Colin Mather, owner of The Seafood Shop in Wainscott, has hosted the community's New Year's Day polar bear plunge at Beach Lane for 19 years.

A wind-driven fire damaged a home in Lake Ronkonkoma on Friday night, officials said.

She celebrates her birthday on March 8.

Drilling for oil in Long Island Sound and nearby Atlantic waterways would be catastrophic for environmental and economic reasons, dozens of speakers told federal officials at a hearing.

Patchogue is painting a new future for itself.

The storm flooded communities, toppled trees and took out power for thousands. The LIRR suspended service on many lines and airlines canceled thousands of flights.

A state Supreme Court Justice has issued a temporary restraining order to stop clearing and construction at the site of a proposed solar farm in Mastic.

Numerous drug-dealing charges, which carried significantly more severe sentences than the manslaughter charge, were covered by the plea deal.

Their lawyers say extensive publicity before, during and after their original trial has tainted the jury pool in the New York region.

As a cold, driving wind lashed Long Island with rain and sleet Friday morning, the people on South Long Beach Avenue in Freeport seemed to tell the story through one street.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Leonard Genova with "defrauding investors."

The Nassau County SPCA said its investigators found a malnourished 6-month-old Labrador retriever caged and unable to stand in the basement of a North Merrick pet store.

Judge moves trial on assault charge against former Babylon Town councilman Lindsay Henry, citing nor'easter hitting Long Island.

The Long Island Rail Road said buses will replace trains during the next two weekends on a section of the Ronkonkoma Branch.

A Commack student's research on kidney disease has led to two articles being published in a science journal.

Teams from Great Neck South, Syosset and Ward Melville high schools have taken the top spots in this year's Long Island Regional Science Olympiads.

Suffolk County police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who recorded a woman in a dressing room in East Farmingdale last month.

This millennial activist met with President Obama's environmental equality council when he was in high school.

The Hempstead school board voted Thursday night to extend embattled Superintendent Shimon Waronker's paid administrative leave another 22 days and hire a security consultant in response to a state report detailing district safety issues.

The rain could mix with or change to snow at times, and there is a risk of flooding as well as coastal flooding.