TROY — The Rensselaer County Legislature unanimously approved a resolution at its November meeting to support federal funding for the proposed Burden Lake sewer project. The towns of Nassau and Sand Lake are seeking $3 million...
NASSAU, The Bahamas, Dec. 3, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Steiner Leisure Limited (Nasdaq:STNR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Celebrity Cruises under which Steiner will be the exclusive provider of all...
Taking a page from The Great Depression's playbook, Nassau County on Tuesday unveiled its "New Deal for Nassau," a program designed to boost government efficiency by cutting down on delays caused by bureaucracy and red tape....
A state commission's report on new ways to fund the struggling Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to be released this week and could have major implications for bus riders on Long Island, transit sources said...
The last cruise the Wife and I took was on the SS Rust Bucket for a one day journey from Miami to Nassau. I felt like I had a sinus infection the whole time. We docked beside a Disney boat which stood fifteen stories and...
BY LAURA RIVERA AND ALFONSO A. CASTILLO | laura.rivera@newsday.com; alfonso.castillo@newsday.com The temporary employee who was barreled over in a Valley Stream Wal-Mart by a crush of Black Friday shoppers died of asphyxiation,...
Man, Woman To Appear In Court Again Tuesday POSTED: 5:31 am PST December 2, 2008 EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- Pulling over one car early Thanksgiving morning netted Long Island police two drunken drivers, authorities said. Nassau...
Nassau, Bahamas, New York and London -- International Private Banking Systems (IPBS, www.ipbs.com), the specialist provider of wealth management software for the private banking sector, announced today that Queensgate Bank and...
Few things in public service have a reputation as unpleasant as jury duty. Jurors became used to waiting for as long as two weeks without serving, sitting on benches in unpleasant rooms. Thousands who waited never served on a...
A pledge to do everything in his power to make the Commonwealth boxing titles as prestigious as they used to be was made by Bahamian Fred Sturrup after he was elected president of the Commmonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) recently...