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The Weekender: Things to Do on Long Island This Weekend

Entertainment

By Long Island Press

Things to do on Long Island this weekend include concerts, comedy shows and more.

Abby Brennan, Aspiring Aerospace Engineer, Motivates Young Women In STEM

Education

By Gabrielle Yanovitz

Abby Brennan fell in love with building robots. Four years later, she looks forward to taking her talents to new heights.

Long Islander struck and killed on the Cross Island Expressway in Bayside

QNS By Bill Parry

A Long Island man was struck and killed on the Cross Island Expressway in Bayside on Tuesday night after he was involved in a crash and got out of his vehicle to assess the damage from the collision. Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck…

Long Island teen indicted for wrong-way Henry Hudson Parkway hit-and-run that killed groom-to-be and cousin

Location of Henry Hudson Parkway hit-and-run

AMNY By Ben Brachfeld

A 17-year-old teenager was indicted in Manhattan Wednesday for a hit-and-run crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway in August that killed two cousins, just a day before one of them was to be married. Jimmy Connors, of Syosset, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of manslaughter, two counts of criminally…

Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect Rex Heuermann’s Defense Questions Admissibility of DNA Evidence

Courts & Crime

By Timothy Bolger & Michael Malaszczyk

Rex Heuermann, the Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect charged with murdering six women over the past three decades, appeared in court Wednesday, where it was announced a hearing will be held to determine the admissibility of some DNA evidence in court.

The 49th Annual Port Washington Thanksgiving Day 5-Mile Run

Port Washington

By Julie Prisco

The Community Chest of Port Washington and the Town of North Hempstead are co-presenting the 49th annual 5-mile Thanksgiving Day Run on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Runners, joggers and walkers are invited to participate in this annual community event, whose proceeds benefit the Community Chest, a non-profit grant-making organization that provides…

Northeast College Of Health Sciences’ New Long Island Campus Unites Chiropractic Education

Northeast College of Health Sciences Long Island campus

Education

By Nandika Chatterjee

Northeast College of Health Sciences celebrated bringing chiropractic healthcare education back to the Greater NYC area by reopening a Long Island campus.