Fire Island News

The Brooklyn woman, accused of killing a neighbor then distributing dismembered body parts on Long Island is behind bars after pleading not guilty at her arraignment Thursday in Riverhead.

Katie Holmes had a serious fling with the Upper West Side, where she recently put a bid on an apartment at the prewar Apthorp.

Suffolk County is planning ground spraying for adult mosquitoes Wednesday and Thursday on Fire Island, weather permitting, health officials said.

Suffolk County is planning ground spraying for adult mosquitoes Wednesday and Thursday on Fire Island, weather permitting, health officials said.

In Islip construction work on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd WB between Hwy 27/Connetquot Ave and Heckscher State Pkwy/Heckscher Spur Dr/Heckscher Spur Rd/Southern State Pkwy In Islip construction work on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd WB between Hwy 27/Connetquot Ave and Heckscher State Pkwy/Heckscher Spur Dr/Heckscher Spur Rd/Southern State Pkwy In Uniondale ... (more)

July 28, 2014 - Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes .

Joey Leone talks about the ban on liquor on some Fire Island beaches while visiting near Ocean Beach on Fire Island, Saturday, July 26, 2014.

There are still many unanswered questions in the murder of a young mother whose remains were strewn across Long Island.

In West Hills fuel on roadway. caution on NY Rt-25 EB near CR-92/Oakwood Rd In West Hills fuel on roadway.

Islip, NY - July 25th, 2014 - Islip Town Councilman John Cochrane Jr will join U.S. Chief Ranger Dwayne Michaels of the Fire Island National Seashore , community leaders, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving in an announcement that will detail a ban by federal officials on alcohol consumption on certain portions of Fire Island beginning Aug. 1, 2014, ... (more)

A Brooklyn woman repeatedly stabbed a neighbor following a dispute over unpaid rent and then dismembered her body, depositing the victim's head and arms in one Long Island community, and her torso and legs in another 25 miles east, a prosecutor said Thursday.

From left, Diana and Al Rosenblum and Gayle Haines are among the 134 volunteers at the Fire Island Lighthouse, whose administrator is Dave Griese, at right.

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation has invited the public to join it at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, in Hampton Bays for the first sea turtle release of the season.

Fire Island Dance Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary edition July 18-20, 2014, with artistry, gravity-defying movement, romance and remembrance, raising a record-shattering $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

These mystery books are chock full of good plots, forensic science , some interesting historical perspective, and are just pure fun.

Fire Island Dance Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary edition July 18-20, 2014, with artistry, gravity-defying movement, romance and remembrance, raising a record-shattering $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

A Suffolk legislative committee voted Monday to join New York State and the federal government in constructing 30 miles of protective dunes and restoring beaches between Smith Point County Park and Robert Moses State Park.

July 21, 2014 - Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing effort to control adult mosquitoes.

A park ranger explains what remains at the wreck of the Bessie White, an early 1900's shipwreck uncovered by Hurricane Sandy near Watch Hill, NY, July 19 2014.

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2014: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 18, 2014 * NYNY1407.18 - Birds mentioned EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE + White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Cory's Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel AMERICAN AVOCET Willet WHIMBREL Western Sandpiper ... (more)