Share From Harbes and Baiting Hollow on the East End, to central Long Island wineries, NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano has a look at places you'll see in Newsday's Winery Finder. Credit: Randee Daddona

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Two lanes of the westbound Long Island Expressway are closed Thursday due to an auto accident at Plainview, Nassau Police said. Police are on the scene of the crash, between Exits 46-49, police said. Traffic is heavy in the area, web cameras of the LIE show. Details of the crash were not immediately available, and there is no indication when the crash site will be cleared, authorities said.

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Share Publishers Weekly's U.S. list powered by Circana BookScan for the week ending Sept. 2. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 2. TOM LAKE, by Ann Patchett (Harper) 3. The Breakaway, by Jennifer Weiner (Atria) By clicking , you agree to our privacy policy. 4. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 5. THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese (Grove) 6. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, by James McBride (Riverhead) 7. THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS, by Karin Smirnoff (Knopf) 8.

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Josephine Gallagher (née DeFeo) of Rockville Centre tells the story of meeting her husband, Jim. While attending Washington Irving High School in Manhattan, my best friend Delia and I got part-time jobs at a Wall Street firm called DeCoppet & Doremus. After high school graduation in 1959, we were both pleased to hear that the company wanted to hire us to work full time. One day at the job, a tall, slender, handsome man who worked on the New York Stock Exchange came to my desk to complete some paperwork.

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An application for a controversial zoning change for Stanhope Stables in West Hills that would have allowed for 59 units of housing to be built on the 16-acre property, is set to be withdrawn this week, said a spokesman for the developer. A spokesman for Jericho-based developer B2K at West Hills LLC at 300 Jericho Tpke., said on Wednesday that several weeks ago company officials began discussing the withdrawal of the application to go from 2-acre to cluster zoning, or less than a quarter of an acre, on the Downs Road property.

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Share The MTA is using artificial intelligence to combat fare beaters 'with the use of computer technology' across seven subway stations to extrapolate the number of fare beaters across the subway system. NewsdayTV's Alfonso Castillo reports. Credit: Craig Ruttle

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Efforts to stabilize operations at the troubled Wyandanch Public Library suffered another setback recently when both the director and board president resigned on the same day. On July 14, director Jessica Oelcher, who started in May, and board president Jordan Thomas, whom voters elected as a trustee in 2020, resigned from their positions within hours of each other. Oelcher, 40, who served as the library's first permanent director in more than a year and a half, didn't say in her resignation letter why she was leaving her $110,000-a-year job and later declined to comment.

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Shouts from the bocce ball courts pierced the whoosh of the salty breeze gusting off Great South Bay at Tanner Park in Copiague on Tuesday night. 'Nice and easy, nice and easy!' a man willed his ball as it rolled down the court to join several others. 'No, no, no!' yelled another, who threw his hands up in the air as his ball came to a stop. Nearly three dozen members of Babylon Bocce Club were gathered for one of four weekly team game nights at the park. They play on courts the Town of Babylon recently renovated.

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Share "People should feel included," Alex Cohen said about the Mets' new mocktail pop-up at Citi Field this summer. NewsdayTV's Laura Albanese reports. Credit: Craig Ruttle

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Most asylum-seeking migrants who have been arriving in cities like New York — some of whom the mayor wants to relocate to Long Island and beyond — aren't likely to be allowed to stay legally in the United States, according to recent trends in the federal immigration system. An unknown number will stay anyway, joining an estimated more than 10 million people comprising what the government calls the "unauthorized immigrant population" — barring some radical change in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy.

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June 15, 2023 8:53 am Share Event: UFC 290 Location: Las Vegas Venue: T-Mobile Arena Where to watch: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN, UFC Fight Pass UFC 290 main card, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV Featherweight title unification: Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. interim champion Yair Rodriguez Flyweight title: Champion Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja Middleweight: Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus du Plessis Lightweight: Jalin Turner vs. Dan Hooker Middleweight: Bo Nickal vs. Tresean Gore UFC 290 prelims, 8 p.

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Fans of pickleball either get up early to get their names on the schedule at their town courts or pay for a gym membership that includes the sport. But others are continuing the trend begun during the COVID shutdown of creating a home-based entertainment center. When it comes to pickleball and other sports, some Long Islanders have built their own courts in their driveways or on existing tennis courts with some rolls of tape for a couple of hundred dollars. Others have spent upward of $55,000 to hire a professional to install a customized version in their backyards.

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Peconic Bay Medical Center and Northwell Health officials said they plan to invest $92 million to expand emergency services and build a new women's and infant care unit at the Riverhead hospital. Officials are expected to make an announcement Friday afternoon. The five-year project, subject to regulatory approvals, also will increase capacity at the 144-bed hospital. 'We're doing this to elevate the patient experience and continue to bring more services to eastern Suffolk County,' Peconic Bay executive director Amy Loeb said Thursday.

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‘I always joke that I was trespassing,' said Justine McEnerney about the summer day in 2018 when she turned off Springs Fireplace Road onto a gravelly East Hampton driveway. Lured by the tall, shiny, free-form sculptures lining the private path leading to a studio entrance, her plan was to find out if a smaller version of the brightly colored sheet-metal assemblages was available for her to purchase. What she discovered was not only an enchanting cache of powder-coated aluminum monuments, but an accumulation of work representing a lifetime of masterful artistic exploration.

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National Grid is proposing to hike average residential gas bills by $28.52 next year, citing increased costs for materials, contractors and property taxes. The increase would raise total residential heating bills for gas by just over 16% beginning next April. Customers who use gas primarily for non-heating purposes such as cooking would see a $15.41 monthly increase, or 24.8%. For commercial heating customers the average bill would increase by $70.55 a month, or 10.8%. Multi-family accounts would see an average monthly increase of $300.

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Share Seaford senior Billy Kind had thrown no-hitters before, but now he has a perfect game to his name, earning Newsday Athlete of the Week honors. NewsdayTV's Carissa Kellman reports. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost

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The U.S. Coast Guard has filed a pair of complaints against a shipping captain, alleging he sexually harassed and sent inappropriate messages to a cadet from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point in 2017 and to a Baldwin woman who was working as chief cook of another vessel in 2021, records show. The USMMA complaint, which was filed last month, seeks the suspension and revocation of Capt. Joseph McCann's license and merchant mariner credentials. J. Ryan Melogy, a maritime employment attorney, said he believed the complaint regarding the USMMA cadet is the first by the Coast Guard under the Safer Seas Act, which became law in late December making sexual harassment grounds for suspension and revocation.

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Churrasco, rodizio, grill, asado … No matter how you say it, you're talking about the same wonderful thing. Prime cuts of steak, seafood and juicy pork, cooked to perfection and served with a plentiful array of side dishes that symbolize the world's abundance. A celebration. A culinary ceremony. The traditional "American" steakhouse aspires to be a highbrow experience, with tuxedoed servers, dry martinis and very sharp steak knives presented to the diner like trophies. But in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, steak can be a vivacious and thrilling experience.

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Share Junior Victor Frederick of St. Dominic is enjoying a great start to the season both on the mound and at the plate, NewsdayTV's Carissa Kellman reports. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost

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ALBANY — A proposal to build affordable housing statewide may include tenant protections as closed-door negotiations slowly drive Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders toward a state budget agreement that was due more than two weeks ago, according to sources. The State Legislature returns to Albany on Monday in what is the final day of the second 'budget extender' adopted by the leaders to keep state government running. The 2022-23 budget expired March 31. Hochul and the Legislature could agree to a third budget extender on Monday or, if a budget deal is struck, to begin to complete the roughly 35 hours of crafting of bills and then debate in the Senate and Assembly.

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From the coastline of Fire Island to the 30-plus miles of hiking trails on the Greenbelt Trail, Long Island is home to many beautiful parks and natural areas enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Due to climate change and stalled conservation efforts, however, many of these open spaces are under threat. With support from federal lawmakers, we can conserve these natural areas that Long Islanders treasure. One prime example is Plum Island. The 822-acre federally owned island off the North Fork is home to rich biodiversity and cultural heritage.

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One Long Island senior softball league is taking their practice indoors at The Sports Arena in St. James. The team, made up of 30 to 40 seniors, will practice inside until the weather gets warmer and they can take the game outdoors. NewsdayTV's Carissa Kellman reports. Credit: Barry Sloan

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The pandemic's first coronavirus deaths on Long Island were all reported on March 16, 2020, a Monday. Three Suffolk County residents had died: a man in his 80s, one of the Island's first known infected patients; and a man and a woman in their 90s. The next morning brought Nassau's first reported death, of a 96-year-old man. (Since then, more than 9,000 Long Islanders have died of COVID-19.) Within weeks of those first deaths, so many people were dying daily that the toll felt impossible to fathom.

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What if you lived in a world where a new Toyota at one dealership cost $40,000, but the same Toyota at another dealership cost $200,000? It would seem absurd, but easy to manage. You would simply go to the dealership with the lower price — problem solved. But what if you couldn't know the price of the car until after you bought it, and you were often limited to buying from only one dealership? This is the reality for one-fifth of our economy — health care. The cost of health care can vary greatly depending on where you receive it, with hospitals typically being the most expensive providers by far.

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Share The Town of Hempstead has issued more than 12,000 tickets for violating school bus stop sign rules while the Nassau County executive has no plan on implementing a countywide program. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. Credit: Howard Schnapp, Drew Singh, Courtesy BusPatrol

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Share New York's first female chief executive visited NewsdayTV studios for an exclusive discussion on affordable housing, taxes and more about Long Island with NewsdayTV's Joye Brown.

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PLOT Two parents are told they must make a human sacrifice to save the world from destruction. CAST Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Rupert Grint RATED R (some brutal violence) LENGTH 1:40 WHERE Area theaters BOTTOM LINE M. Night Shyamalan's latest works passably as both horror-chiller and allegory for a conspiracy-blinkered world. They come from all walks of life, brought together by a shared vision. They say they're part of something big, something important. Their beliefs make no rational sense — but they're willing to shed blood for their cause.

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Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Lee Zeldin will square off Tuesday for their only debate of the campaign, just two weeks before Election Day and as the race has tightened. The one-hour debate, hosted by Spectrum News NY1, is set for 7 p.m. The event will mark perhaps the final milepost in the race before early voting begins Saturday statewide. It also gives candidates the opportunity to make closing arguments to try to sway undecided voters. But with polls showing a scarcity of such voters, the debate just as well provides Hochul and Zeldin, a Republican congressman from Shirley, with an opportunity fire up supporters and encourage them to go vote.

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Our look at Long Island's Elite 11 football teams for the fall season of 2022, regardless of classification. 1. ST. ANTHONY'S (6-3) The Friars have the most proficient passing attack on Long Island with quarterback Dante Torres and a core of outstanding receivers, including Newsday All-Long Island first-teamer Korey Duff Jr. and Kenyon Miles. The Friars can make a big move in the CHSFL AAA Division. 2. GARDEN CITY (12-0) The Trojans completed their fifth perfect season in the last six years on the way to the Long Island Class II crown.

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Katrina Erskin of Valley Stream was in shock when her five-week-old baby Jaleel died of sudden infant death syndrome. But after LiveOnNY discussed the lifesaving legacy Jaleel could have, Katrina decided to donate the baby's organs. Her father, who originally opposed the procedure believing it would be improper to touch the body for an organ donation, ultimately supported the decision. Jaleel donated his heart and liver, saving two babies. We are all capable of this noble act. Yet, sadly, millions of people do not volunteer to donate their organs upon death due to misconceptions about organ donation.

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