Long Island News

Belmont Park in Elmont has been selected to host the 2027 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international festival.  In a return more than 20 years in the making, Belmont Park will welcome […]

Open to First-Time Homebuyers By Hank Russell The East Hampton Town Office of Housing and Community Development is reopening its First-Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program for 2025. This initiative aims to assist eligible residents […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Raheem Soto When the Port Jefferson Station DMV closed in August 2023, state officials assured the public that surrounding offices — especially Medford — could handle the demand. Local […]

Three people were safely rescued and one person was hospitalized after a fire broke out in an East Meadow home. On May 26 at 1:30 a.m., Nassau County police responded to a house fire on […]

By Hank Russell A local water district received $5 million from the state to update its infrastructure. The funding came from over $37 million in financial assistance for water infrastructure improvement projects across New York […]

MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) President Rob Free recently kicked off summer train service, highlighting new trains introduced in the schedules that took effect on May 19. This includes the 5:13 p.m. train from […]

A new portal for awarding opioid settlement funds to addiction prevention, treatment and recovery agencies is up and running, Nassau County administrative officials confirmed during the May 19 meeting of the Nassau County Legislature. This […]

New York State Sen. Monica R. Martinez (D-Brentwood) will host a veterans mental health panel discussion on May 31 at Northwell Health, located at 1933 Union Boulevard in Bay Shore. The goals of the event […]

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Daniel J. Panico accepted a $20 million check from Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine presented Brookhaven Town Supervisor Daniel J. Panico on May 21 to help fund the creation of a new […]

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney in partnership with Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr., the East End Marine Law Enforcement Task Force  (EEMLETF), and U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, announced on May […]