A witness stressed that he believed former County Executive Edward Mangano was behind the push to award restaurateur Harendra Singh an emergency, no-bid catering contract in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

The lighthouse sat 300 feet from the coast when it was built in 1796. Today, because of erosion, it is less than 100 feet from the ocean.

Long Island got another mild day Tuesday with highs in the 60s but expect rain to enter the picture later at night, forecasters say.

New Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. got approval to hire a new class of 30 correction officers Tuesday to offset the loss of 30 officers to retirement or resignation over low pay since the last class was hired in September.

The site of a small Bay Shore power plant shuttered by the state more than 20 years ago has been sold by the Suffolk County Landbank in a complex transaction that will turn a county tax liability into a tax producer, officials said.

Long Island's Gersh Academy plans to open a new school for kids on the spectrum at an equestrian center.

The Town of Babylon is replacing a pair of historic bridges in the American Venice section of Copiague to make the neighborhood more accessible to first responders during hurricanes and other emergencies.

Fifth Squad detectives were investigating a robbery early Tuesday at an East Patchogue gas station, Suffolk County police said.

The driver of a vehicle that overturned Tuesday morning was airlifted by Suffolk County police helicopter to an area hospital, Southampton Town police said.

The song thanks the school community for helping him as he recovers from a skiing accident.

A Lynbrook Colonial on the market for $485,000 won the Lynbrook Beautification Award in 1999, the home's listing agent says.

Top brass at the Nassau, Suffolk and New York police departments said their officers were on alert Monday after a motorist in Toronto mowed down several pedestrians, killing at least 10 people.

New Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng said he will bring added urgency to the LIRR's proposed Performance Improvement Plan, including by replacing problematic track switches right away.

A driver spat at Suffolk police officers who tried to arrest her Monday in North Amityville after discovering she had a license that had been suspended 26 times, authorities said.

ALBANY -- A fast-moving campaign to ban lawn fertilizers that contain high amounts of nitrogen might require more time, a key Long Island lawmaker said Monday.

The leader of a company that loaned millions of dollars in 2012 to restaurateur Harendra Singh for expansions at Oyster Bay Town facilities testified that Singh introduced him to then-Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano for the possibility of providing financing for the Nassau Coliseum.

The Kings Point school has expanded its victims' assistance office and trained faculty to be advocates for students, with more changes to come.

Votes on a controversial proposed subdivision near the Smithtown Landing golf course scheduled for this week won't come until June 13, a town Planning Board member said Monday night.

Seniors from Sachem North High School who were on their way home from a class trip were transferred from one charter bus to another after their chaperones had concerns about the driver, a district official said Monday.

The measure requires the disclosure to legislative leaders of all settlements and violations involving county employees.