Suffolk County News

The 47-year-old driver was awaiting arraignment Sunday after being arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.

Shell Casing Found at Commack Middle School Security was on high alert Wednesday at Commack Middle School after a student found an empty ammunition shell casing in the building's hallway that morning.

Huntington Man Designs Postage Stamp A Huntington artist has put his mark on the U.S. Postal Service, designing a holiday stamp for the holiday season.

Owners whose property was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy can apply for a refund of part of their 2013 town taxes.

Sag Harbor Village Police released a sketch this week of a man they say is a third suspect wanted for questioning in connection to a November 19 armed robbery of The Corner Closet on Main Street in Sag Harbor.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone's new deal with the police detectives union -- his latest labor pact that promises no layoffs -- will cost $52.6 million over the next five years, according to the administration's fiscal analysis.

Here's a look at some of the top news stories that made headlines in and around your community this past week.

A Massachusetts man was arrested Sunday after police say he burglarized two East Northport businesses, one less than 20 minutes after the other.

People walking to waiting taxis are blasted by wind driven rain on 7th Ave. near Penn Station as the weather bent umbrellas and sent people squinting when not under cover.

Police and an ambulance at the scene of a collision between a car and a truck on Veterans Memorial Highway near Broadway in Holbrook at 5:46 a.m. Friday.

The New York comptroller's office is auditing hate crime reporting statewide after a legislator earlier this year cited an apparent spike in incidents.

A very large piece of New York City firefighter history may soon be forced to take its final voyage to the scrapyard.

Suffolk County Police arrested a Westbury man Friday in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a Sunoco employee in Huntington in February.

A Long Island man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly stole packages from his neighbor's doorstep inside his Holbrook condominium complex, Suffolk County police said .

The following information was supplied by the East End police departments and the Suffolk County police.

The following information was supplied by the East End police departments and the Suffolk County police.

The fire that ripped through the Jon Thomas Inne in Brightwaters early Thursday morning could have been a lot worse if not for the actions of officers from Suffolk County Police's Third Precinct.

A 2012 Honda Civic collided with a delivery truck on Montauk Highway on Napeague Monday morning, sending both occupants of the Honda and the driver of the truck to the hospital with what police described as non-life threatening injuries.

The Mattituck Chamber of Commerce is protesting plans to close the Mattituck branch of Suffolk County National Bank next year.

Suffolk County Police Department cops salute during a SCPD promotion ceremony at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood.