Long Island News

Nassau County Arson Bomb Squad detectives are investigating a fire that broke out at a house in Jericho. On December 25 at 10:21 p.m., officers responded to a house fire on Vista Drive. The Jericho […]

By Hank Russell Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives have started an investigation after human remains were found on a beach in Shirley. A man and a woman were walking on the beach at Smith […]

By Hank Russell The Town of Shelter Island received $260,000 from New York State for Phase I of the Fresh Pond In-Waterbody Nutrient Control program, which will remove phosphorus from the water. The funding comes […]

Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating after a man was seriously injured when he fell from a rolling vehicle. Jeremy Warren pulled his 2020 Ford up to a gas pump at Mobil, located […]

A woman who was injured in a house fire in Lake Grove has succumbed to her injuries. On December 19, Suffolk County Fourth Precinct officers responded to 24 Moriches Road after a 911 caller reported […]

By Hank Russell The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has placed a temporary ban on flying drones over substations in 17 Long Island hamlets. The agency has issued a list of sites where the Temporary Flight […]

Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives are investigating a fire that critically injured a woman in Lake Grove. Fourth Precinct officers responded to 24 Moriches Road after a 911 caller reported a fire at the […]

By Hank Russell Sales tax collections on Long Island this November were up 3.4% at $275.7 million, compared to $266.6 million last November. Last month’s number was also greater than in October, when $269.6 million […]

The Suffolk County Legislature approved a resolution to amend the 2024 Operating and Capital Budgets, allocating $6.6 million to reconstruct the New Mill Pond Dam spillway at Blydenburgh County Park. This decision addresses the critical […]

Nassau County will soon be testing its wastewater for dangerous pathogens and opioid drugs using services provided under new contracts recently approved by the Legislature’s Rules committee. Under contracts that were authorized unanimously on October […]