Suffolk County News

A motorist driving a Honda Accord died from injuries suffered when he tried to turn left onto County Road 111 from East Moriches-Riverhead roads and crossed in front of a southbound car in Eastport on Wednesday afternoon, Suffolk police said.

The village has announced it will host its first St. Patrick's Day parade, on March 26, with former Rep. Peter King as grand marshal.

The rate prompted one medical expert to say it's time for Nassau and Suffolk counties to change their tactics in dealing with the virus, noting that New York City is doing far better. 

Mount Sinai's Emily Solomos, whose Instagram account Em's Custom Cookies is a cornucopia of delectable designs and colors, competes Thursday on season 5.

The Long Island counties will receive about $27 million each as part of the agreement.

The December sky marks an interesting celestial show for star watchers particularly as 2021 comes to a close with three simultaneous events happening, astronomers say.

Newsday announced Wednesday that senior assistant managing editor Don Hudson has been named managing editor, succeeding Richard Rosen, who is retiring next year. Hudson, 60, joined the staff of Newsday in 2018. 

Officials in Oyster Bay, Smithtown, Islip, East Hampton and Shelter Island towns have also decided to prohibit sales and consumption sites, creating bans in nearly half of Long Island's 13 towns.

National Grid is promoting the company's Energy Affordability Program, which offers seniors and low-income residents discounted heating bills and upgrades to make home heating systems more fuel efficient.

The rain, snow mix will end overnight and winds will kick up, bringing wind chills down to the 20s overnight and into Thursday, forecasters said.

A backseat passenger in an SUV was shot by someone in a black sedan in the East Patchogue/North Bellport area on Tuesday night — and then driven to a hospital by a Good Samaritan, Suffolk police said.

The projects are expected to treat 353,000 gallons of stormwater annually, install 43,000-square-feet of green infrastructure and remove 97,700 pounds of marine debris from the Sound, EPA officials said.

Only one driver was seriously injured in a four-vehicle smashup on the westbound Long Island Expressway on Tuesday afternoon in Holtsville, police said.

"I think more counties and more areas of New York should follow suit in what the city is doing right now," said an associate professor of health policy at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.

Suffolk police on Monday arrested and charged a Bayport man — already accused by federal prosecutors of making threats to LGBTQ organizations — after he allegedly stole pride flags along Railroad Avenue in Sayville in July. 

Wednesday's weather, which was looking to be snowy, is now predicted to be just plain nasty — somewhere between rain and snow throughout the day with a deep chill at night.

Derogatory emails sent by Jim Malatras about an ex-colleague who later accused then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment has some demanding he resign or be fired. But he has the support of SUNY's board.

The Suffolk County Water Authority would use the money for infrastructure projects in 11 Long Island communities, including intermunicipal grants for water mains in Southold and the Brookhaven section of Manorville.

The Suffolk County Legislature voted 17-0 to approve an intermunicipal agreement with Islip to build the 3.1 million-square-foot Midway Crossing complex, which would connect the new terminal to the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station. 

"We are here to encourage people to advocate for adequate community housing to serve everyone in the community," said Michael Daly, founder of East End YIMBY (Yes! In My Backyard).