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Will Huntington ban gas-powered leaf blowers?
Supervisor Ed Smyth said the town is hoping to achieve a "reasonable compromise" by early next year.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICHuntington pauses new gas-powered leaf blower restrictions
LI teacher's kids blossom during ‘Teacher for a Day’
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Motive in 'Peaches' case revealed ... Lawyers: 'Deplorable conditions' for ICE detainee ... FCC eyes subsidy cuts to LI schools ... Let's Go: Sleepy Hollow
Overnight AirTrain service to JFK subject to suspensions
Hidden LI breakfast eatery defies expectations
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LI family receives 'life-changing' moment from Tunnel to Towers at Isles game
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Good partners: Kerber's Farm School pairs up with Helping Hand Rescue Mission
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Nassau tax preparer convicted of filing bogus returns, faces 50 years in prison
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Suffolk's top 20 water users pumped 1 billion gallons from aquifer last year
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WWII vet, concentration camp survivor received hundreds of thank you cards
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Passenger shot boarding train at LIRR station; shooter takes off
Planned battery plant in Suffolk sparks questions about safety
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Broadway Mall plan seeks town OK for less parking, late-night hours
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Is Oheka Castle worth $137 million? Why it's 'very difficult to price.'
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'Snapple House' that belonged to company co-founder going to auction next month
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NY officials failing to hand over immigrants charged with crimes, DHS says
Federal official said "detainer" requests for immigrants charged with crimes are not being honored.
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MORE ON THIS TOPICLawyers: Man shot by ICE agents jailed in 'deplorable conditions'
Prosecutors: Man killed woman formerly tied to Gilgo probe after she tried to break up his marriage
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders NYPD to review use-of-force policies, announces reforms
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New York State should not delay DNA techniques, key Gilgo case figures say
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Motive in 'Peaches' case revealed ... Lawyers: 'Deplorable conditions' for ICE detainee ... FCC eyes subsidy cuts to LI schools ... Let's Go: Sleepy Hollow
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LI employers stole nearly $4M from their workers last year. Nearly 40% came from home healthcare.
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The secret to eating at LI's best restaurants for more than 50% off
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'Work until you drop ... is not a plan': Here's what you need to retire on LI
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Police seek suspects after shot fired at Suffolk park
Nassau plans to use nearly $44M from reserves to balance 2027 budget
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7-year-old was left home alone for a day 6 months before she died, filings reveal
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GOP nominee for Nassau Legislature was arrested twice for assault, records show
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Hampton Jitney building a solar microgrid with an eye on future EV fleet
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Man dies after falling from roof of LI home
Gillen target of upcoming TV ad campaign by House Republicans
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Mom of 6 dies in Suffolk crash
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Skipping the stage: Most LI congressional races won't have debates
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East Hampton to pierce tax cap with 7% levy hike
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Nassau tax preparer gets 4-year sentence in COVID fraud scheme
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Flock reps defend surveillance tech to Suffolk lawmakers amid worries over civil liberty violations
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Affordable senior housing complex opens after receiving 560 lottery applicants
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Florida men indicted for having 688 pounds of cocaine in a Holiday Inn parking lot on LI
Target opens first store in the Hamptons, taking space Kmart vacated 2 years ago
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Commack park honoring breast cancer survivors opens
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'Felt it viscerally': Former IDF soldier speaks at Holocaust Center for anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks
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'A long time coming': LI church, built in 1906, gains landmark protections
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'Just lovely to see': Dolphins return to Long Island Sound
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Babylon moves closer to Copiague plaza expansion
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1 girl, 23 arrested in 2 states: Inside LI's hidden world of drugs, sex trafficking
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32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.
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Nearly 6,000 LI households could face homelessness if Trump cuts Section 8 funding
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Out East: All the buzz at the Hallockville Museum Farm
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That time a 'monster' washed ashore in Montauk
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The Sandbox brings food trucks to Oyster Bay
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LI hockey dad beats cancer
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Turtle-sniffing dogs searching LI woods to help protect a species
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Out East: Home on the free range at Browder's Birds
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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Where's the beef? Ken visits a butcher shop
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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Making ice cream at Coyle's in Islip
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