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Holland Public Schools and Black River Public School will both keep K-12 masking requirements in place after winter break.

A Childcare provider in Cornwall has won an employer of the year award at a national awards ceremony.

Behind the walls of the suffolk county jails river head facility on long island, new york, four officers have reported injuries while breaking up a fight between timothy campbell and jeffrey despienes over a red and white striped segregation uniform. and now officer yip is concerned. >> my concern is robert campbell is going to retaliate and do what he has to do to get back at him. so officer yip decides to visit robert campbell who is housed in a different unit from timothys to assess his tempe...

These economic times, that is a big, big profit for the town. >> but some environmentalists call this a bad deal, arguing the airport sits on top of an aquifer supplying much of the region with precious water that might be tainted biochemical and fuel spills. >> lirlders get all of their drinking water from under ground. what gets into the ground gets into their water. we think it shouldnt be fluids from wrecked cars,. >> the town says the vehicles are all parked on pavement and regular gli insp...

Damaged by super storm sandy. the pictures are amazing. rick leventhal has more. cav investor ton executive carve investor ton. victims of hurricane sandy. who are man 2,000 cars and trucks were submerged, damaged or destroyed by the killer storm. 150,000 were totaled. the rest could be fixed up and driven again. >> the town of river head, new york, which owns this property, is now renting the space to insurance auto auctions incorporated, an online salvage company specializing in total loss veh...

Auctioned off one by one on a web site. as the cars are hauled out of here by the new buyers on flatbed trucks. new ones are arriving around the clock on car carriers. pretty remarkable site at the airport. taxiway and two runways, miles of pavement packed with these vehicles offered for sale by insurance auto auctions inc. which is paying the town of river head, owner of the airport thousands of dollars a month for every one of the dozens of acres filled with these cars and trucks. >> this is a...

Gust of wind. the pilot aimed for a yard and the basket bounced around before it stopped. that is not cool. medics took one person to the hospital complaining of back pain. that is remarkable. just one person? martha: cant people just get married in a church? when did weddings become can you top this game? bill: that is novel. they still had the party by the way. get back to you on the honeymoon. martha: now this. superstorm sandy damaging and destroying tens of thousands of cars. we talked abou...

People not to use water so the water is available in case of emergencies like fires which weve seen on long island. a number of them caused by transformers. in one case a 90-year-old man had to be rescued from his home by an off duty new york city fireman after a transformer fire lit his home ablaze. so a lot of work to be done here on the island. a lot of cleanup still to come. its going to take a while to deal with what sandy dealt us. >> how much have you been able to move around, greg, and c...

Mayor in hoboken. but obviously a continuing dangerous situation there and a developing one. if we get more information about exactly whats going on, particularly with that transformer, we will let you know. in the meantime, lets go to wnbc reporter greg sergel whos in long island. greg, what can you tell us about long island tonight? >> reporter: were along the banks of the river here tonight in river head. i can tell you, were lucky to say this flooding in this parking lot is about the worst o...

Gunshots at the white house has been ruled competent to stand trial. he is scheduled to appear in court on monday for a probation and preliminary hearing and he faces charges of trying to assassinate the president, president obama, and the first lady were out of town at the time of the incident. two brothers from new york suspended from school for tebowing. officials if river head high school say they were sidelined because they create add safety hazards by jamming the hallway with tebowing stud...