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Plenty of people across New York will be traveling this weekend for the unofficial last weekend of Summer before schools start up next week.

As families struggle with the cost of living on Long Island, the Green Acres Mall and a host of volunteers came together last weekend to take away some of the stress of back-to-school shopping. …

Pedestrian Fatally Struck By LIRR Train In East Rockaway: MTA - Long Beach, NY - The train had left Penn Station at around 11:52 p.m., headed east for Long Beach, an MTA spokesperson said.

Nassau police responded to a call of a car that crashed into an office building on Merrick Road on Long Island.

I ’m sure you’ve heard the quote from President Ronald Reagan: “The most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to …

State Police said Vincent Lashley, 72, had been walking Wednesday morning on the eastbound Southern State Parkway near Valley Stream when an unknown driver allegedly struck and killed him before leaving the scene.

Robin Wilson, the iconic voice of the multi-platinum selling Gin Blossoms — and current frontman for The Smithereens — will join the ranks of Long Island legends lBilly Joel, Joan Jett, Carole King, Twisted Sister, Public Enemy and countless others when he is inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame on Friday.

Chaka Khan, The Family Stone, 8 p.m. Thursday, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.

The band's singer/guitarist grew up in Phoenix, but has been a longtime LI resident.

Dr. Herold Simon’s first memory of jazz goes back to his youth, when he spent summer days with his father, a custodian, walking the streets of New York City and seeing the sights. “He …