North Bellport News

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.

The westbound Sunrise Highway in North Bellport was closed as a precaution for about a half-hour Wednesday afternoon after a truck overturned, officials said.

A stray gunshot that paralyzed a North Bellport boy will cost the man who fired it 15 years in prison, Suffolk prosecutors said Thursday.

Two Wyandanch brothers with a history of not showing up in court when scheduled, will be sure to appear before a judge Thursday morning, Suffolk police said.

A 18-year-old man was beaten, shot and robbed after he was attacked Sunday night in North Bellport, Suffolk police said.

A bandit and his getaway driver have been arrested in connection with a robbery in which one of the robbers smashed the victims' car window with a shotgun and demanded drugs and cash, Suffolk County police ...