Charlie Kessler, a director and producer from East Northport, said he presented an idea for a movie called "The Montauk Project," based on a short film he made in 2012, to Matt and Ross Duffer in April 2014.

The number of private wells in Wainscott with trace or elevated levels of contaminants that could affect fetal health and the immune system has grown to 135, or more than half of those tested, according to East Hampton's town supervisor.

A Mastic Beach man was charged with drunken driving after his pickup truck struck a utility pole Tuesday night and overturned, Suffolk County police said.

A Sound Beach man has been charged with drunken driving after his car hit another vehicle in the hamlet Tuesday night, Suffolk County police said.

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A Westhampton Beach home on the market for $5.999 million sits in an enviable location between the two bridges that lead from Dune Road to the mainland, with private access to the ocean.

Linda Mangano, the wife of the former Nassau County executive, did more work at what restaurateur Harendra Singh has described as her no-show job than he realized, Singh acknowledged at Edward Mangano's federal corruption trial.

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority acknowledged receipt of County Executive Laura Curran's modified 2018 budget, but warned of budget risks that could result in a $104.7 million deficit.

Investigators believe someone may have released pepper spray from a canister and by the time the air was tested, the irritant had likely dispersed enough so that it did not show up on sensors.

Nassau religious and political leaders -- aiming to counter a global online campaign that targeted Tuesday as "Punish a Muslim Day" -- have proposed a campaign of their own for Friday: "Greet a Muslim Day."

A judge ordered former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and his estranged wife, Katuria D'Amato, not to make any "disparaging remarks about the other to the children."

Agents from the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General raided a home in Bellmore, seizing dozens of black bags from the property, a USPS spokesman said.

A Nesconset civic group is opposing plans for a convenience store at Smithtown Boulevard and Nichols Road, an area they say already has a glut of the businesses.

A promoter and ticket-broker who masterminded a Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of $100 million and used some of the proceeds to buy a $3 million Hamptons mansion, was sentenced to 78 months in prison in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, officials said.

The anniversary comes at a time of heightened political divisiveness, and demonstrations over police shootings of unarmed black men.

Because the wind farm project wants to land its cable on land controlled by town trustees, the town has a say in how it makes its way under local waters, beach and roadways.

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that East Hampton can use airport revenue to fund a legal defense in a 2015 lawsuit filed against the town after passing local laws aimed at curbing noise at East Hampton Airport, according to a statement released by town officials.

Looking ahead to a string of cooler than normal days, Wednesday stands out as one that's set to be on the milder side, forecasters say.

Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine said a tentative deal to settle a dispute with the Long Island Power Authority over tax assessments on the Port Jefferson power plant would save money for ratepayers who have been overpaying taxes on the little-used plant.

Horseback riding has returned to the stable of offerings from the Town of Huntington Parks and Recreation Department.