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The Green Living Expo Holiday Harvest is arriving this weekend on Long Island. The 2-day event starts on Saturday, November 21st and runs until Sunday, November 22nd at the Suffolk County Community College Brentwood Exhibition Complex at 1001 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, Long Island.

Once again, the governor will recommend that the Legislature cut aid to school districts in the middle of the fiscal year to balance the budget.

For decades, the eastern half of Long Island swam in a sea of red sauce. Italian restaurants dotted nearly every strip mall.

Taxpayers, including more than 900 on Long Island, are due to receive $123.5 million in refund checks that were returned because of bad mailing addresses.

The Long Island Power Authority on Tuesday held its first hearing on a 2010 budget that includes a double-digit increase in alternative energy spending.

From Kristen Heath, Executive Director, Upstate Caucus: NYS SENATE UPSTATE CAUCUS AND LONG ISLAND DELEGATION STAND FIRM ON DRP POSITIONS Upstate, Long Island Coalition Stands to Protect Schools and Constituents from Haphazard Cuts In light of their shared concern on Upstate and Suburban property taxes, healthcare and education, the Senate Majority ...

Rachel Wilkins speaks about her son, U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret Eric Wilkins, who is serving in Afghanistan .

A Queens drug dealer who shocked Long Islanders by not only murdering two men, but then dismembering them, was found guilty on November 13th in Suffolk County.

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.