Southampton Town officials are considering a ban on flying unmanned aircraft during special events, including the upcoming U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton.

With the state recently recommending two key business areas in Riverhead to be included in a new federal program, Riverhead officials say they are hopeful -- if they are selected -- that the program can help attract more business and investment in town.

The Town of Babylon will now allow developers to build two-bedroom apartments for seniors.

There were light rain showers over Suffolk County early Tuesday, but the rest of the day will be sunny and warm on Long Island, forecasters said.

The surgical mask-wearing man responsible for a string of gunpoint robberies of businesses in East Patchogue, Yaphank and Holbrook since February was arrested overnight, police said.

Handbag designer Judith Leiber was best known for sparkly, animal-shaped creations. Her husband of 72 years, Gerson Leiber, was an abstract painter.

A former Oyster Bay official who worked closely over the years with former Town Supervisor John Venditto testified that Venditto was the force behind town concessions contracts and town-guaranteed loans for restaurateur Harenda Singh.

The man prosecutors called the "mastermind" of a dumping scheme at four Suffolk properties is out of jail.

Hondurans approaching the end of temporary legal status to live in the United States await a Trump administration decision on whether they can stay after similar protections were rescinded for Haitian, Salvadoran and Nepali immigrants.

A Dix Hills man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Commack on Sunday night, police said.

Leonard Genova, Oyster Bay's former town attorney, detailed how government and politics are entwined in Nassau during testimony Monday.

The best friend of a man who was dragged to death by a Long Island Rail Road train is suing the LIRR, alleging it is the latest accident involving the dangerous gap between station platforms and trains.

Auditors identified "unusual trends" in vendor payments, such as duplicate amounts paid to the same vendor and rounded dollar amounts that "could be a red flag of fictitious or inflated invoices."

Who's ready for shorts and flip-flops weather?

The store is accepting old and expired gift cards.

Despite a law requiring Suffolk County's audit committee to hold quarterly meetings on county fiscal issues -- and the committee's chairman to report to the county legislature on their sessions -- county Comptroller John M. Kennedy Jr., the chairman last year, failed to call any meetings in 2017.

Repairs to the Davis Park marina, which was destroyed by an October storm that tore wooden planks from the boardwalk, will be mostly completed in time for the unofficial start of summer on Memorial Day weekend, Brookhaven Town officials said.

MS-13 chapters in El Salvador identify themselves by their Nassau and Suffolk counterparts, calling their cliques "Freeport," "Brentwood," and "Huntington," among others, Suffolk police officials said.

A waterfront home in New Suffolk comes with a lookout tower. It is on the market for $2.825 million.

Last week we met Victoria Arlen. She is a Gold Medal winning swimmer from the 2012 Paralympic Games. She is also an actress, model and motivational speaker. Her story and her success are incredible. She went from not being able to walk for years because of two rare conditions that compromised her immune system to dancing on stage in "Dancing with the Stars."