Long Island News

The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to suspend swimming at Long Island ocean beaches due to flooding and rough surf conditions and potential rip tides resulting from Hurricane Erin. Swimming has been restricted […]

The Brookhaven Town Department of General Services Youth Bureau Division, in partnership with the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (LICADD), will offer a new professional development workshop titled “Vaping-Trends, Risk Factors, […]

By Hank Russell U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin returned to Long Island for a press conference that took place at the Hauppauge Fire Department on August 18. Joined by local elected officials, […]

The Town of Oyster Bay will help residents hold on to summer a little while longer by extending the hours at TOBAY Beach for two additional weekends after Labor Day. The beach will be open […]

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued two people from the Great South Bay after their sailboat overturned.  On August 17, two men were on a sailboat in the Great South Bay, one mile south […]

Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a Lindenhurst teenager who was reported missing.   Christopher Vinson was reported missing by a family member on July 14 after he […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Julia Katz If Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria) becomes New York City’s next mayor, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) says he’ll be standing by with an offer for […]

John Wighaus has been appointed as inspector general for the Town of Oyster Bay. A highly decorated, third-generation law enforcement professional, Wighaus brings more than three decades of investigative and leadership experience to his new […]

But AG Recommends Officers Undergo Crisis Intervention Training By Hank Russell The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) released its report on the death of Alan Weber, who died on October 10, […]

By Hank Russell Three municipalities and one water district will receive a combined $19.1 million to pay for improvements to its water infrastructure. The money came from $153 million in funding that was made available […]