Bellport News

The westbound morning commute on the Long Island Rail Road between Patchogue and Babylon has turned into a mess Friday with delays of up to 90 minutes due to an earlier disabled train, officials said.

A lifelong Long Island boat enthusiast died yesterday after the sailboat he and his wife were piloting capsized during a race in Suffolk County, authorities said.

Police say a New York man has died after his boat capsized during a regatta on Long Island's Great South Bay.

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Borscht Belt shtick meets Catholic schoolboy humor at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, where "Meshuggah-Nuns!" delivers everything its title promises, including loads of puns.

Wanted: One small, Asian child. Must look 4 years old and not be afraid of large crowds, bright lights, fake helicopters and tumultuous applause.

East Hampton Village Police arrested Jordan Garrido, 19, of Holbrook last Wednesday just over a year after they said he stole a gold and diamond necklace and four earrings, worth a total of $28,000, from a home on Maidstone Lane.

An intruder broke into a Bellport home early Sunday morning and stabbed to death a 61-year-old Washington, D.C., woman in a killing that has prompted some residents to say they feel less safe in this peaceful, bayside village.

Bellport Village Hall has experienced heavy turnover, with 18-year trustee Bob Lyons losing his seat a year ago and 25-year mayor Frank Trotta resigning shortly after.

State Police responded to a disturbance on the grounds of Mountain Lakes Academy at 9 p.m. Monday and arrested five students.

It's always good to see the opening of the new season at Gateway Playhouse, especially as it is celebrating its 60th anniversary and once again producer Paul Allen and his colleagues have come up with a great blend of old and new, and well known and not so well known shows that will run in Bellport and Patchogue from now until mid October.

BELLPORT A Bellport man was killed after his motorcycle collided with two cars, on Woodside Avenue, shortly after 4 Saturday morning.

May 14, 2009 5:47 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jennifer McLogan FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. While New York struggles with crushing deficits, layoffs, cutbacks, tax increases and transit hikes, an exclusive Fire Island seasonal village is hoping to qualify as a "distressed community" for your taxpayer dollars.

In tony Bellport, a village of picket fences and wide porches, an intense labor war is under way where the front line cuts across the 18th hole of the municipal golf course.

Quogue Village Police charged the following individuals with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, a misdemeanor, last week: Roger L. Lockett Jr., 39, of Bellport and Steven Greenfield, 52, of Woodmere.

A 25-year-old New York state man was critically injured Saturday when his motorcycle crashed on Interstate 84, according to a police report.

NBC's Brian Williams conducted an interview this afternoon with Commander Frank X. Castellano , pictured here with Capt.

Growing up in Bellport, Frank X. Castellano III heard his father's stories about serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.

He said he has fond memories of paying 50 cents to get into the Plaza "back in those days" but today the theater stands in the way of the revitalization of East Patchogue.

Frank Trotta was losing his job. He was a government appointee but had to move on because of a change in administration.