Latest from Middle Island
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article Suffolk 7/15/13 Town clerk candidate drops out Lori Baldassare, Brookhaven Democrats' candidate for town clerk, pulled out of the race on Monday ...
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article Education 7/15/13 BOCES exec and top school advocate steps down Gary Bixhorn, an Eastern Suffolk BOCES executive and one of Long Island's top school advocates, ...
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article Towns 7/15/13 All sides embrace Pine Barrens Preserving Long Island's Pine Barrens wasn't easy. ...
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article Suffolk 7/15/13 Cops seek suspect in Subway shop robbery Crime Stoppers and Sixth Squad detectives are searching for a man who robbed a Coram ...
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article Suffolk 7/15/13 Four fire departments battle blaze Volunteer firefighters from four departments battled a blaze Monday morning at a home in Lake ...
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article Suffolk 7/15/13 Man stranded on LI Sound is rescued A 37-year-old New Jersey man had to be rescued Sunday night after his personal watercraft ...
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article Suffolk 7/14/13 Suffolk officials trade blame over Foley sale As he set Suffolk's public nursing home on the path to closing, County Executive Steve ...
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article Towns 7/14/13 Center Moriches parents want new principal About a dozen Center Moriches parents are circulating a petition to remove the newly hired ...
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article Towns 7/14/13 Comptroller: Fire district overcharged taxes For the past four years, the Middle Island Fire District failed to prepare accurate district ...
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article Suffolk 7/14/13 Official: 3 hospitalized as deck collapses during BBQ A second-story deck collapsed Sunday afternoon at a Manorville house, sending three people to the ...
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article Suffolk 7/14/13 Police: Pedestrian hit, killed in Wading River A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by a vehicle in Wading River early ...
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article Suffolk 7/14/13 Cops: Man, woman burglarized 12 homes A man and woman have burglarized a dozen homes around Suffolk County since February, police ...
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column Rick Brand 7/13/13 Brand: Value of Suffolk's ShotSpotter system questioned ShotSpotter -- the high-tech system for pinpointing gunfire -- may have missed the mark in ...
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article Suffolk 7/13/13 Race gets ducks in a row for good cause Close to 7,000 yellow rubber ducks, primed for the day's big race, bobbed against a ...
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article Suffolk 7/13/13 Driver charged in fatal hit-run remorseful in court A panicked driver from Centereach, who police say fled a fatal crash with a bicyclist, ...
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article Suffolk 7/13/13 Teary dedication for girl who wrote message in bottle A dozen years after Sidonie Fery scrawled a message on a piece of notebook paper, ...
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article Long Island 7/13/13 Mom who aids vets fights to help son walk As president of the local Blue Star Mothers of America, Cynthia Ventura has been there ...
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article All Star Game 7/13/13 Neal Heaton recalls his shot as an All-Star Virtually every All-Star Game has a player or two who doesn't get in the game. ...
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article Suffolk 7/12/13 PD: LIer knew she hit cyclist but 'panicked,' drove off A Centereach woman who police said struck and killed a bicyclist in Terryville with her ...
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article Suffolk 7/12/13 Westbound LIE in Medford to close Friday The westbound Long Island Expressway in Medford is scheduled to be closed Friday night and ...
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article Suffolk 7/12/13 Cops: Man arrested after iPhone robbery A North Patchogue man was arrested Friday morning about five minutes after robbing a woman ...
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article LI Life 7/12/13 Wedding: Erin Sisk and Jared Hawkins Sisk-Hawkins ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/12/13 Lanes on state roads to close for repairs Drivers should expect to see delays the next few weeks in Nassau and Suffolk counties ...
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article Suffolk 7/11/13 Bicyclist killed by hit and run driver A male bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in the Port Jefferson ...
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article Nassau 7/11/13 Doc admits illegally prescribing oxy A 70-year-old Baldwin doctor avoided a possible sentence of life in prison when he pleaded ...
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article Suffolk 7/11/13 DA: LIer arraigned in sex assault, robbery A Patchogue parolee was arraigned Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting and robbing a woman after ...
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article Suffolk 7/11/13 Parents petition new principal's hiring About a dozen Center Moriches parents are circulating a petition to remove the newly hired ...
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article Shopping 7/11/13 Uniqlo to open first LI store Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo plans to open its first Long Island store at the Smith ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/11/13 What's on your bucket list? Got a bucket list item that you’re about to cross off? Let us tag along. ...
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article Suffolk 7/11/13 Woman accused of pinning sister with car A Selden woman was arrested Wednesday on charges of reckless endangerment hours after police said ...
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article Suffolk 7/10/13 Family: 2-6 yr. sentence is light for hit-run driver The 2- to 6-year sentence a Middle Island man got Wednesday for hitting and killing ...
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article Towns 7/10/13 Southampton leads wastewater clean up Leading what they hope becomes a massive effort to clean up Suffolk County's waterways one ...
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article Suffolk 7/10/13 DEC: 3 illegally harvested 1,500 crabs Three men were pinched on criminal charges of illegally harvesting almost 1,500 horseshoe crabs in ...
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article Suffolk 7/10/13 Ice cream truck overturns in Holbrook An ice cream truck in Holbrook trying to evade a motorist passing on the left, ...
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article Suffolk 7/10/13 Cops: Teen uses car to pin sister Police are searching for a 19-year-old woman who used a vehicle to pin her younger ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/10/13 Road closure affects commuters until fall A road in Port Jefferson Station will be fully closed for months because of construction ...
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article Suffolk 7/9/13 Brookhaven highway chief has unveils plan Brookhaven's new highway superintendent unveiled a sweeping emergency preparedness plan Tuesday, to ensure a more ...
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article Towns 7/9/13 Patchogue tackles downtown parking woes The Patchogue Village Board has passed a moratorium on applications for new construction projects downtown ...
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article News 7/9/13 Brookhaven Hwy. Dept.: Emergency prep 'top priority' The Town of Brookhaven Highway Department is taking steps to ensure not to repeat what ...
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article Suffolk 7/9/13 Fire burns through Lake Grove home More than 30 firefighters from five departments battled a fire that gutted a private home ...
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article Suffolk 7/9/13 Arson squad probes auto shop blaze Three firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a blaze that destroyed a commercial auto repair shop ...
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article Suffolk 7/9/13 Cops: $80G car stolen in East Patchogue It was a car made famous by "Fast & Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious," ...
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article Technology 7/8/13 LIer test drives Google Glass Basil Puglisi nods his head, and his Google computer specs -- an invention straight out ...
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article Business 7/8/13 LI inventor to testify about stopping robocalls Port Jefferson software developer Aaron Foss will be heading to Washington, D.C., this week to ...
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article LI Life 7/8/13 Nassau and Suffolk anniversaries, July 14 70thELIZABETH (BETTY) AND EDWARD (ED) HUNERBERG of Ridge, formerly from Mineola and East Williston, were ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/8/13 Brookhaven highway chief to talk upgrades Brookhaven’s new highway chief plans to discuss what he describes as the department’s improvements at ...
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article LI Life 7/8/13 Winner: Leonardo Rastelli Leonardo RastelliAssociate professor ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/8/13 Stylists battle helps dogs-for-vets group The 2013 Shear Runway Project pitted seven of stylists against one another in a friendly ...
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article Suffolk 7/8/13 Police: 1 hurt in possible propeller strike A teenage boater was hospitalized Sunday night after he was struck and seriously injured by ...
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article Towns 7/7/13 Town denies request for more housing units The Brookhaven Town Board has unanimously denied a developer's request to increase density in a ...
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article Suffolk 7/7/13 Father-in-law of crash victim: 'He's going to recover' A Queens woman was killed and her husband injured after their vehicle slammed into an ...
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article Suffolk 7/6/13 LI's Clifford the giraffe celebrates birthday Clifford is a real party animal. ...
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article Long Island 7/6/13 LIer eats about 9 pizza slices to win contest Focus, determination and a strong stomach. ...
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article Long Island 7/5/13 Statue dedicated to boating victim defaced A statue in a town park garden dedicated to Oyster Bay boating victim Victoria Gaines ...
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article Suffolk 7/4/13 Cops: Man suffers fireworks-related injury Suffolk police and firefighters responded to a Sorrel Drive home in Shirley Thursday evening after ...
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article Long Island 7/4/13 LIers celebrate Fourth from sea to Sound From parades and traditional readings to music, re-enactments, foot races and, of course, the beach, ...
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article Suffolk 7/4/13 Two rescued from burning home, cops say Police officers rescued two people from a burning home in Coram on Thursday afternoon, Suffolk ...
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article Suffolk 7/4/13 Cops seek hit-run driver in Selden crash Suffolk County police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fled the scene of a ...
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article Suffolk 7/3/13 Motorcycle collision closes Selden road A collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle closed a section of Middle Country Road ...
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article Suffolk 7/3/13 Police: Woman dies after Mastic DWI crash A West Babylon woman who was ejected from a vehicle in an alleged drunken-driving crash ...
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article Suffolk 7/3/13 Cops seek help identifying Patchogue attacker Suffolk police Wednesday asked the public to help identify a man wanted in connection with ...
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article Towns 7/5/13 Zoning change OKd for 136-acre complex The proposed 136-acre mixed-use Islip Pines development slated for Holbrook cleared a major hurdle this ...
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article News 12 Long Island 7/3/13 Children volunteer at farm to help needy families Kids volunteer at Hobbs farm in Centereach to help cultivate goods to give to families ...
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article Suffolk 7/3/13 Selden shed fire being investigated Arson investigators are trying to determine the cause of a shed fire in the back ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/3/13 Fire district gets $470G equipment grant The Mount Sinai Fire District is receiving a $470,585 federal grant for equipment upgrades, according ...
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article 12 weeks of summer 7/3/13 12 Weeks of Summer: Sweet Spots It’s National Ice Cream month, which is just in time for News 12 Long Island’s ...
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article Towns 7/2/13 Shirley residents fight for trees near airport Town officials are conducting an environmental review of a proposal to remove or trim acres ...
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article Suffolk 7/2/13 PD: Woman dragged into woods, assaulted A woman was grabbed from behind Saturday on a Patchogue street, dragged to a wooded ...
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article Long Island 7/2/13 Officials denounce talk of commuter tax Just the mention of a commuter tax in the New York City mayoral race prompted ...
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article Suffolk 7/2/13 Police ID gun-wielding man killed by cops The Shirley man shot and killed after firing 15 rounds at officers Friday was identified ...
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article LI Life 7/2/13 Reunions, July 7: BAYPORT/BLUE POINT ALUMNI COMMITTEE. An all-year reunion luncheon is 12:30-4:30 p.m. July 11 at the ...
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blog Long Island Now 7/2/13 Pesticide spraying set for tonight in Suffolk The Suffolk County Department of Public Works plans to spray pesticide in several communities tonight, ...
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article Obituaries 7/2/13 Marie Levy, mother of Steve Levy, dies at 86 Marie Cavalcante Levy, the ebullient mother of former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who was ...
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article Suffolk 7/1/13 Feds look to learn from Fire Island breach Three federal agencies using high-tech devices and a decades-old retrofitted military vehicle last week mapped ...
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article Towns 7/1/13 New Cassel 'kid' statues: Creepy or cute? There's something strange about the new "kids" hanging around Prospect Avenue in New Cassel. ...
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article Business 7/1/13 IRS challenges Simons fund's tax treatment A Long Island resident who once broke Cold War codes may have cracked the tax ...
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article Towns 6/30/13 Residents: Raze Lake Ronkonkoma eyesore More than 100 community members crowded a meeting last week to discuss razing a defunct ...
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article Towns 6/30/13 Novel housing project targets young people A nonprofit Farmingdale group is planning what it believes is a novel redevelopment project it ...
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article Suffolk 6/29/13 PD: Man in combat gear killed after shooting at cops Suffolk County police shot and killed a Shirley man after he opened fire on responding ...
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article LI Life 6/28/13 Centenarian: Prudence Vona Prudence Vona was born July 6, 1913, in Brooklyn and moved to Patchogue at age ...
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blog Feed Me 6/28/13 Port Jefferson summer dining: The Fifth Season Summer dining al fresco on Long Island is usually a seafood-heavy affair — clams on ...
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article LI Life 6/28/13 Winner: Heather Lynch Heather LynchAssistant professor ...
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article Towns 6/27/13 NTSB: Pilot in fatal crash warned not to fly An Orient man killed along with a passenger in a plane crash in Shirley last ...
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article Suffolk 6/27/13 B'klyn man sentenced in crash that killed LI woman As he sent a Brooklyn man to prison Thursday, a Suffolk County judge pointedly rejected ...
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article Nation 6/27/13 LI immigrant advocates applaud Senate vote Two dozen immigrant advocates, sensing they were close to a breakthrough after years of calling ...
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article Suffolk 6/27/13 Cops: LIer stole puppy from animal shelter A Middle Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with breaking into a nonprofit animal ...
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article LI Life 6/27/13 FREE helps the disabled help themselves As a riding instructor at Saddle Rock Ranch in Middle Island, Julie Dell'Aira hadn't planned ...
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blog Long Island Now 6/27/13 Lenz seeks ballot slot for GOP primary Brian Lenz, a former Brookhaven Town traffic safety official, is collecting petitions to wage a ...
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blog 6/27/13 Hang on the Sound at Cedar Beach Bar & Grill When classifying a place like the Cedar Beach Bar & Grill (CBBG) in Mount Sinai, ...
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article Long Island 6/26/13 LIPA-Navigant claims slow power plant deal The Long Island Power Authority will delay a crucial step in the awarding of a ...
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article LI Life 6/26/13 Love Story: Peggy and Arthur Raby Peggy and Arthur "Arty" Raby of Centereach began their high school courtship with a few ...
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article Suffolk 6/25/13 Cops: 3 arrested, 130 pot plants seized A joint law enforcement raid of a Yaphank house led to the discovery of a ...
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article Towns 6/25/13 Zone change OKd for $25M senior complex Patchogue Village trustees have unanimously approved a change of zone for a proposed $25 million ...
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article Suffolk 6/25/13 Cops: Nursing home workers tied, beat man Two employees of a Suffolk adult home have been indicted on assault charges after an ...
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article Suffolk 6/25/13 Cops: Man charged with DWI after crash A Shirley man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after police said he ...
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article Suffolk 6/24/13 Man accused of lewd act at mall A Medford man was arrested and charged with exposing himself and committing a lewd act ...
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article Suffolk 6/24/13 Compost maker plans to modernize Long Island's largest organic waste handler and garden-products maker Monday said it has agreed to ...
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article Suffolk 6/24/13 Cops: BMW sought in crash that hurt jogger Suffolk County police said Monday that they are looking for a light-colored sedan or station ...
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article Suffolk 6/24/13 Suffolk: Science essay winners Smithtown students recently swept the top three spots in an essay contest coordinated by Brookhaven ...
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article Long Island 6/24/13 LONG ISLAND CRIME BRIEFS MOUNT SINAI/Police search for driver who critically injured woman ...
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article Suffolk 6/24/13 Compost firm agrees to curb dust, odors Years of complaints about odors, dust and noise at a compost and mulch facility in ...
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article Suffolk 6/23/13 Family: Jogger in brain surgery after hit-run A Coram woman was in brain surgery Sunday night after a car slammed into her ...
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article Long Island 6/23/13 Post-Sandy shoreline a boon for rare plover Superstorm Sandy may have been hell on Long Island, but it created an Eden for ...
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article Technology 6/23/13 14-ton BNL magnet set for Illinois journey Just to the left of the front gate of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, a shrink-wrapped ...
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article Suffolk 6/22/13 Effort in Setauket to protect church's history Simira Tobias said she never had a place to call home. Her father's Air Force ...
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article Suffolk 6/22/13 Move of 14-ton BNL magnet begins Brookhaven National Laboratory began moving the 14-ton electromagnetic ring from Upton to the Fermi National ...
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article Long Island 6/22/13 STEM school to partner with top scientists A new high school focused on science and engineering is teaming up with two Long ...
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article Suffolk 6/22/13 Cops: DWI driver tried had 28 suspensions A 42-year old grandmother pretended to be her daughter during the older woman's arrest for ...
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article Lifestyle 6/22/13 Boatyard exhibit opens July 1 in Port Jeff The nonprofit history group Long Island Traditions opens its "From Shore to Shore: Boat Builders ...
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article Lifestyle 6/22/13 Exhibit on LI boatyards details tradition It's possible to overlook Paul Ketcham Jr.'s historic boatyard in Amityville, since it's a small ...
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article Suffolk 6/21/13 LI school for disabled children to close A nonprofit Long Island school for disabled children embroiled in a state overbilling dispute will ...
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column Other Columnists 6/21/13 New York Lottery reveals six lucky LIers Allen Balzarano was preparing for his golden wedding anniversary, and he wound up with a ...
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article LI Life 6/21/13 Suffolk County anniversaries, June 30 70thMIRIAM AND TED SCHWARTZ of Coram were wed June 19, 1943. Ted, 92, and Miriam, ...
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article Long Island 6/21/13 LIPA reorganization bill passes Assembly, Senate The State Assembly and Senate approved Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bill to reform the Long ...
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article Suffolk 6/20/13 Man accused of soliciting for fake charity A Farmingville man was arrested and accused of going door to door to solicit money ...
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article Suffolk 6/20/13 SCPD rescue kitten from car engine Suffolk Emergency Services Unit officers are police specialists who deal with barricaded subjects, hostage rescue, ...
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article Towns 6/20/13 135-acre housing project vote set for July 3 After a year of dormancy, a proposal for a 136-acre mixed-use development in Holbrook has ...
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article Suffolk 6/20/13 Last Foley nursing home patient moves out The last patient was moved from Suffolk County's John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility Thursday, ...
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article LI Life 6/20/13 Reunions, June 23: CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL '93. A 20-year reunion is June 29 at Napper Tandy's in Smithtown. ...
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article Long Island 6/20/13 Pol: Tentative deal reached on LIPA overhaul A tentative compromise to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's plan to dramatically overhaul the Long Island ...
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article Towns 6/19/13 Town sued over pine barrens credit system A Nesconset lawyer has sued the Town of Brookhaven and the Central Pine Barrens Commission ...
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article LI Life 6/19/13 Love Story: Anna and Louis Russo Anna and Louis Russo of Coram are celebrating 60 happy years of marriage this year. ...
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blog Long Island Now 6/19/13 Suffolk police property auction raises $42G All auction items were either seized, reclaimed, or once used as evidence but no longer ...
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article LI Life 6/19/13 Nassau and Suffolk anniversaries, June 23 80thBERTIE AND HERMAN ...
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article Towns 6/19/13 Great Neck incumbents foil write-ins The longest-serving mayor in New York State history emerged victorious from especially heavy turnout to ...
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article Suffolk 6/19/13 T. rex survives extinction after car crash A virtual Jurassic Park of statues in Southampton Town was brought to near extinction Tuesday ...
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article Education 6/18/13 All 6 LI districts pass budgets, 2 pierce tax caps Voters in six school districts -- Manhasset, North Babylon, Baldwin, East Quogue, Sachem and South ...
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article Suffolk 6/18/13 Officials OK marketing of Foley home As closure of Suffolk's John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility nears, county lawmakers moved Tuesday ...
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article Long Island 6/18/13 Lawmakers: Property taxes a major issue in LIPA overhaul ALBANY -- State senators said Tuesday that a single major issue stood in the way ...
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article LI Life 6/18/13 Reunions, June 16: BAY SHORE HIGH SCHOOL '63. A 50-year reunion is June 20-23. Events include meet and ...
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article Nassau 6/18/13 LI man gets 5 years for sex act with boy A financial planner from West Hempstead was sentenced Tuesday to 5 years in prison for ...
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article Education 6/17/13 Six school budgets up for revote today Voters head to the polls Tuesday for budget revotes in six Long Island school districts ...
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article Towns 6/17/13 Village voters go to the polls Tuesday Dozens of villages across Long Island will hold elections Tuesday for mayors, board of trustee ...
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article Suffolk 6/17/13 Person killed by LIRR train in Patchogue An eastbound train struck and killed a person Monday night just east of the Patchogue ...
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blog Feed Me 6/17/13 Battle of the BBQ Brethren: Call for entries Think your barbecue is hot stuff? Prove it at the Battle of the BBQ Brethren. ...
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blog Long Island Now 6/17/13 Village praised for its handling of finances Belle Terre earned high marks from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office in an audit of ...
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article Suffolk 6/17/13 Police property auction on Wednesday Boats, personal watercraft, hand and power tools, automotive items, clothing and jewelry are among the ...
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article Towns 6/17/13 Grads leave Our Savior school ‘fearless’ When Paul Pandolfi took to the stage at the Our Savior New American School graduation ...
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article Suffolk 6/17/13 Cops: Police cruiser hit by DWI driver A Selden woman was driving drunk when she rear-ended an unoccupied Suffolk County police cruiser ...
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article Long Island 6/16/13 Anniversary of pharmacy shooting brings new tears Family and friends of four people shot and killed in a pharmacy robbery in Medford ...
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article Towns 6/16/13 Patchogue village to send mailings sooner The Patchogue Village board of trustees has passed a law that requires the village's planning ...
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column Jessica Damiano 6/16/13 Garden Detective: Poetry contest winners Last month I asked readers to let their creative writing juices flow. The instructions were ...
