Melanie is a former on-air reporter for WBNG and writer/editor for Newsday, including its Faces of Long Island department. She can be reached at Melanie.gulbas@patch.com.
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The annual event will provide 600 backpacks filled with school essentials to help families prepare for the upcoming school year.
After a summer of high temperatures and rainy stretches, what can Long Islanders expect when fall arrives?
Community members are raising concerns about North Side School’s lack of perimeter fencing after a vehicle struck the building on Sunday.
Officials say the duo "greedily served themselves" by using organization funds for expenses including a $10k Bali trip and $4k luxury bag.
As students head back to class, here's what Long Island families should know about school cellphone rules and the statewide law.
The 27-year-old was seen exposing himself in a public parking garage, police say.
Police say they found several crates of chickens in the man's backyard.
Reconstructed seawalls, restored historic structures and shoreline upgrades were completed with state funding.
The confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis have climbed to the 600s from May 1 to mid-July, the NYSDOH says.
Weill Cornell Medicine has agreed to pay the large amount in civil settlements, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.
1 rescue involved helping a man who was thrown from and run over by his boat in Amityville, officials say.
Drainage improvement and milling will be underway, according to 511NY.
The annual release marked a decade of North Hempstead's environmentally friendly approach to tick control.
More than 100 donors have contributed after GoFundMe organizer wrote that an electrical fire destroyed much of the home.
The public is invited to celebrate the veterans who recently visited military memorials in the nation's capital through an Honor Flight.
The teenager has been found.
Police say the vehicle was removed from the building.
The 1970s guitarist reflects on decades of hits ahead of the show in Eisenhower Park this weekend.
Lead singer Rodney Justo says the band's timeless hits continue to connect generations of fans.
Massapequa Barnes & Noble workers unionize / 2nd Burlington storefront coming to LI mall
