Schools chief warns of closings

A looming budget deficit could lead to the closing of a significant number of Boston schools over the next two years and further reductions in staff,

The passions run high as libraries’ fate debated

Sell a page from the 556-year-old Gutenberg Bible, one woman suggested. Charge a modest fee for library cards, said another, waving a $10 bill.

Weary from recalls, drivers find even a little shake can rattle

Bill Lyons isn't taking any chances, even though his 2008 Highlander is not one of the millions of Toyotas recalled because they could suddenly accel

US to review Prius in Calif. freeway incident

EL CAJON, Calif. - The government sent investigators yesterday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it

Patient’s death after scuffle is ruled homicide

The death of a psychiatric patient who scuffled with correction officers at Bridgewater State Hospital in May has been ruled a homicide, according to

A rite that’s passing

In an effort to get the reluctant faithful back to confession, the Archdiocese of Boston is launching an unprecedented campaign - called "The Light I

In Chinatown, politics of old country still spark

Boston's Chinatown memorial to the Tiananmen Square massacre sits at the shaded edge of a children's sandpit in Mary Soo Hoo Park, a fenced gathering

Town Board Elections

Brookhaven & Southampton Returns

Guilty Verdict in Commack Hit-Scheme

Nesconset Mortgage Broker Faces Life Sentence

Pleas to Save Trains to the North Fork

Hundreds of Long Islanders Attend Public Hearing re: LIRR Service Cuts