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Hicksville: Ed Mangano waits at his campaign headquarters as the race for Nassau County Executive is still to close to call on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Hicksvile, New York.

Ed Mangano sits in his campaign headquarters in Hicksville as the race for Nassau County Executive is still to close to call on Wednesday.

Justice Elizabeth Emerson Two Republican judges appeared poised last night to win a pair of contested seats on the State Supreme Court in Nassau , while the cross-endorsed candidates appeared headed for victory.

But local residents and park activists aren't convinced. More than 100 of them attended a save-our-park rally yesterday morning - a month after the county issued a statement saying it had pulled the project.

The 15th Legislative District encompasses the communities of Island Trees, Levittown, Wantagh and portions of Seaford.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that an Islip Terrace man has been convicted of manslaughter and other charges after he crashedA his car into several trees off the Wantagh Parkway in September 2008, killing his girlfriend, 59-year-old Mary McInerney of Hicksville.

The $10-million deal, which allows Nassau to avoid certain state bidding requirements, has become an issue in the county's closest legislative race, between Democratic incumbent Joseph Scannell and Republican challenger Chris Browne.

Written by Timothy Bolger on Oct 27th, 2009 and filed under Featured , Long Island News , News .

A jury convicted Michael Bauer, 53, of second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, two counts of driving while intoxicated, and one count each of reckless endangerment and reckless driving, prosecutors said Friday.

Written by Christopher Twarowski on Oct 22nd, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

According to detectives, defendant John Twarowski, age 29, of Harmony Drive, sold quantities of heroin to undercover detectives on three separate occasions.

There are cycles, and bike riders, everywhere, along with the occasional Rollerblader.

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. The Wantagh State Parkway has a higher-than-average rate of off-road crashes.

Richard Bailey's General MacArthur High School yearbook photo. ALBANY - One year after Richard Bailey was shot and killed on a residential Albany street, former classmates and officials at the University at Albany gathered Wednesday to remember the 22-year-old Wantagh man.

Where is Kristen? Perhaps the most asked question of the heretofore phantom campaign of Kristen McElroy , Democratic challenger for Town of Hempstead Supervisor.

Between 6 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, at least five cars parked on streets in commercial and residential neighborhoods, including Wantagh Avenue, Carmans Road, Martin Drive and Roger Drive, had their front passenger windows broken, police said.

For one thing, vixen Danielle Staub won't be at the Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury Friday for a Q&A-format show featuring the reality TV stars.

Federal prosecutors have submitted this undated photo in John "Junior" Gotti's murder and racketeering trial.

Written by Frank Eltman, AP on Oct 12th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Emergency workers take a victim off a rescue helicopter after a boat crash near Wantagh Parkway on Sunday night.