Update on Aug. 24: Mason Hammil, 5, who was found unresponsive in a pool in East Moriches on August 23, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook...

Through the years, there have been scattered reports of the Eastern box turtle, a native species to Long Island, seen along the Setauket-Port Jefferson...

 Suffolk County Police arrested a man on Aug. 23 for allegedly scamming two people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold bars...

Audrey Goodfriend and Phyllis Stark, avid crocheters and knitters who are members of the new 62+ Independent Living Community Fountaingate Gardens in Commack, were...

By Daniel Dunaief A pet peeve isn’t something you race out to the breeder, the pound or anywhere else to get because it’ll be a buddy...

Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine is hosting Give Kids a Smile Day at its Dental Care Center, South Drive, Stony Brook on Thursday,...

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport presents Storytime Under the Stars in the Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium on Sunday,...

PROGRAMS Build-A-Boat Drop by the Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor on Aug. 24 and 31 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for a Build-a-Boat...

Ongoing Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Every evening from Aug. 27 through Oct. 6, from 5:30 p.m. until dusk, the Four Harbors Audubon Society will be tallying...

State and local officials are letting out a collective uproar over the planned closure of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Port...