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Rebuilt LI theaters carry hopes for economic revival
The lobby of the old Islip cinema is buzzing again. Patrons buy tickets at the marble-fronted box office, tread up the carpeted stairs and take their seats - but this time it's not for a movie.
Boy's legs fractured in Islip Terrace hit-and-run
A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized with fractures to both legs Monday after he was struck by a van in a hit-and-run while riding his bicycle in Islip Terrace, police said.
Internal probe of police-custody deaths not uncommon
When Kenny Lazo collapsed and died at the Third Precinct station house, it was the Suffolk police Homicide Squad that began investigating his death after a violent confrontation with three of the department's ...
Fire Island specials, with parking, ferry, dinner
Taste of Fire Island Bay Shore to Ocean Beach WHEN Mondays-Thursdays WEB fireislandferries.com COST $42 The price covers an entire evening, from parking at the Fire Island Ferry docks ...
Death of Bay Shore man in police custody ruled homicide
The death of a Bay Shore man who collapsed following a violent struggle with Suffolk police in April - in which he was struck with flashlights - has been ruled a homicide.
Bellmore bank robbery suspect had been deported in '06
Apparently, Earl Hercules Knowles thinks it's not better in the Bahamas. The cash-tossing bank robber who caused last Friday's Nassau University Medical Center lockdown was deported to the Bahamas just two ...
NY To Sue Rite Aide, CVS Over Expired Goods
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he will sue both CVS and Rite Aid for selling expired products after a second investigation by his office found that the chains were still selling outdated ...
Liquor store sold alcohol to minors, cops say
Investigating a tip from a 'concerned parent' who claims she saw two of her son's high school classmates buy liquor, Suffolk cops have arrested the owner and an employee of a Bay Shore liquor store where the ...
MerchDirect Rocks the Music Decorated Apparel Niche
MerchDirect's co-owner Justin Beck is a member of the band Glassjaw. Shown here is one of Glassjaw's sweatshirts that fans can purchase from MerchDirect.
Police chase bank robbery suspects to hospital campus
This story was reported by Newsday staff writers Kimberley A. Martin and Matthew Chayes, and Emerson Clarridge.
2 Bay Shore firefighters honored with state award
Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Middle Jun. 19--When two Bay Shore volunteer firefighters found they couldn't get into a burning bedroom to save a trapped, unconscious man, they decided to make a new entrance -- by ...
Joey Kola plays Governor's, Brokerage same nights
THE FEAT: Veteran comic Joey Kola will perform four shows in one night at two different clubs, Friday and Saturday.
Guitar Hero bar nights on Long Island
Guitar Hero is moving out of the basements and into the bars. After all, what good is playing the Activision video game enough to reach Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast" if you can't show off your ...
Gun Tied to Newark Triple Slaying
A gun linked to the execution-style slaying of three college-bound Newark youths last summer was recovered from a reputed gang member in New York and may have been used in several other killings, authorities ...
California king snakes eat birds, small mammals, and other reptiles.
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. You've heard of snakes on a place. How about snakes in a crib? That's what happened to a family after they discovered a California King Snake inside their baby's crib while she was sleeping.
Brentwood mom finds snake sleeping in crib with baby
A mother in Brentwood checked on her sleeping daughter to find a real-life urban legend come true: There was a snake in her baby's crib, she said.
A mother rescued her children from a sinking car after the vehicle plunged into a river.
A mother, aided by some Good Samaritans, rescued her children from a sinking car after the vehicle plunged into the Connetquot River in Suffolk County, Long Island.
The WALK newsroom was busy this morning receiving calls from listeners island wide about the smell of a strange odor.
Two Men Arrested After Stealing and Crashing Pickup
Two men, wanted for a number of burglaries and grand larcenies on the South Shore, were arrested Wednesday morning after stealing a pickup truck and crashing it.
U.S. Marshals Arrest Two Local Man on Drug, Kidnapping Charges
The U.S. Marshals Service , along with officers from the Suffolk County Police Department , arrested two local man Friday in connection with drug possession and kidnapping a woman from her home.