Suffolk County News

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.

Martin Drew, left, Jeffrey Miller, and Adam Wilson are running for the two open slots on the Springs School Board.

The head of the Nassau County Off-Track Betting says a proposal to build a Long Island casino with video slot machines is part of negotiations to expand casino gambling in New York.

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.

Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman announces the kick-off of Sunday and holiday bus service on two major East End lines.

Louis Newman, of Bay Shore, who was arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, is led out of the Third Precinct in Bay Shore for arraignment in Central Islip Criminal Court.

A Long Island man pulled over for driving unusually slow was arrested after police found he was driving with 50 suspensions on his license.

The Suffolk County Police Department promises a full investigation after the YouTube clip showed an officer grabbing a 22-year-old man by the throat.

Motorists are advised that the northbound Wantagh State Parkway will be closed each day between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. beginning Wednesday May 15, through Friday May 17, between Ocean Parkway and Merrick Road, weather permitting.

The town of Southampton has bought nine acres of land in the hamlet of Bridgehampton in order to preserve it, according to a release from East End brokerage Town & Country Real Estate.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said the suspects deceived the Take Five winner by paying him $774 of the $74,892 payoff when he redeemed the ticket at a Riverside gas station on March 18.

People whose property was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy can get rebuilding advice from a Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation specialist.

Edward and Patricia Shillingburg back in 2011 when their "Collected Letters of Charlotte Anne Nicoll 1820-1888," a release of the Shelter Island Historical Society, was published.

A man is under arrest on Long Island, charged with stabbing his brother to death in their West Babylon home.

A Long Island man has died in a collision with a tour bus, Suffolk County police announced early Sunday morning.