Yaphank News

Officials say it could cost Long Island ratepayers over $3 billion to build and equip a new mega power plant in Yaphank.

Closed due to accident on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X50/Bagatelle Rd and X49/Pinelawn Rd. Stopped traffic from X51/Deer Park Ave/Rt-231 Closed due to accident on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X50/Bagatelle Rd and X49/Pinelawn Rd. Stopped traffic from X51/Deer Park Ave/Rt-231 In Suffolk closed due to accident on Northern State Pkwy WB between Deer ... (more)

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber is hosting a 5K run next month to benefit the Guardians of Our Dependents , an organization that helps families of police department members who have died.

April 16th, 2014 - Suffolk County Police have arrested a Riverhead man who was driving a stolen vehicle and then fled from police early this morning.

County Executive Steve Bellone Tuesday unveiled a whopping $410.3 million 2015 capital budget that will borrow $5 million to pay for new police cars in the depleted fleet and spend $207 million to replace an aging bay outfall pipe for the Southwest sewer district.

The increasingly popular fitness movement, CrossFit, has made its way to Centereach.

April 11, 2014 - Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber is hosting a 5K run in May to benefit the Guardians of Our Dependents , an organization that helps families of police department members who have died.

Prosecutors accuse Jolly Stewart, 55, of Middle Island, of endangering a patient while working at a skilled nursing facility in 2012.

Jolly Stewart used to work at the John J. Foley nursing home before the Yaphank facility was shut down.

MS Packaging and Supply will receive tax breaks from the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency to assist its $4.5 million Yaphank relocation, according to a statement.

In South Setauket accident on Rt-347/Nesconset Hwy EB at Mark Tree Rd. Stop and go traffic from Stony Brook Rd in Stony Brook In South Setauket accident on Rt-347/Nesconset Hwy EB at Mark Tree Rd. Stop and go traffic from Stony Brook Rd in Stony Brook In Suffolk Cnty accident cleared on The L.I.E./I-495 WB at X60/Hawkins Ave. Stop and go traffic ... (more)

A Hampton Bays man was arrested after police said he intentionally rammed his car "repeatedly" into the new car of another motorist in Quogue early Wednesday, then led officers on a multi-jurisdictional high-speed pursuit that ended only when his car ran out of gas on the Long Island Expressway.