Long Island News

Comments Still Accepted until September 29 More than 250 residents gathered at the Town Hall auditorium on August 29 for a public hearing on the proposed Neighborhood Road Revitalization project in Mastic Beach. During the […]

Three deputies from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office rescued a kitten that was rescued from a storm drain. On September 1, Suffolk County Deputy Sheriffs, along with the Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Management Section, rescued a […]

Officers from the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau unit responded to a water emergency at Lido Beach. On August 31 at 10 a.m., Marine 6 of the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau Unit was actively […]

Nassau County police and Oyster Bay constables responded to two water emergencies in one afternoon. On August 30 at 3:07, 911 received a call for a 57-year-old male onboard his boat having a cardiac episode. […]

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives, in conjunction with the National Park Service, are investigating the death of a man who jumped from the Fire Island Lighthouse this afternoon.  Marine Bureau officers responded to the […]

Long Island is currently under a drought watch, as announced by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). Nassau and Suffolk are two of 20 counties facing watch conditions. The action was […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Raheem Soto Earlier this week, the Suffolk County Legislature’s Labor and Consumer Affairs Committee advanced IR 1542-2025, a measure designed to close loopholes in regulating board-up businesses that operate […]

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Corrections Intelligence Center (CIC) entered into a partnership with Fermata Discovery’s VIXN platform. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in leveraging corrections-based intelligence to enhance safety inside facilities […]

By Hank Russell The next phase in the modernization of Nesconset Highway (State Route 347) has begun. Work is underway — several months ahead of schedule — on a project to upgrade and reconstruct a […]

An apartment fire broke out in Woodbury, leaving one firefighter hospitalized. On August 26 at 12:51 a.m., Nassau County officers from the Arson Bomb Squad responded to Fairhaven Apartments for a fire located at 106 […]