The Ward Melville girls’ soccer team faced some adversity late in the first half of their season-opening game, but the Patriots pushed through the...

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) are teaming up to help North Shore residents prepare for a...

Rebecca Anzel When Daniel Scofield died in 2011 from a heroin overdose, his mother Dori decided to do something. “I wasn’t going to keep under...

By Rebecca Anzel Long Island’s economic prosperity and quality of life are at risk from an unlikely source, but both the Suffolk County and Town...

By Ryan DeVito A certain manufactured meritocracy exists in the United States. Success has become indelibly connected to elite college education in the minds of...

No catch and release here: Karen Silvestri of Melville recently captured this image of a juvenile black-crowned night heron fishing for its next meal...

Roasted White Peaches with Honeycomb and Vanilla Ice Cream YIELD: Serves 8 INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar, divided 1 lemon, zested 4 ripe but firm white peaches, halved and pitted 2/3...

By Rita J. Egan Romance is in the air at the Smithtown Historical Society. The organization is currently hosting the exhibit Smithtown Gets Married: Weddings...

By Ellen Barcel The term monoculture is generally used in agriculture to refer to a farmer raising only one variety of a particular crop....

By David Dunaief, M.D. Migraines are a debilitating disorder. Symptoms typically include nausea, photophobia and phonophobia — sensitivity to light and to sound, respectively. The...