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."

More than a dozen residents from New York City, Westchester and Long Island took part in a free hockey clinic for the visually impaired and blind.

Kids make a craft the first Tuesday of every month.

Suffolk County police rescued a man Sunday night who was stranded on Pattersquash Island in Moriches Bay.

Officials on Long Island's East End are moving aggressively to require the installation of advanced nitrogen-reducing septic systems, even as Suffolk County assesses the effectiveness of the technology in cleaning the region's surface waters.

More than 100 others gathered for the presentation of the portrait created for the 118th U.S. Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, which will be held in June.

Village officials last year denied permission to reopen the popular sampling room after complaints of excessive noise, crowd control and drunken patrons.

Hundreds of thousands of students in grades three through eight across the state and on Long Island will undertake the state's standardized math exams starting this week.

Lt. Susan Ralph sued in 2015, citing decades of gender discrimination and retaliation. The department admits no wrongdoing in agreeing to the $120,000 settlement.

Hempstead Town officials have installed new signs at town parks reminding visitors that vaping is prohibited at the locations, according to a news release.

Daffodils dance by the hospital entrance. The blooming Bradford pear trees look like they're swaddled in white lace. Soon, the gardens of St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn will be decked out in all their flowered finery.

Schools superintendent Thomas Rogers is asking for an independent evaluation of the environmental impact and "potential risks" of a mixed-use development planned for land next to an elementary school.

A Wyandanch woman is facing charges related to animal cruelty after her two dogs were found in "horrible condition" last week at the Babylon Animal Shelter, a Suffolk County SPCA official said Sunday.

An effort to create a write-in primary for the Women's Equality Party ballot line in the 1st Congressional District has fallen apart.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building three new elevators and a sound-retaining wall at the Floral Park Long Island Rail Road station, and village residents got a sneak peek of the plans.

A pedestrian was struck and killed as he tried to cross a busy thoroughfare in Brentwood on Saturday night, police said.