Fire Island News

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.

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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)

RICHARD HAKE, news host: Now in its 20th year, The Fire Island Dance Festival benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and has turned into a must-see event on Long Island's Fire Island Pines.

In Merrick road construction. two lanes closed on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Meadowbrook Pky and Main St in Freeport In Merrick road construction.

Investigators were trying to determine Friday if a head found in a suburban New York yard matches other body parts found in the area.

The 20th anniversary of Fire Island's most anticipated event of the season, FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL, returns July 18-20, 2014.

Parents, siblings, wives and husbands, extended family and friends, all made their way to the black granite memorial at Smith Point County Park on Fire Island on Thursday, July 17, 2014, to remember those they lost 18 summers ago as TWA Flight 800 exploded, plunging to the sea off East Moriches.

In Massapequa road construction. left lane closed on Seaford-Oyster Bay Expwy/Rt-135 SB between Rt-107/X5 and Rt-105/X3 in Seaford In Massapequa road construction.