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The company working on the gymnasium floor of the West Babylon elementary school destroyed by fire last month has been identified in public records as Milburn Flooring Mills of Copiague.

A man was shot and killed inside a Long Island home Monday night and Suffolk County police are investigating whether he knew the homeowner.

A 45-year-old West Babylon man was arrested for drunken driving after leaving the scene of a crash on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead on Friday afternoon, New York State police said.

A 45-year-old West Islip woman was arrested Friday night for drunken driving with her 11-year-old daughter in the car on the Southern State Parkway in West Babylon, New York State police said.

A Babylon woman was arrested on charges of driving while impaired by drugs and drug possession after being stopped for speeding early Saturday morning on the Southern State Parkway, state police said.

ITHACA -- Ed Harwood wants to seed the cities of the future with thousands of indoor farms utilizing his new growing systems, based on the technology of aeroponics, which sprays a mist of nutrient-laden water on plant roots, instead of submerging them in water-like standard hydroponics.

A Central Islip man was arrested Monday after State Police said he threw something at another vehicle on the Southern State Parkway.

US officials have returned more than 1,000 archaeological and historical items taken from Iraq after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, according to the Iraqi ambassador in Washington.

Some online supporters of South Bay Elementary School are hoping for a miracle, reality-show style.

The United States gave Iraq a bit of its long history back Thursday in the form of ancient golden earrings, an old Roman coin, a rifle emblazoned with Saddam Hussein's image and more.

The fire that ripped through South Bay Elementary School in West Babylon last week destroyed the decades-old structure and threatened to split apart a community of hundreds of children and educators.

Share + Feb 23, 2010 6:09 am US/Eastern Reporting Jennifer McLogan WEST BABYLON, N.Y. "Everyone is together." And that is what will get the emotional students and their teachers through the rest of the school year, they say.

An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.

Displaced students on Long Island will attend class at a nearby Catholic church Tuesday, after a fast-moving fire gutted most of their school.

Gwen Young writes the Community Watchdog column. At the corner of Miller Avenue and Hughes Lane in North Babylon, there's a dead tree limb that's splintered and hanging over the sidewalk where children from a nearby elementary school walk.

The fire alarm sounded at 10:00 p.m. Thursday. By Friday morning, crews were still at work at South Bay Elementary School in West.Babylon. The building was reportedly empty when the blaze broke out, and fully engulfed in flames by midnight, according to fire officials.

Share + Feb 19, 2010 6:52 am US/Eastern WEST BABYLON, N.Y. Authorities say an overnight fire ravaged a Long Island elementary school.

Danielle Leacock of North Babylon is active with StillParents NY, a group of parents lobbying for the Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth bill .

Though the town of Babylon has made sewering Wyandanch a priority, the process is stalled as officials wait for the state to send stimulus dollars slated for the project.

Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley and Samarie Walker will play for the East in the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31 at 5:30 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio.