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By Long Island News & PR January 14, 2016
MTA Long Island Rail Road will operate on a Holiday Schedule on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday next Monday, January 18, with a total of 32 extra trains provided on its five busiest branches.
By Long Island News & PR January 14, 2016
Robert Delagi, MA, NREMT-P, Suffolk County's Director for Emergency Medical Services and Public Health Emergency Preparedness issued a statement regarding Governor Cuomo's remarks about Naloxone distribution.
By Long Island News & PR January 14, 2016
Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivered his 2016 State of the State and Executive Budget Address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
The Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for abandoning a dog at the doorstep of a Freeport animal shelter in a ...
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
Green Vale’s Lower School and Middle School earned impressive mathematics awards on a national scale this week as competition results were finalized.
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
Suffolk County Legislator Robert Trotta recognized James Kloos of Boy Scout Troop 75 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout at his recent Court of Honor at St. Joseph’s Church in Kings Park.
By Don Miller January 13, 2016
As part of its debut on Long Island, Pizza Studio has committed to partnering with the region’s leading hunger-relief organization to help provide the resources necessary to combat the chronic issue of food insecurity on ...
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
Senator Ken LaValle, Chairman of the NY State Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education, announced that the 2015 Higher Education Legislative Report is now available.
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and partner agencies successfully collected 16.8 million eggs for all species and strains of fish, setting the stage for another successful year at the states fish hatcheries, the agency ...
By Long Island News & PR January 13, 2016
The unpredictability of Sigulda’s difficult luge track was never more evident than in the men’s singles race Sunday, where Wolfgang Kindl of Austria, the Viessmann World Cup overall leader, and Chris Mazdzer of Saranac Lake, ...
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
Over the past eight days, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled 14 signature proposals from this year's agenda in the lead up to his 2016 State of the State address.
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
The Missing Persons Squad is searching for a 22 year old female last seen on Thursday, January 07, 2016 at 3:27 am in Great Neck.
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
Assemblyman Dean Murray issued a statement on "Getting Back to Work" for 2016.
By WFSD News January 12, 2016
This past fall, 57 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students from Tangier Smith, John S. Hobart, Nathaniel Woodhull and William Floyd Elementary schools participated in the American Lung Association's "Open Airways for Schools" program, an evidence-based ...
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
Long Island Authors and Writers Society (LIAWS) will present a dynamic writing class for all levels of writers including those with an interest in getting started in the craft of writing.
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
On a conference call with reporters, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced his online campaign to collect the stories of students and parents who are struggling to pay for college or are burdened by ...
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
FASNY’s creation of the new Health & Wellness Committee underscores one of the association’s top priorities: a mission described by FASNY President Robert McConville as, “A Healthy Firefighter Is Everyone’s Fight”.
By Long Island News & PR January 12, 2016
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 29 district attorneys’ offices will receive more than $14.2 million in grants to enhance their investigation of state tax evasion and welfare fraud cases.
By Long Island News & PR January 11, 2016
Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) recently recognized a Selden volunteer firefighter, Richie L. Zdenek of Selden for his heroic actions that saved a co-worker’s life.
By Long Island News & PR January 11, 2016
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the ninth signature proposal of his 2016 agenda – a Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition designed to reward local governments that take real steps to make living and working ...