The MTA board approved its $68.4 billion 2025-2029 Capital Plan on Sept. 25, which will provide the LIRR around $6 billion to purchase new trains, upgrade stations, and replace tracks, but the …

Local fire departments in Bohemia, Holbrook, Sayville, and West Sayville will be hosting open houses at their fire stations during the month of October in hopes to attract more volunteers for active …

A recent comprehensive GIS analysis commissioned by the Long Island Regional Planning Council reveals that over 43,000 businesses along the South Shore of Long Island are at risk of severe flooding. …

Several of our school districts are investing and implementing safety measures by keeping up to date with the latest available technologies.  However, since the start of the new school …

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Though a presidential election, local elections will also include Congress, Senate, and Assembly. In New York’s 2nd Congressional District incumbent Andrew …

The third week of football rounds out with two victories and one close loss for the Suffolk County News ’s coverage area. In Week 2, all three school districts had resounding wins against their …

Connetquot School District had its homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 21, where the football team defeated the Sachem North Flaming Arrows with a final score of 21-14.

  The Connetquot varsity football team was greeted with thousands of Thunderbird fans packing the home bleacher section of the field. In their season-opener against the …

Schools are back in session and The Suffolk County News asked parents to send in photos of their children’s first day and what they were most looking forward to learning this year. Here are the …

As the weather turns cooler and school busses start appearing, returning to class is a time for the family to reorganize and prioritize goals for the academic year. The Suffolk County News sat down …

The morning of Aug. 29, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced three indictments charging 29 defendants on a total of 329 counts following three separate long-term joint …

Suffolk County Legis. Trish Bergin (R-10th District) and Legis. Robert Trotta (R-13th District) have introduced and sponsored legislation to provide further restrictions on administrative expenses of …

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) will hold the fifth annual Women’s Fishing Expo at Connetquot …

On Aug. 3, Oakdale community leader Mike Burke alerted the Idle Hour area that a historical pillar on the corner of Chateau and Connetquot Road had been defaced with scrawling graffiti incoherently …

Across the Great South Bay from Wednesday, July 31 through Friday, Aug. 2, multi-colored sails cruised along the water before the Robert Moses Bridge as they participated in the Great South Bay Yacht …

On July 24, Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine issued an executive order outlining how the county would address migrants and asylum seekers being brought to Long Island. In the proclamation it …

Dashing from the double-decker diesel train to the electric locomotive across the platform is a staple of the daily commute for thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders. The diesel-to-electric …

I, Edward P. Romaine, Suffolk County Executive, in accordance with a Proclamation of a Local State of Emergency issued on January 5, 2024, February 4, 2024, March 5, 2024, April 4, 2024, May 3, 2024, …

The Great South Bay Music Festival returns to Shorefront Park in Patchogue on July 18-21. It’s the 16th year for the popular event, which this year includes headliners Jim Messina, Yes …