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Numbers could within the next few weeks fall to levels from last April and May, infectious-disease experts said. Long Island's seven-day positivity rate dropped on Friday to 5.49%, the lowest level since Nov. 30. Numbers could within the next few weeks fall to levels from last April and May, infectious-disease experts said. 

Manhasset-based Tuesday's Children is part of a nationwide push to bring attention to a shortage of adult mentors able to fill the void when a children loses a parent — made worse by the ongoing pandemic, advocates say.

The state and Touro's Jewish Law Institute are renewing restoration efforts at the cemetery, where just a fraction of the graves bear names. Improvements include landscaping and installation of a historical marker and a plaque.

Sunday will have clear skies with a high of 31 degrees and wind chill values between 10 and 20 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Uniondale High School teacher Adeola Tella-Williams said her students made new friends with people they typically didn't see in their classrooms, and engaged in dialogue about discrimination and segregation.

Officers said they stopped the teen because he was speeding on a Central Islip street early Saturday morning. Suffolk police said they found that he was driving while drunk and had a loaded handgun.

The Bellport man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after the 2 a.m. crash in which his girlfriend, who was his front-seat passenger, was killed, Suffolk police said.

Customers' electric bills will go up when a new heat-pump system is installed. The systems are more efficient and the savings come from using less gas or fuel oil for heat.

Central Islip's Julissa Fonseca attempts to become the first girl to qualify for the Suffolk Division I boys wrestling tournament. 

Volunteers said those problems preceded Babylon Town's decision to sever ties with the service, attributed to a lack of timely response time and allegations of "mismanagement of funds, sexual harassment, violence" and the company's "failure to act upon these allegations."

The governor faces a Feb. 21 expiration date to either extend or end the schools mandate. The decision will be based on data, she said, including vaccination levels — which are lagging among ages 5 to 11.

Temperatures are expected to reach a high of just 28 degrees with wind chill values between 10 and 15 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

An unidentified man was wounded in the shooting in Central Islip after it was targeted as a "gang house," said Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison

Officials raised the prospect unless the district can obtain an extension of debt payments or some other form of financial relief. How to pay for school renovations is a central focus.

James E. Robitsek was ordered to return to court to face charges stemming from an alleged domestic disturbance, officials said.

A drunken driver identified crashed into a police vehicle on the scene of an earlier crash in Wading River, according to Riverhead Town Police. The officer suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

A day of unsettled Friday starts out as rain and transitions to freezing rain and a wintry mix as temperatures drop, forecasters said. Road conditions could be icy for the evening commute.

At his sentencing, Carlos Argueta apologized in federal court to the mother of his murder victim, saying  "An apology is not enough but it is all I can do."  

In a letter to the town supervisor, the federal agency detailed the many steps needed to deactivate the Wainscott facility from a public airport and fully reopen it for private use only, which it said can't be done in the town's four-day timeframe set to begin Feb. 28.

Nearly 70% of children ages 12 to 17 on Long Island and across the state have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. One expert said he senses a "paradigm shift" as increasing numbers of young people get inoculated.