomed out, but a new subvariant makes up 38% of all new confirmed COVID-19 infections statewide. Experts and New York State health officials say it's too early to see the slight spike as a sign of dire days to come.

"I heard Ward Melville and I was like, 'Did I just hear that?' To be able to be in the top three is something everybody dreams of," Amber Luo said about her finish in the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition.

About 1,000 LIRR union electricians could stage a work stoppage, as they accuse railroad management of violating their contract by suspending a 25-year employee who tested positive for marijuana.

The bridges, carrying a total of more than 67,000 vehicles daily, are rated poor possibly because of issues with decking, support beams, piers or abutments, according to state Department of Transportation data and experts.

Experts cautioned that despite the positive numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, international turmoil could still impede the region's economy, and a lag in data has prevented the bureau from fully capturing the affect of COVID-19 restrictions.

Staff at a hospital pronounced Vincent Maiolica, 34, of Massapequa, dead Monday, according to police. He had been suspected of stabbing two women over the weekend — one of whom later died — and then attempting to take his own life, Nassau police said.

"To speak and not get tired. To walk and not get tired. It's the first time in my 40 years that my body has done that," Lindsay Salguero-Lopez said of the results of her transplant surgery.

"She was the most loving, most nurturing human being that it has ever been my pleasure to meet," her wife said.

In Northport, former village clerk Donna Koch was elected in a race that pitted two native residents against each other.

The festivities will kick off next month with a reenactment of the first town board meeting on April 2, 1872, that's invitation only and thru Oct. 2 will include parades, a time capsule and celebrations in Babylon's villages and hamlets.  

Police said the teen was found in the man's home Monday.

Xiaoning Zhang, 25, of Flushing, is charged with the murder of Jim Li, 66, of Great Neck, a prominent immigration attorney who was stabbed to death Monday in his Flushing office, the NYPD said.

The crash occurred on westbound Jericho Turnpike around 11:45 p.m. when the westbound motorcycle was struck by a westbound 2021 Kia K5 sedan.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said the traffic light is needed in the intersection, heavily trafficked by pedestrians, trucks and other vehicles.

The anniversary of Babylon's separation from Huntington town will be marked by community celebrations, a time capsule, and a parade.  

The victim was riding a 2020 Suzuki motorcycle about 6 p.m on Wicks Road near Suffolk Avenue when he lost control and collided with a truck, police said.

Amber Luo, 18, of Stony Brook, was the top finisher of the seven finalists from Long Island in the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition.

"Despite the jury's verdict, the defendant refuses to accept any responsibility for her crimes and shows an utter lack of remorse," prosecutors said in a sentencing recommendation.

Jim Li, a longtime immigration lawyer, was found unresponsive in his Flushing law office after he had met with a woman now charged in his stabbing death. 

Work will begin in the summer to transfer properties in Riverhead and Brookhaven towns whose private wells have tested positive for contaminants.

The number of closings last month was the lowest since July 2020. Data released Tuesday by OneKey MLS suggests the spring will bring higher prices. 

In Great Neck Plaza, incumbent Ted Rosen is set to go against his 2020 challenger Leonard N. Katz. Elsewhere on Long Island, voters will choose new trustees, mayors and judges or fill vacant seats.

A small piece of history from the original Penn Station has returned to greet LIRR commuters at the Moynihan Train Hall, which connects to Penn, six decades after the station was demolished.

Lyuks Express Inc. has listed addresses at the Killenworth property and other Russian sites in the Bronx and Manhattan, but a State Department spokesperson told Newsday it "has no record of a request from the Russian Government" to use its properties in that capacity.

Hochul has appointed attorneys Sylvia Cabana and Charo Ezdrin, and pediatrician John Zaso, to the board of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.

In Great Neck Plaza, incumbent Ted Rosen is set to go against his 2020 challenger Leonard N. Katz. Elsewhere on Long Island, voters will choose new trustees, mayors and judges or fill vacant seats.

Nassau police said the victim and another woman were stabbed Saturday night by a man who then tried to take his own life.

The schools, including Jewish yeshivas, may have to demonstrate they meet state academic requirements in multiple ways, such as attaining recognition from accrediting agencies, under revised regulations proposed by state education officials. 

The ruling dismissed a request by Shake A Paw to resume acquiring new puppies after the attorney general's office filed a lawsuit in December alleging that the store knowingly purchased and sold sick dogs.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said "testing plays a vital role in keeping this virus under control and will be absolutely critical as we begin to live with this virus as part of our everyday lives."

People living in ZIP codes with the 50 lowest vaccination rates on LI were 39.4% more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 during the recent omicron surge than residents of the ZIP codes with the 50 highest vaccination rates.

The 53-year-old alleged drunken driver was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.