Long Island's 13 towns and two cities paid 19,776 employees a total of $844 million, up 3.8% from 2022, Newsday found.

Long Islanders will wake up to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 40s Thursday after enduring 24 hours of at times heavy rain and powerful gusts.

Progress is rolling right along in Montgomery County as Wegmans prepares to open its ninth Maryland location next year.