Syosset News

Why should the NSA have all the fun? Now you can launch your very own unmanned remote-controlled aircraft - something a little more advanced than the battery-powered model you remember from the Radio Shack of your youth, with some bona fine secret-surveillance chops.

The financial world suffered another apparent suicide this week, as a New York City trader ended his life by throwing himself in front of an oncoming train.

Jasmine Joseph, the 22-year-old former nursing student who went missing last month, was found dead in Long Island this week of an apparent suicide.

Kidsday reporters Grace Liu, Olivia McNicholas, Ashley Torres and Anthony Albanese, all 11, from Hicksville, Syosset and Westbury with Gabriela Isler, 2013 Miss Universe, at the Miss Universe offices in Manhattan on Nov.14, 2013.

Heroin usage can be devastating both for families and communities alike. In addressing what officials have described as an "epidemic," Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice will speak at Syosset's HB Thompson Middle School in Syosset on Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at a "Not My Child" presentation, a program she created.

New York, Mar 12: A 22-year-old New York-based Indian-origin student, who was missing since February, has been found dead in her car after allegedly committing suicide.

John Clarke, 17, of Syosset, who attends Regis High School in Manhattan, earned ninth place, winning a $20,000 scholarship for his research of X-ray emissions from the planet Jupiter, a gas giant that harnesses a powerful magnetic field.

Tobay Beach will be "Freezin' for a Reason" later this month as it plays host to the first ever Town of Oyster Bay Polar Bear Plunge.

UPDATE: The Nassau County Homicide Squad reports that the body found in a car in Syosset early Tuesday morning is that of missing person Jasmine Joseph .

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EDT THURSDAY.

The Long Island Rail Road says service is suspended in both directions on the Port Jefferson branch between Huntington and Hicksville after someone was struck by a train Tuesday morning.

March 10, 2014 - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice is scheduled to appear at HB Thompson Middle School in Syosset on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. to speak at a presentation of "Not My Child," a program she created to address the epidemic of heroin addiction and its devastating impact on families and neighborhoods.

Nassau County Police continue to seek the public's help in locating Jasmine Joseph, the 22-year old woman who was first reported missing in February.

March 10, 2014 - Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are seeking the public's help in locating Jasmine Joseph; 22 year old female Asian Indian 5'4", 120lbs brown eyes, and black hair, who was last known to be in the vicinity of 37 Stuart Drive in Syosset , New York on Monday, February 24, 2014.

A newsstand vendor holds the new Italian magazine Il Mio Papa published by Mondadori in Rome on March 7, 2014.

March 7, 2013 - The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is proud to present the recipient of the 2013 Music Educator of Note award, Dr. Steven E. Schopp, and announce the search for candidates of the 2014 Music Educator's Award.

Tragedy as body of missing student, 19, is discovered in her car at the bottom of a bayou after she veered off the road while driving drunk to a party four days ago Straight-A nursing student goes missing as her parents uncover that she hadn't been to classes since last May - even though she used their credit card to pay tuition As far as her ... (more)

Washington: Even as search continues for an Indian-American nursing student who went missing in New York 10 days ago another India native has mysteriously vanished on a spring break trip to Florida.

Site plans for the Nassau Coliseum redevelopment, led by developer Bruce Ratner, will be submitted to the Town of Hempstead within two months, and a building permit application will be filed by fall, said Ed Blumenfeld, the president of Blumenfeld Development Group, which is partnering with Ratner on the project.

Jasmine had been attending New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. Her family thought she was enrolled in nursing classes until she disappeared late last month.