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The Weekender: Things to Do on Long Island This Weekend
Search our comprehensive guide to things to do on Long Island for more local events — or submit your own!. Things to do on Long Island this weekend include concerts, comedy shows, and more. The Weekender: Things to Do on Long Island This Weekend. JAZZ FEST. The Tilles Center...
Traffic alert: Portions of Long Island roads to be closed for Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — On July 19, the Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride will take place on Long Island. The ride will start at 9:30 a.m. from Babylon Town Hall in Lindenhurst and end around 12:30 p.m. at Overlook Beach. Drivers are asked to use alternate routes when traveling the following roads, as portions will […]
Knicks’ rookie floor general dominates in 106-105 Summer League win over Kings
After a challenging start to the season, the New York Knicks claimed their first win of the Summer League on Wednesday against the Sacramento Kings 106-105. Coming off a disappointing loss, where they blew a double-digit lead against the Brooklyn Nets, the team displayed significant offensive firepower in their latest outing.
New drug reverses diabetes in mice, boosting insulin-making cells by 700%
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. What just happened? While there are many therapies available to treat diabetes, none have proven to completely reverse this disease. That may change as research from the Mount Sinai Health System and the City of Hope continues to progress. Researchers from these institutions have demonstrated a treatment that increases human insulin-producing beta cells in vivo for the first time, normalizing glucose levels in diabetic mice models. "It's very exciting to be close to seeing this novel treatment used in patients," said one of the researchers. "There is nothing like this available to patients right now."
Suborno Bari, 12, is Malverne's youngest-ever graduate
Suborno Bari is like any other kid, and he’s not. He likes playing games, and sharing memes with his friends — and mastering the intricacies of physics and calculus. At age 12, he is the youngest person ever to graduate from Malverne High School. Suborno was 1½ when...
Levittown native serves at Naval training school
Sailors are some of the most highly trained people on the planet, and this training begins at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, otherwise known as boot camp. Every enlisted sailor starts their Navy journey at boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL), Illinois. Seaman Joseph Keller, a native...
The Sarah Grace Foundation Hosts Successful Fundraising Dinner at Milleridge Inn
Jericho’s Milleridge Inn recently hosted “An Evening of Magic”; a fundraising dinner benefiting The Sarah Grace Foundation for children with cancer. Sarah was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in 2002, at the age of only 11 years old. The brave young girl underwent spinal taps, round after round of high dose chemo, cranial and full body irradiation, and a bone marrow transplant that failed, followed by more intense chemo. Sarah kept pushing, never losing her drive or her smile, until Halloween 2002 when she struggled with long treatments and a chemo seizure that mimicked a stroke. A few days later Sarah told her parents “I don’t want to be sick anymore” and a week later she passed away.
Recent South High Graduate Receives Achievement Award
Recently, the New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce Benevolence Fund presented donations to students at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Sewanhaka High School, Herricks High School and Great Neck South High School. Recent Great Neck South High School graduate Grace Phillip received a $500 student achievement award from the...
Nassau County Police Seeking Two Suspects Who Burglarized Seaford Residence
The Seventh Squad reports the details of a Burglary that occurred on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 11:48 am in Seaford. According to Detectives, a 52-year-old female victim was inside her South Seamans Neck Road residence when she heard a noise coming from downstairs. The victim went down the stairs and saw two unknown subjects running out of the front door. The subjects entered a dark colored SUV and fled southbound on South Seamans Neck Road. The investigation is ongoing.
County Warns Against Beaches After Rainfall
Rainfall has again led to an advisory against swimming at North Shore beaches because of concerns about bacteria. The Suffolk County Department of Health recommended Thursday that bathing and other water contact be suspended in affected areas until the waters have been flushed by two Read More ...
Acting Erie County DA, state leaders support legislation to combat opioid crisis
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Keane announced Wednesday that he’s joining other state leaders in supporting legislation to combat New York State’s opioid crisis. According to the Erie County Department of Health, there have already been over 100 confirmed opioid-related overdose deaths in the county this year alone. The new […]
LI man charged with hate crime for crashing vehicle into car of Muslim men in islamophobic road rage incident
A Long Island man was arraigned on Wednesday for hate crime charges after he allegedly told a group of visibly Muslim men that he wanted to kill all Muslims and then drove into their car last month.
Kerriann Kelly receives NYS District Attorneys Association’s Prosecutor of the Year Award
Kerriann Kelly is the First from Suffolk County to Receive This Prestigious Honor Since 2013. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney has announced that Major Crime Bureau Chief Kerriann Kelly was awarded the 2024 Prosecutor of the Year Award for Trial Advocacy at the District Attorneys Association of New York’s (DAASNY) annual summer conference held in Bolton Landing on June 29, 2024.
Hochul adds 28 family and civil court judges across NYS in effort to decrease case backlog
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Thursday which plans to reduce case backlog in both family and civil courts. The new law will add 28 judges across the state and 16 judges for New York City. "Civil and family courts adjudicate some of the most...
List released on state prison closings
ALBANY, New York (WWNY) -The north country’s three prisons were spared from being shut down by the state. The list released to the union representing state corrections officers by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision doesn’t include Cape Vincent, Gouverneur, or Riverview correctional facilities. It names...
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