New system takes digital footprints of newborn children
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A new digital scanning system is providing a quicker, cleaner and more efficient way to to take a newborn?s first footprints.

New hybrid ferry is a faster, more environmentally friendly way to ship goods

For goods to get from Connecticut to Long Island usually means enduring standstill traffic on I-95 and the Long Island Expressway.  But now, thanks to Bob and Marilyn Kunkel’s hybrid cargo vessel the Captain Ben Moore, the trip can be made far faster and without any harmful emissions that could damage the environment.

Long Island teen rock band releases first music video, lands gig in Manhattan

Together Ben, Jack and James may be younger than many musicians but they're more talented than most. The teenage rock trio, although only 13, 15 and 16 respectively, started a group about a year ago. 

One family?s story of finding their American Dream?. With bagels!
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October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and FOX 5 NY is profiling Bagels Santa Fe, an East Meadow bagel shop owned by a family of El Salvadorian immigrants.

Long Island teen rock band releases first music video, lands gig in Manhattan
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Ben Goldsmith and the Original Band may be young, but they've got plenty of talent and will be playing their first-ever New York city show at The Cutting Room in Manhattan in November.

Social service organization continues mission for 39 years

Frustrated with the lack of help and services for the Hispanic community Circulo de la Hispanidad was born.

WATCH:  Deer crashes through glass door at hair salon

A deer crashed through the window of a Long Island hair salon Saturday and ran amok before breaking out the front door with a straightening iron in tow.

Woman tried to lure girl into car on Long Island

Police on Long Island are searching for a woman who tried to lure a teenage girl into a vehicle and the man driving the car.

Long Island liquor store owner fatally shoots man with sword

Police say a man swinging a Samurai sword has been shot and killed by the owner of a liquor store on Long Island.

Hot summer temperatures mean plenty of pumpkins this fall
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This summer?s dry and warm weather may have been uncomfortable to sit through, but it is exactly what pumpkin patches across the region needed for a plentiful fall for picking.

Dog steals owner's dentures, gets hilarious new smile

Eunice and Maggie live with her parents and her father wears dentures. One afternoon while he was sleeping, he took his dentures out and placed them next to the couch. At some point during his slumber, Maggie grabbed the dentures and began playing with them. 

Protest over alleged racist assignment at Long Island school

The teacher asked students to come up with a funny caption for photographs of slavery, allegedly because she didn't want to be bored.