Long Island News

Two studies released this past month offer a reality check on how Long Islanders are educating our children.

When transpersonal psychotherapist Bernard Corrigan made his short film, "The Handbook of Relationships" he hardly considered it a contender for the film festival circuit.

Long Island farmers, who play a large role in feeding the island's hungry, are in danger of losing their federal tax credit for crop donations when current legislation expires at the end of the year, according to U.S. Representative Tim Bishop's office.

Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, North by Northwest , debuted 50 years ago, but the film is still loved by fans of the master of suspense.

Two studies were released this past month that should give Long Islanders a reality check on how we are educating our children.

Westbury many times over the years, but Saturday night at the Capital One Bank Theatre will be different.

Despite the recent headlines about health care reform, medical facilities have always found it necessary to care for those who are insured as well as the uninsured.

Michael Santosus, left, leaves court after his arrest in a Las Vegas scam. U.S. Marshals Monday morning captured the Shirley man who fled Long Island last week after assaulting a federal probation officer, arresting the suspect at the New Bedford, Mass., home of a girlfriend, according to officials.

A new Internal Revenue Service group is targeting the extra rich, including some Long Islanders, making sure their tax returns are in line with regulations and that all of their income and assets are being reported to the government.

Housing on Long Island represents a microcosm of all the problems Long Island needs to address a ' from economic and social equity, smart growth, zoning challenges, and how to make fragmented government work better, inspire community action, and ensure that opportunity is more fairly distributed and readily accessible.

Long Islanders accustomed to hearing Richard Kessel talk about electricity heard something different Wednesday as the former Long Island Power Authority chairman urged residents to support a plan to improve power upstate.

Long Islanders, your Restaurant Week has come. On Sunday, November 1, the week-long fourth annual Long Island Restaurant Week kicks off, bringing three-course $24.95 prix fixe dinners right to your driveway.

A wall Newsday will join the slowly growing ranks of newspaper publishers that charge for access .

Sure the Mona Lisa is impressive, but try creating a masterpiece with cans. Can-struction, a charity committed to ending hunger, is using - one can' as a catalyst for change.

Long Islanders were the first in the nation to receive a new report today from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America on a record 969 medicines in the research pipeline for disease that disproportionately affected women.

The news, opinion pages and blogs of LIBN have been filled with the challenges Long Island is facing, and it seems that the very best of what a oeOur Islanda has to offer is at risk.

Even if your salary doesna t get bigger over the next few weeks, you may be surprised to learn it just got more expensive to employ you and every other worker on Long Island.

Property taxes are the single most important issue facing Long Island ers, according to a Newsday / News 12 Long Island / Siena Research Institute Poll.

For most Long Islanders, the idea of saddling up in wooden booths and listening to country music while chowing down on some of the south's finest fried cuisine isn't exactly part of the plan for any day of the week.

Long Island's amorphous rockers, Brand New , have gained an enormous following over the years, escaping from claims of interchangeability with bands like Taking Back Sunday and Straylight Run and selling out shows throughout the tri-state area's most popular venues.