Sound beaches earn mixed water-quality grades
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading environmental group has updated its water-quality ratings off more than 200 Long Island Sound beaches – with several Long Island beaches earning top marks…
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New York Tech finds its proper ‘Place’ in new ad push
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology is taking its message to the streets. And to subway stations, shop windows and other eye-catching spots around Greater New…
Report: ‘Unequal resources’ plague minority LI schools
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Syosset-based civil rights organization is blasting “unequal resources” in Long Island school districts with different racial makeups – predictably, shortchanging districts with predominantly non-White populations….
Broadway-caliber curtain rises in snazzy Elmont house
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Off-Off-Broadway file comes Nassau County’s only professional theater company and its new venue, picking up where a community-theater group last bowed out. Welcome to…
A moment of silence as the iPod shuffles to the end
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Last week, the iPod officially died. The last available iPod, the most recent iteration of the Touch, was discontinued by Apple, finally ending a music-listening…
Umbrella org unites Island social-service superstars
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new umbrella has opened over 4,000 regional employees servicing developmentally and physically disabled Long Islanders. Pronounced “connection,” Kinexion – which officially launched Tuesday in Woodbury…
Surviving the emotional homebuying roller coaster
By COLLEEN KIRK // With soaring prices, plunging inventory and fierce competition, navigating Long Island’s homebuying market can feel like a wild roller coaster ride. When demand outpaces housing stock,…
Coming soon: Drought-inspired mass human migrations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Worldwide droughts will cause mass human migrations over the next century, with entire populations on the move in Mexico, South America, Africa and elsewhere. That’s the…
Busier-than-ever Island Harvest unveils new HQ, logo
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s leading social-services organizations has a new look and a new home base, refreshing its arsenal for the ongoing battle against food insecurity….
The slippery slope of child-abuse algorithms
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // In a case that’s garnered national attention, ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva and his former fiancée, Angela Pollina, will face a judge and jury at the end…
Proposed law requires vets to share pet-drug details
By GREGORY ZELLER // A long-simmering bill centered on New York veterinarians and the drugs they dispense to family pets is now awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature. Sponsored by State…
Stony Brook gifted $56M to boost STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A massive philanthropical gift will help increase diversity among Stony Brook University STEM students. The university announced Wednesday that the New York City-based Simons Foundation and…
Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
Government, industry must unite now on telemedicine
By JERRY BALENTINE // During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth platforms acted as a lifeline for New Yorkers to safely access medical services. The lasting effect of this increased use of digital-health services will be nothing…
Guns kill kids, and if lawmakers won’t act, doctors will
By TERRY LYNAM // For the first time in more than 60 years, gunshot wounds have overtaken motor vehicle accidents as the number-one killer of American children. While certainly a…