Suffolk County News

A 51-year-old Bridgehampton man was found hanging from a tree early Saturday morning in what Southampton Town Police say was an apparent suicide.

Clara Barksdale, who helped develop the Senior Citizens Affairs Council, was the 1993 Lions Club Citizen of the Year.

An East Hampton man is being held in Suffolk County jail in Riverhead after his arrest on a felony assault charge early Saturday evening.

New York's upstate cities struggled with population losses between 2000 and 2012, but the decline slowed in recent years, U.S. Census data released Thursday showed.

The ASPCA and North Shore Animal League are in Oklahoma to help with the rescue of hundreds of lost pets that were displaced during Monday's massive tornado .

As expected Wednesday night, the Shelter Island Zoning Board of Appeals gave the owners of a controversial house at 6 Cartwright Road a clean bill of health on one structure within the compound, but said no to what most members regarded as a second separate structure.

A five-car pileup on the westbound Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills caused massive traffic delays during Wednesday morning's rush-hour, officials said.

A Port Jefferson woman who worked as the treasurer for the Village of Old Field was arrested Wednesday accused of stealing more than $50,000 in village funds, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Wednesday.

Polling place inspector Kathy O'Neil checks voters in as they arrived at Centereach High School Tuesday to vote in the Middle Country School District elections.

A Centereach man was arrested at his home Saturday by US Marshals and Massachusetts police accused of forcibly raping teenage boys nearly 30 years ago, Suffolk County police said Monday evening.

Suffolk County police are seeking the public's assistance in locating and identifying a woman wanted in connection with the theft of a credit card from a woman's purse in Port Jefferson , Suffolk County Crime Stoppers said Monday.

Two lanes closed on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X62/Nicolls Rd and X63/North Ocean Ave in Medford In Nassau Cnty stop and go traffic on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X40/Jericho Tpk/NY Rt-25 and x35/Shelter Rock Rd due to slow moving maintenance vehicle In Nassau Cnty stop and go traffic on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X40/Jericho Tpk/NY Rt-25 and ... (more)

Four people were arrested on drunken driving charges Saturday night at a sobriety checkpoint in Huntington Station, Suffolk County police said in a Sunday news release.

In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Valley Stream accident.

Question: Will owners of a controversial house on Cartwright Road accept half a loaf or try to overturn a ZBA decision? A ruling will come down next week, enabling the owners to get a certificate of occupancy for the main part of their house, but they'll have to make changes to what is now an accessory building before it can be occupied.

In Islip accident on Rt 111 / Wheeler Rd SB at Southern State Pky/Heckscher Pky.

Nassau and Suffolk county officials are pushing Gov. Cuomo to allow slot machines on Long Island as part of his plan to expand legalized gambling in the state.

Melrose's Michael Garvey and four other Massport employees allegedly solicited and took bribes from cab drivers at Logan Airport in exchange for letting them cut other taxis in line, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

The results are in, and they confirm what some had already suspected: the rates of alcohol and drug use among Sag Harbor students are higher than average.

It was as recently as November 2012 that the Public Works Department had to dig up the floor inside and out to lay new sewer pipes to accommodate new requirements for the Senior Activity Center kitchen.