Rockville Centre

An Oceanside man was arrested on charges of robbing an elderly couple in Rockville Centre on Wednesday night after police discovered he had used the victim's credit card to make purchases at area stores. Paul Topple, 24, of 201 Lindbergh Ave., was...

A 35-year-old woman wielding a kitchen knife while stopping traffic faces assault charges for allegedly stabbing another woman on the sidewalk in Rockville Centre, Nassau County police said. Farah Lamarre of 101 Hempstead Ave. was arrested just after 1:...

A 35-year-old woman wielding a kitchen knife while stopping traffic faces assault charges for allegedly stabbing another woman on the sidewalk in Rockville Centre, Nassau County police said. Farah Lamarre of 101 Hempstead Ave. was arrested just after 1:...

The Three Village Central School District swept the state level of the 2013 New York State Science Olympiad and will go on to compete nationally next month. Earlier this month, teams from Ward Melville High School and Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School,...

Two, middle-school girls from Rockville Centre described how they escaped potentially fatal injuries, when two schoolbuses crashed, just feet from where they waited for their own bus to school. One of the yellow buses smashed into a brick light post, as...

The Archdiocese of New York, joined by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against three Cabinet officials in the Obama administration. It was the first, legal salvo in the feud over insurance funding for birth...

A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...

Last month, the Crime & Safety blog asked readers to share what 9/11 means to them. Readers responded, and their stories will be posted here, individually and in coming days, until the 10th anniversary on Sunday. Paul Schuhmann of Delray Beach met Paul...

Polling places in Nassau County, Long Island closed at 9PM despite the pleas from some voters to stay open longer. The county's Board of Elections cited paying overtime for workers and security in a bond referendum election that has cost the county $2.2...

??Last month, the Crime & Safety blog asked readers to share what 9/11 means to them. Readers responded, and their stories??will be posted??here, individually and in coming days,??until the 10th anniversary on Sunday. Paul Schuhmann??of Delray Beach met...

A Long Island mother and daughter have been charged with animal cruelty after officials rescued 15 starving and filthy dogs and cats from their home, the second such incident in the same town in a few days. Animal control officers also removed the...

In a heartless case of animal abuse, Hempstead Town animal control officers discovered nearly two dozen animals - some of them dead - in a Rockville Centre home that was apparently notorious for animal neglect. After responding to a "well being check" by...