Suffolk County News

Light rain will fall, off and on, through Monday and overnight before the sun breaks out Tuesday afternoon and stays around for the rest of the week, the National Weather Service said.

Efforts to purchase Broad Cove, a 100-acre former duck farm on the waterfront of Flanders Bay, date to the 1960s. The Peconic Land Trust bought the property.

Near Hofstra University and Roosevelt Field mall, the hamlet is experiencing growth with the addition of new rental-apartment complexes.

When the Syosset school was in danger of closing six years ago, Joel helped by donating $1 million. Since then, it's seen a bump in enrollment and is on track to enroll about 300 students this fall, one of its largest classes ever, Nassau BOCES said.

Union leaders complain that some railroad employees have had to wait up to 10 days to find out a test result. In the meantime, they could have been spreading the virus to co-workers and riders, they said.

The Coram man is accused of stealing merchandise from a Bay Shore Home Depot, a Patchogue Target, and several other Suffolk stores, police say.

The overnight will bring freezing rain that could make for a slippery Monday morning commute, forecasters say.

The parents were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after leaving their 13-month-old in an unattended car in the parking lot of Target in Bay Shore.

The Suffolk District Attorney's Office, citing an ongoing investigation, won't say if those who allegedly purchased fake vaccination cards from an Amityville pediatric practice will face criminal charges.

Black History Month exhibits and presentations at Jones Beach and other Long Island parks celebrate the often-obscure roles played by African American artists, scientists, mathematicians and inventors.

Molloy College, the Hispanic Counseling Center and three facilities in the Catholic Health System are among the recipients of funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

The shields are supposed to protect drivers from COVID-19. But for many disabled riders like Marilyn Tucci, the barriers take up platform space and make boarding dangerous, she and others say.

A frustration for health care professionals is that the vaccine was much more widely available last month than it was a year ago. "The people who are dying of COVID are the unvaccinated," nurse Elyse Isopo said. "That's the most devastating thing for us." 

Numbers could within the next few weeks fall to levels from last April and May, infectious-disease experts said. Long Island's seven-day positivity rate dropped on Friday to 5.49%, the lowest level since Nov. 30. Numbers could within the next few weeks fall to levels from last April and May, infectious-disease experts said. 

Manhasset-based Tuesday's Children is part of a nationwide push to bring attention to a shortage of adult mentors able to fill the void when a children loses a parent — made worse by the ongoing pandemic, advocates say.

The state and Touro's Jewish Law Institute are renewing restoration efforts at the cemetery, where just a fraction of the graves bear names. Improvements include landscaping and installation of a historical marker and a plaque.

Sunday will have clear skies with a high of 31 degrees and wind chill values between 10 and 20 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Uniondale High School teacher Adeola Tella-Williams said her students made new friends with people they typically didn't see in their classrooms, and engaged in dialogue about discrimination and segregation.

Officers said they stopped the teen because he was speeding on a Central Islip street early Saturday morning. Suffolk police said they found that he was driving while drunk and had a loaded handgun.

The Bellport man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after the 2 a.m. crash in which his girlfriend, who was his front-seat passenger, was killed, Suffolk police said.