Suffolk County News

Volunteers from the Bay Shore, West Islip and Islip fire departments respond to a fire at the Jon Thomas Inne on Howells Road in Brightwaters.

The Huntington Manor Fire Department and Huntington Community First Aid Squad respond to a crash on Melville Road near Reynolds Street in South Huntington at about 12:25 a.m. on Thursday.

A seven-point buck and a doe fell into an open foundation at an East Islip construction site and were rescued when Islip Town workers, state officials and the SPCA decided to create a dirt ramp for them.

In 2011, the New York State Legislature enacted Chapter 97, which is most well known for establishing the 2 percent real property tax cap.

Communities across Norfolk are today being urged to brace themselves for strong winds and flooding as forecasters issued severe weather warnings across the county.

Farmingdale-based D'Addario & Co., which makes guitar strings, had its property tax bill reduced by Suffolk County after it agreed to move production work from New England, creating 20 jobs.

Two teens have been arrested and charged as juveniles after a menorah was found vandalized earlier this week in Suffolk County.

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.

The following information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

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.