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Written by Long Island Press on Dec 27th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Bryson Miles, 4, gets ready for a ride on a new bike from Local Cycles on West Park Avenue.

Written by Timothy Bolger on Dec 23rd, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

At a news conference last week, Lenny Rosado, left, joined by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center, and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, warned would-be drunk drivers that "the party's over" with Leandra's Law now in effect.

One day when Larry Moriarty took his routine run along the length of the boardwalk, he crossed paths with just five people - which including motorists on Broadway and a maintenance man picking up garbage.

From the Queens Courier : Plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on a 60-acre man-made island off the Rockaway shore have run aground, with published reports saying that New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie will veto the project.

The Long Beach City Council approved a $6-million bond issue to fund infrastructure repairs over the objections of a councilwoman and two councilmen-elect, who urged postponing the vote until they take office next month.

A Long Island man is waging a one-man campaign against a dangerous intersection after witnessing a deadly accident.

A Nassau County grand jury has decided not to indict three young men on hate crime charges in a Long Beach assault case in which a beating victim claimed that his attackers yelled racial slurs, officials said.

St. Mary's is currently seeking donations for its annual Toy Drive and is appealing to the community for help in providing the children of parents enrolled in their Outreach Program with toys for Christmas.

Customs and Border Protection intends to close its drawback office for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to an announcement Tuesday in the Federal Register.

Gravy is a classic worth mastering. I know I said I'd be back Monday. But Thanksgiving looms and the questions are piling up.

Spiritis' contract said he was to be paid for "all prior unused vacation, sick, personal, birthday days and accrued compensatory time based upon his prior salary" as commissioner, or $915.48 a day.

Nassau County Board of Elections workers, lawyers and observers work at counting paper ballots in the race for county executive on Monday, November 16, 2009 in Mineola, New York .

A. Paterson conceded Monday that a bill making it a felony to drive drunk with a child in the car may have to be watered down to pass the Assembly.

"They don't have meaningful relationships and they don't value relationships." Yet another common misconception about Generation Y. Many believe, partially because of Gen Y's propensity for electronic communication, they view relationships as instantaneous and convenient, not meaningful and lasting.

Police said Andrew Gaughan was driving south on the Meadowbrook near Babylon Turnpike - just yards from the site of a horrific 2005 wrong-way drunk-driving limo crash that killed 7-year-old Katie Flynn of Long Beach and limo driver Stanley Rabinowitz, 59 - when he was stopped by a trooper.

Police report a U.S. tourist, fell and broke his neck while pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car, in a popular Puerto Rican beach town.

LAST week, the Los Angeles City Council voted for a resolution recommending Los Angeles schools adopt a mandatory uniform policy for all of its not quite 680,000 students.

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday recommending school uniforms at all Los Angeles Unified School District campuses.