Shoreham News

The Vermont Agency of Transportation , the New York State Department of Transportation , the United States Coast Guard and the New York State Emergency Management Office are warning people that the ice surrounding the site of the Lake Champlain Bridge and near Ticonderoga, NY will not be the same as in years' past, and that recreational activities ...

TESLA SCIENCE CENTER COURTESY PHOTO The Tesla Plaque was erected on the Tesla Laboratory in July 1976 and donated by the Yugoslavian government in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of his birth and the U.S. Bicentennial.

Smithtown The following clinics are open to the public. Appointments are NOT needed.

Local school districts fearing midyear cuts in aid as the state attempts to balance its budget deficit can breathe more easily -- for now.

As they do every year on Thanksgiving morning, hundreds of hardy distance runners gathered at the Miller Avenue Elementary School in Shoreham to challenge the hilly terrain, raise some money for community programs and burn off some of those anticipated extra calories.

The move creates a possible showdown between the County Legislature and County Executive Steve Levy , who has said the subpoenas were part of an ongoing struggle with the police union at a time of fiscal constraint.

The Ticonderoga-Shoreham Ferry across Lake Champlain will provide service through December, weather permitting, under an agreement reached with Vermont and New York transportation officials.

ARIES : You must break some eggs to make omelets. There could be some shake-ups going on in your love life or a temporary misunderstanding.

The fifth-seeded East Hampton field hockey team visited number one seed Shoreham/Wading River for the Class B semifinals readyEast Hampton's Danielle Waleko returned from a first half injury and played the entire second half.Photos by Drew BuddBy Drew Budd

Choosing between Conservative incumbent Jane Bonner and Democrat challenger John Leonard, a deputy town supervisor, was no easy task.

Why is she seeking re-election? Ms. Bonner said she hopes to continue to make government run more efficiently and be more accountable to the residents, touting her support of the initiative to install GPS systems in town vehicles and her policy that ended the use of take-home cars for town employees as examples of her previous efforts.

A deal has been struck to preserve the 65-acre Vassilaros property in Miller Place, county and town officials said.

If the picture above looks familiar, that's because it's already been published in this newspaper twice.

Finally, home-renovation payback is going in the right direction: yours. During the housing boom, it was tough to get a contractor to take your call, much less accept the job and charge a fair price.

When asked Wednesday to explain her opposition to several key development issues in her council district, Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner didn't hesitate with an answer.

LYN EVANS PHOTO Lt. Peter Martin of Miller Place is one of seven local residents remembered at the county's new Sept.

In an effort to reimburse the Shoreham-Wading River School District for $4 million in state aid that was cut earlier this year and to mitigate an unprecedented tax spike, Assemblyman Marc Alessi has filed suit against the State of New York.

A brutal assault Tuesday night at a tattoo parlor on Broadway in Rocky Point may have been the handiwork of the Hells Angels bikers gang, authorities said.

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Linda and Martin Keller were given a framed copy Tuesday of a resolution approved by the state legislature mourning the death of their son Sergeant Jonathan Keller, who died earlier this year of injuries suffered in combat last year near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

A sample taken from a pool of mosquitoes captured earlier this month in Rocky Point tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Suffolk County Department of Health reported this week.