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"Come From Away," "Annie" and "A Christmas Carol" are among the highlights this fall on Long Island.

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Keanu Reeves stars in "Waiting for Godot," the Muppets will make magic and more.

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German food, beer hall, and more fun, as Newsday food writer Andi Berlin learns about the history and renovation of Plattduetsche Park in Franklin Square.

Exploring German fare at Plattduetsche Park

The offers came after Newsday reported Hempstead town issued more than 80,000 tickets in four school districts that had never agreed to participate in the program. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Town's school bus camera ticket vendor offered payments to woo holdout districts

Bill O'Reilly talks new book, Kimmel and today’s media 

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday photographers look back at covering the Avianca plane crash on Jan. 25, 1990.

Picture This: That time hell rained down on Cove Neck

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us out east to a local farm that has fresh vegetables and a local restaurant where they prepare fall cuisine.

Out East: Fall vegetables from farm to table

The challenge is to figure out where toxic pipes are buried and who will pay to remove them. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Old lead pipes connect thousands of LI homes to drinking water, data shows

Mariah Carey delighted fans on Tuesday at Looney Tunes Record Store in West Babylon, where she signed copies of her new album, "Here for It All."

Long Island's Christmas Queen had fans in a frenzy

Newsday travel reporter Carissa Kellman got to hang out with the alpacas at Buck Brook Alpacas in Roscoe.

Roscoe road trip: Walk and feed alpacas at this farm and Airbnb

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa visits a shoe repair shop in Wantagh and its longtime cobbler.

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Newsday travel reporter Carissa Kellman tries indoor skydiving at iFLY in Long Island City.

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Long Islanders are hoping politicians on all sides can work together and come up with a plan. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'We pay the price'

Worker furloughs, service delays, costs: Newsday columnist Joye Brown and Newsday federal government reporter Billy House look at what the government shutdown means for Long Islanders.

Day 1 of the government shutdown

The cost of LIRR tickets will climb by around 4.4%, with monthly tickets capped at $500. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has the story.

MTA: 'Preserves affordability'

At least three units were destroyed after a fire broke out in an apartment complex in Hempstead on Monday, authorities said. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Fire displaces at least a dozen residents

Ganesh Shenoy, 54, who prosecutors said fled to India following the crash, has been extradited to Nassau County and now faces manslaughter charges. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Man could get 15 years if convicted

'That's a scary amount of people who may be exposed to lead'

President Donald Trump visited LI for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black on Friday, with supporters and protesters lining the streets of Farmingdale. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Protests and counterprotests as Trump visits Ryder Cup

Suffolk has reached a settlement agreement with Justyna Zubko-Valva, the mother of the 8-year-old boy who was killed by his father and stepmother, according to court records. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Suffolk reaches settlement in Valva case

Some advocacy groups say the new U.S. Citizenship test makes it harder to become a legal citizen. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

What do LIers think of the new test?

Thomas Valva's death has some family law experts and state legislators rethinking state confidentiality laws in some circumstances.

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