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Robert Fehring, a retired Bellport High School teacher, band director and track coach, acknowledged in federal court that he sent dozens of the threatening letters to LGBTQ community leaders over eight years. 

On Long Island, the COVID-19 seven-day positivity level appears to be stabilizing this week at about 2%, higher than some experts hoped for, as Gov. Kathy Hochul prepares to make a decision on lifting a mask mandate for schools.

The Tim Hortons store at 2084 Jericho Tpke. in Commack and Lidl, which will occupy the former Stein Mart space in Commack's Mayfair Shopping Center, won approvals from Smithown land use officials this week. 

Mary Reid, 84, of Bay Shore hopes that her years of service and leadership in volunteer groups will inspire other residents of color who want a seat at the table where community decisions are made.   

The eight-bird domestic flock comprised chickens and guineau fowl, and was described by the USDA as "non-poultry" since it was for "backyard pleasure."  

Its parks and city commute attract buyers, but housing stock in the hamlet, ranging from the $500,000s to the millions, is tight.

The final phase road-raising project cost $3.4 million alone and came nearly a decade after Superstorm Sandy, which left some residents in Oakdale stranded as floodwaters swarmed the hamlet's roadways.

Three Long Island nonprofits that help breast cancer patients are among similar groups tapped to receive part of more than $644,000 in settlement funds from bogus charities, according to the state Attorney General's Office.

The weather service also warned of a winter storm coming Thursday night, following Wednesday's unseasonable warmth of 65.  

Officials said the database fulfilled a promise of the department's police reform plan adopted last year and will give police brass new insights that could spur more reforms.

"It's so obvious how beloved Jesse was to everyone in his life," said acting FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh outside the funeral home. A large American flag hung between two Islip ladder trucks parked on Montauk Highway.

The shooting in the parking lot of Tanger Outlets in Deer Park was the second such incident in a span of less than 30 minutes, Suffolk police said.

Authorities have not said when the culling will occur, but wildlife advocates plan a protest Wednesday outside Caleb Smith preserve in Smithtown. 

The Siena College poll found that far more New Yorkers — 58% — would rather wait to gather March data about the virus before lifting the mask mandate for schoolchildren.

The parties are backing Conservative Vincent Puleo, the Smithtown Town Clerk since 2006, for Suffolk County Clerk in November, Suffolk GOP chairman Jesse Garcia said.

LaLota, 43, of Amityville, is chief of staff of the Suffolk County Legislature and a former Republican commissioner of the county Board of Elections.

The 14-year-old shared the marijuana-laced edibles with two friends before the candy was destroyed, police said.

Students in nursery and pre-K at Our Lady of Guadalupe, sister schools in Central Islip and Deer Park, spend half the day studying in English and the other half in Spanish. By graduation from 8th grade, students should be completely fluent in both languages.

The town board selected Uniondale-based developer RXR and Jericho-based developer Georgica Green Ventures to transform the long-blighted lot surrounding the LIRR train station into a mixed-use area of apartments and shops. 

A state Supreme Court justice ruled in 2020 that a permit allowing the Noyac mine to dig 40 feet deeper and operate for nearly a decade longer was valid, but Southampton Town and environmental groups appealed. A May appellate court ruling found the DEC violated state environmental conservation law by issuing the permit.