Suffolk County News

The Southampton Town Board has unanimously approved a massive beach re-nourishment project, extending from Sagaponack to Water Mill.

A Rockville Centre man was rescued Saturday after he started to drift into the Atlantic Ocean and became stranded in a strong current off Fire Island , Suffolk County police said in a news release.

The Town of Huntington is in Suffolk County and is made up of 19 villages and hamlets including Huntington Station .

A North Babylon man was arrested early Saturday on charges of driving while intoxicated and without an interlock device, Suffolk County police said.

Did you know Long Island is the largest agricultural county in NY in terms of the dollar value of crops produced? Suffolk County is New York's largest revenue-producing agricultural region.

The Suffolk County County Police Department Sixth Precinct is advising motorists of street closures for three Memorial Day parades this weekend.

The Suffolk County IDA approved retaining William Wexler to pursue the recapturing of $375,988 OSI has received from Suffolk and New York.

The East End trailers that have housed homeless sex offenders and sparked community complaints will be shut down by Tuesday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced.

Two brothers from Bay Shore were arrested Friday morning in connection with eight home burglaries that police say they committed across Suffolk County, according to a police news release.

A manufacturer of injection moldings and LED lighting equipment has plans to consolidate its operations in Westbury and North Carolina into a currently vacant 100,000-square-foot building in Central Islip.

A female passenger in a car that was struck by another vehicle being chased by a deputy Suffolk sheriff on Sunrise Highway has died, authorities said.

Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island.

Elected officials and civic leaders gather in the parking lot of the now shuttered UA Movie Theater In Coram to unveil a plan for the redevelopment of the property.

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.