The event also includes panel discussions focused on the art of writing.

Armed with a notebook and a thermometer, wannabe shellfish farmers will have the opportunity to grow their own oysters and help repopulate the Great South Bay through a series of classes offered at Islip's Great Atlantic Shellfish Farm.

Two drivers were injured Thursday morning in a chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles on the westbound Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills, police said.

A crash involving a fuel truck and an SUV forced the closure of northbound Nicolls Road in Selden, police said.

With social media posts, a party atmosphere and even participation from local businesses now in the mix, real estate agents have taken the ordinary open house to the next level.

Suffolk County has launched an ambitious plan to clean the region's waters by getting homeowners to abandon cesspools and septic systems in favor of advanced and more costly treatment technology, but the effort is hitting technical and political hurdles, a review by Newsday/News 12 has found.

One gardener's weeds are another's gardener's vibrant flowers and food source.

Suffolk County officials had plans half a century ago for sewers throughout much of the county, from Smithtown and Huntington to Southold and East Hampton.

The Village of Lindenhurst has received $175,000 in state funding to make upgrades to its fire department. 

Thursday was looking to start out with cloudy skies, gradually giving way to sun, the National Weather Service said

Manhattan federal judges announced Wednesday they have voted to name Geoffrey Berman as permanent U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, extending the interim appointment he got from the Justice Department despite opposition from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

The driver of a car that struck a tree Wednesday in Centerport died after the crash, police said.

Many knew Margaret Grant Slawson as an English teacher, but to her family, she lived a life of teaching moments.

He smashed a window, then burglarized a Central Islip store -- three times, police said.

The Huntington Public Library's Huntington Station branch is getting more stories.

A Nesconset Colonial listed for $780,000 has an "old-world, European style with some Victorian flare," says the home's listing agent.

A Mastic man was killed Tuesday afternoon when he lost control of a motorcycle and crashed into a utility pole, Suffolk police said.

Police said he robbed a tanning salon and an ice cream store.

Sean Harling didn't realize he had begun to drop weight until colleagues at Stony Brook University mentioned his baggy clothes.

The unanimous vote made Hart the first female commissioner in the 58-year history of the Suffolk County Police Department.