Dozens of school districts on Long Island are trying to figure out what to do next after tests found excessive lead levels in some of their drinking water at their buildings. The New York State Health ...

Long Island Sound has reached a historic milestone in water quality, with low-oxygen conditions at its lowest levels since 1987. Hypoxia refers to low oxygen levels in waters near the sea floor, ...

About $12 million in new grants will power dozens of projects in the Long Island Sound watershed. That includes our region, as well as other parts of the Northeast where water flows down to the Sound.

Four Long Island high school football champions will be crowned over the next two days. The Long Island high school football finals are Friday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 29. All games will stream ...

At 76-years-old, Octavio Espinal was enjoying life with his family. Recently, they celebrated his victory over prostate cancer. But on Nov. 8, after leaving his job at a building in Freeport, Long ...

A massive fire tore through a historic Long Island family farm, destroying its main barn and injuring those who raced inside to save the animals, according to police. Dozens of animals were killed in ...

Previously known as Most Influential Long Islanders, this year’s section was renamed Top 100 Long Islanders to reflect the breadth of talent and uniquely special region that we have, as well as those ...

Long Island's two food banks, which supply hundreds of pantries and soup kitchens for the region's indigent, are ramping up efforts as a nearly monthlong government shutdown is set to cut off a ...

LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- People on Long Island who have family in Jamaica are waiting anxiously to hear from their loved ones as Hurricane Melissa barrels through the island. "I'm here in the states, but ...

At least 10 people were injured, including one critically, in an early Thursday morning apartment fire in Freeport, Long Island. Multiple people suffered smoke inhalation, three were seriously burned ...

The family of a Park Rapids man seriously injured when a demolition derby car he was working on fell on his head are asking for support. On Saturday, Elijah Hensel, 25, was working on the car in his ...