Wading River News

The Peconic Land Trust's annual Farmstand Heritage Celebration is now underway. Every summer, the East End's farm stands and farmers' markets are open for business, and you can buy fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables.

In late June reports began to circulate in the gardening community that late blight had been detected on some tomato plants that had been marketed in large discount stores from Ohio to Maine.

A Long Island teacher claims she was fired after blowing the whistle on a student's sadistic "death list" -- a notebook containing a scrawled bloody chainsaw and the names of 15 classmates he allegedly hoped to kill.

The seventh annual Teeny Awards were presented Sunday, June 7, during a gala ceremony at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.

Dr. Edward Carr in the psychology building at Stony Brook University. / January 5, 2006) Aaron Carr had planned on going to university orientation on Thursday with his parents.

Police arrested a 66-year-old Rocky Point man on Saturday and charged him with driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash that killed a Setauket man.

Police have arrested a 66-year-old Long Island man for driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a head-on car crash that killed another man.

A Rocky Point man crashed into another car in Wading River while driving drunk, killing a man and seriously injuring his passenger, police said.

ROBERT O'ROURK FILE PHOTO Shoreham-Wading River senior Ashley Clasen competed in the shot put and discus at the state championship last weekend.

In just under two years, John Leonard has held more job titles at Brookhaven Town Hall than some people hold in a lifetime.

Thirty years ago this month, more than 15,000 people converged on Wading River on a rain-soaked Sunday to protest what was to be Long Island 's first nuclear power plant under construction on the shores of Long Island Sound .

ROBERT O'ROURK PHOTO Rocky Point junior Brandon Loomis clears 6 feet, 5 inches on his first attempt Sunday.

Gone are the goats, geese and pigs that once stocked a farm run exclusively for students at Shoreham-Wading River's middle school.

Wading River resident John Hopkins, a member of Shoreham-Wading River's financial review committee, at Tuesday night's board meeting, with a petition he's circulating regarding district finances.

Follow all the action of the girls lacrosse county finals at the Sun Sports Blog .

A Wading River mother was arrested and charged Tuesday after police say she left her 2-year-old twins strapped in their car seats in her parked vehicle while she shopped at Costco in Holbrook.

A Long Island mother is facing charges after police say she left her two young children in the car while she shopped at Costco.

Insp. Matthew J. Simeone Jr., a longtime member of the Nassau County Police Department who served as commanding officer for community affairs, died at St.

More than a week after the Shoreham-Wading River School District's proposed 2009-10 budget and health and safety proposition both failed, there was still no indication of what direction the district and Board of Education planned to take in response as our press deadline passed.

District Clerk Debbie Vecchio swears in the School Board's newest member, Stephen Gessner.