Suffolk County News

The 11-month-old was the victim of a stray bullet during an exchange of gunfire between gang members at the intersection of Valentine Avenue and 198th Street in the Bronx, the NYPD said.

A school psychologist now sick with COVID-19 says the Connetquot School District is not enforcing a state indoor mask mandate for schools. The district said in a statement: "Throughout the pandemic the district has worked to enforce all state mandates within an educational setting."

Suffolk OTB announced Tuesday that president Jim LaCarrubba has been appointed vice president and chief operating officer and vice president Anthony Pancella III is now president and CEO.

The town supervisor said each of the four town council members will take the lead on projects including a planned single-family home development on Pantigo Road and a rental project on 8.5 acres in Wainscott.

The Brentwood High School seniors will learn on Thursday — along with 47 other semifinalists from schools across Long Island — if they made it to the finals of Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022.

Buy Buy Baby, Five Guys and Applebee's will exit Huntington Shopping Center, while a Whole Foods Market is planned for the site on Route 110.

A motorist was killed in Shirley when he lost control of an SUV on the William Floyd Parkway, left the roadway and crashed into a wooded area, Suffolk police said.

The officer was shot in the leg Tuesday night as he struggled with a 16-year-old boy armed with a handgun that fired and hit them both, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Both are expected to survive.  

Despite a high of 44, Wednesday's winds will make it feel colder and a polar air mass is headed to Long Island as an even colder weekend approaches, forecasters say.

Eighty two members of Suffolk's 185th police recruitment class took the oath of office Tuesday. The class includes 10 recruits from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office and two from the Stony Brook State University Police.

The board at its work session Tuesday presented a resolution for the town to start the process to begin deactivating the airport. If passed, the airport would temporarily close Feb. 28 and reopen as a private facility March 4.

But system-owner LIPA says electric bills will be relatively stable this year, compared with 2021.

The storm that had inflicted severe damage on other parts of the country spared Long Island, leaving behind less than two inches of rain, gusty winds and some moderate flooding. 

Hospital admissions increased 900% for children from Long Island and the Mid-Hudson region combined, while the increase for all age groups was 300%.

Linnet Bligen, the keynote speaker at an event in Hempstead, urged her audience: "Honor his legacy through service. Be a tutor if you're good at math. Be a coach if you can catch a ball. Be a mentor if you have wisdom and love."

The seniors, including twins from Brentwood High School and an Island-leading six from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, were among 300 nationally and internationally honored in the prestigious STEM competition.

The water damage at Huntington Station's The Helping Hand Rescue Mission destroyed the inside of the recently renovated building. The 27-seat dining hall was set to reopen Jan. 25.

The event is modeled after New York City's Peace Week and aims to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his mission of decreasing violence through community engagement.

The child's mother faces multiple charges, including aggravated driving under the influence, in connection with the Thursday crash, authorities say.

The scaled-down application for the facility, town planners said, reflects demand from residents storing household goods and furniture but also from business owners storing equipment. Officials have scheduled a Feb. 8 Board of Zoning Appeals hearing.