5 Patch Headlines Nearby: March 3

Plainview resident Gary Klausner is 47 years old. He has had cystic fibrosis for 37 of those years, and his lungs for only 13. It's been a roller coaster ride lasting nearly four decades, and the ride hasn't come to a complete stop quite yet, but Gary is thriving, having survived double lung transplant surgery. He is now an author, with his book  'Never Say Never: A Life of Challenges' now available online and at in Morton Village.

When in Huntington Station in November, the move sent shock waves through the community. Yet it turned out to be the first ripple in a torrent of closings that have stunned residents and businesses alike.

in connection with a  that seriously injured a police officer.

But the investigation – and the officer's recovery – are far from over, Nassau Police said on Friday.

being pursued by the officer in the crash near exit 32 in Farmingdale. It left the veteran Seventh Precinct officer with head, neck and shoulder injuries. 

Two New Hyde Park women are suing Target, accusing the big-box retailer of discrimination over their disabilities.

Lisa Panzica and her sister, Laura Chamaidan, whom both suffer from spinal muscular atrophy and are bound to wheelchairs, charge that a pharmacist in the Target store in the Broadway mall in Hicksville refused to give them flu shots because of their disabilities in October.

Five people were injured Wednesday when a car traveling on Wolf Hill Road in Melville collided with a school bus carrying students from .