Suffolk County News

The governor's office on Tuesday said $80 million in grant money will be used to strengthen local emergency preparedness programs.

The Suffolk County Legislature approved a measure Tuesday aimed at getting an Animal Abuse Offender Registry up and running after three years of delays.

Helen Gaughran, Carmela Costanzo, Jean Sparks, Linda Gobbi and Marcia Kaye sit in recently donated new chairs that have more padding and are easier to get up from at the Rose Caracappa Senior Center in Mount Sinai.

In Nassau Cnty accident. right lane blocked on The Southern St Pkwy EB between Elmont Rd and Central Ave/Linden Blvd/X13.

The Suffolk County Police Department has reached a tentative agreement to enhance investigations of hate crimes and bias incidents, in the wake of federal scrutiny following the 2008 hate crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant.

A memorial ceremony at the site in Patchogue where Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death in 2008.

For those seeking work in the area - or those who are looking for a new job, or even a second job - check out the list of local job openings below.

No one is suggesting this country is not adequately preparing students for college, least of all local educators who have implemented their own rigorous program to raise standards for Shelter Island students.

Police are asking for the public's help to identify the suspects who burglarized a house in Southampton Village, stole a Jeep and then torched it last month.

A ceremony was held on November 30 on Sunrise Highway to dedicate the Route 109 overpass to the memory of fallen New York City Police Officer Peter Figoski, a West Babylon father of four.

Newly-elected Suffolk County Legislator Monica Martinez, of the 9th Legislative District, greets a constituent at the General Consulate of El Salvador in Brentwood, N.Y. Newly elected Suffolk County Legis.

Retired chief engineer Henry Wassmer, left, of Southold, and volunteer Joe Lemerise, of Cutchogue, stand on board the Fire Fighter that is currently docked in Greenport.

He is a retired federal agent for the Internal Revenue Service in Manhattan. Elsie was a homemaker.

Suffolk County police investigate the scene where a menorah was damaged inside of Raynor Beach County Park in Ronkonkoma.

Police on Long Island arrested the owner of a photography store Monday, on allegations that he was secretly recording his employees using the restroom.

A member of the county police Hate Crimes Unit officers discovered the damage to the menorah around 5:30 p.m. Monday at Raynor County Park, along Ronkonkoma Avenue in Ronkonkoma.

Mayor Timothy Hogue reported on a number of current village matters at a brief Board of Trustees meeting in Village Hall on Saturday, November 16. a All about water: The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has requested a progress report on three water-related issues - the recently installed new #2 well, prospects for purchasing a ... (more)

Former Suffolk County Legislature candidate Cornelius Kelly of Hampton Bays recently told the NY Post, that when signing up for Obamacare, he was unable to get insurance for his 18-month-old daughter.

Colonie town court ranks third in New York, collecting $2.7 million in fines, outpacing every town court in the state but two.

Police are asking for the public's help to help identify and locate three men who stole merchandise from a Riverhead Target last month.