12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (820+ words) Life for the Nassau County Fire Service Academy trainees who got a personal thank-you from President Trump last week is far from glamorous — but just try to extinguish their drive. The volunteer trainees spend grueling weeks dousing set-up blazes and…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (478+ words) A teen former Long Island student who claims she was raped in a classroom by a popular art teacher is suing the school district for allegedly failing to protect her from the twisted “serial sex predator.” The ex-student was groomed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) They’re on the other side of the whistle now. Thousands of Long Island swimmers owe their safety in the water to a group of top-tier college athletes who double as lifeguards while home for the summer — and the important aquatic…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (480+ words) Port Washington’s best-ever season came to a disappointing end, as the New York state champs were eliminated in the Little League World Series Metro regional round by Darien, Conn., 8-4 on Wednesday night. They were two wins away from a berth…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) A Little League in the shadows of New York City’s skyscrapers is having its moment in the sun. New Jersey’s Bayonne Central put up a triumphant 12-2 win over New York’s Port Washington in a winner’s bracket game of the Metro…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (482+ words) Four Flock Safety cameras in one Long Island town were vandalized in July as backlash against the software grows nationwide — with one wild case including claims a cop down south illegally used it to track her lover. The AI-powered cameras,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (177+ words) Percy, a subadult great white shark, is making moves up the coast of Long Island, most likely heading further north toward cooler waters. In that time, he’s traveled 4,660 miles, according to OCEARCH data. Percy was 432 pounds and 9 feet, 9 inches long…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (224+ words) An up-and-coming New York City real estate broker was hit by a car and killed during a morning jog in the Hamptons, police said. Stefanie Rock, 29, who worked as an associate broker at Jones Lang LaSalle specializing in commercial office…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (289+ words) A college student from Long Island was arrested months after his pal drowned in a drunken canoe accident in Connecticut, according to authorities. Michael Collins, 20, of Mineola, was cuffed on boating under the influence charges last week after his friend,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (356+ words) A stomach-twisting “explosive diarrhea” parasite has infected at least 50 people in Suffolk County, officials said Tuesday — as Long Island’s total number of cases surged to 66. The Suffolk County Department of Health has confirmed 49 cases of dreaded stomach bug cyclosporiasis, which…...