State and local officials gathered at Suffolk County’s Forge River wastewater treatment plant Monday to announce the facility is now in operation and serving the first 10 of what will …

As of 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, brush fires started in Center Moriches and have since spread to West Hampton. About 80 fire departments and 20 EMS agencies responded. “We had over 90 …

ABOUT THE LEGISLATION The Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally (LOCAL) Act, sponsored by New York State Sen. Monica R. Martinez and assemblymember Jen Lunsford, would establish a new $10 …

The one-eighth cent sales tax approved by Suffolk County voters in November is expected to generate nearly $2.7 billion over the next 35 years. The money from the Suffolk County Water Quality …

The Mastic Angels of Long Island thrift shop and food pantry has closed its doors after a long struggle to stay open. “I should have waved the white flag months ago, but I knew how much …

Eight wrestlers from our area will be in Albany on Thursday, Feb. 27, competing in the first-ever girls state wrestling tournament sanctioned by the New York State Public High School Athletic …

The developer chosen for a long-awaited redevelopment of the Neighborhood Road area in Mastic Beach is seeking tax breaks from the town’s Industrial Development Agency. Mastic Dev. Co. …

If you’ve been to Smith Point County Park recently, you may have noticed some large equipment there. Contractors for Orsted, the company that is developing a 924-megawatt wind farm off the …

Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine announced that the Suffolk County Veterans Emergency Assistance Commission is now accepting applications from veterans in need of home heating assistance. …

Sen. Monica R. Martinez and assemblymember Jen Lunsford, with support from the Empire State Local News Coalition, introduced legislation to establish a new tax credit for small businesses that …

Innovative and Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems are high efficiency replacements for outdated, conventional cesspools which are a major source of nitrogen pollution in Long Island’s …

The $52 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers federal replenishment project, that began last February, has been partially completed on Davis Park right now. “They’re on the western part …

Days after addressing her priorities for the state in her State of the State Address, Gov. Kathy Hochul released the 2025-2026 Executive Budget, which recommends a 4.75 percent increase in school …

More than 100 people turned out Tuesday night, Jan. 21, for a forum the Town of Brookhaven organized to discuss battery-energy storage systems. Battery-energy storage systems hold solar- or …

Amtrak is studying possibly bringing service to the Long Island Rail Road station in Ronkonkoma, something both county executive Ed Romaine and Islip Town supervisor Angie Carpenter are pushing for. …

William Floyd’s girls basketball team swept the season series with Patchogue-Medford and improved its chances of making the playoffs with a 50-39 road win on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The game was …

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her annual State of the State Address on Jan. 14, with tax cuts, child care expansion, affordability, and safety among her top priorities heading into the new legislative …

Daniel Panico, Brookhaven Town Supervisor “In this coming year, I will continue the preservation of open space, and push the redevelopments in downtown North Bellport and downtown Mastic …

Going into Thursday’s game at League I rival Walt Whitman, William Floyd head coach Will Slinkosky said there were two things the Colonials needed to do to win. The first was to defend …