Here are the 10 most popular news stories in Long Island Press this year, from least- to most-clicked.

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A Port Jefferson woman turned herself in for allegedly pushing an 87-year-old woman to her death in Chelsea in March.

A Baldwin woman was crowned Miss Long Island 2023 during the Nov. 20 beauty pageant at the Madison Theatre at Molloy University in Rockville Centre.

Reporter Alan Krawitz got the scoop on how a popular restaurant in Lynbrook came to be.

The Jennifer Hudson Show welcomed a Suffolk County police sergeant known as the “Baby Whisperer” onto the talk show in an episode that aired Dec. 9.

In October, actress Jennifer Lawrence was spotted filming a new film at very locations on Long Island.

A Long Island doctor was indicted on accusations that he paid kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals and defrauded Medicaid by performing unnecessary medical exams.

The first case of monkeypox on Long Island was confirmed in late June in Suffolk County.

An off-duty New York City Police Officer was arrested in Selden in July after getting into an altercation after a road rage incident, according to police officials.

Business reporter Claude Solnik covered the changing landscape of retail on Long Island, especially with the closure of the majority of stores in the Sunrise Mall.

Four News 12 Long Island anchors and reporters announced the end of their employment with the Altice-owned news station in January 2022.
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