Suffolk County News

Customers' electric bills will go up when a new heat-pump system is installed. The systems are more efficient and the savings come from using less gas or fuel oil for heat.

Central Islip's Julissa Fonseca attempts to become the first girl to qualify for the Suffolk Division I boys wrestling tournament. 

Volunteers said those problems preceded Babylon Town's decision to sever ties with the service, attributed to a lack of timely response time and allegations of "mismanagement of funds, sexual harassment, violence" and the company's "failure to act upon these allegations."

The governor faces a Feb. 21 expiration date to either extend or end the schools mandate. The decision will be based on data, she said, including vaccination levels — which are lagging among ages 5 to 11.

Temperatures are expected to reach a high of just 28 degrees with wind chill values between 10 and 15 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

An unidentified man was wounded in the shooting in Central Islip after it was targeted as a "gang house," said Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison

Officials raised the prospect unless the district can obtain an extension of debt payments or some other form of financial relief. How to pay for school renovations is a central focus.

James E. Robitsek was ordered to return to court to face charges stemming from an alleged domestic disturbance, officials said.

A drunken driver identified crashed into a police vehicle on the scene of an earlier crash in Wading River, according to Riverhead Town Police. The officer suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

A day of unsettled Friday starts out as rain and transitions to freezing rain and a wintry mix as temperatures drop, forecasters said. Road conditions could be icy for the evening commute.

At his sentencing, Carlos Argueta apologized in federal court to the mother of his murder victim, saying  "An apology is not enough but it is all I can do."  

In a letter to the town supervisor, the federal agency detailed the many steps needed to deactivate the Wainscott facility from a public airport and fully reopen it for private use only, which it said can't be done in the town's four-day timeframe set to begin Feb. 28.

Nearly 70% of children ages 12 to 17 on Long Island and across the state have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. One expert said he senses a "paradigm shift" as increasing numbers of young people get inoculated.

Traffic on the LIE is just as heavy during the mornings and evenings in both directions as it was in 2019, before the pandemic, but motorists are traveling faster around midday, according to a traffic analyst.

Prosecutors said Maureen Cussen took $15,399 as the Southampton Intermediate School's parent-teacher organization treasurer while working at home.

A second-prize winning Powerball ticket for Wednesday's drawing was sold at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Copiague, the lottery announced Thursday morning.

Police said David Krouse, 63, of Westhampton Beach, first called Southampton Town police about 3 p.m. Wednesday, though he'd intended to call Westhampton Beach police, and threatened violence against the police department.

This year's annual borrowing is a drop from the $15.8 million the town approved for bonding in 2021. Town officials said the money is needed for dozens of improvements and upgrades.

Stephen Kiely, a Mattituck lawyer who previously served as an assistant town attorney in Southold, has been hired as the new Shelter Island Town attorney.

The work is not included in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $1.7 billion Fire Island to Montauk Point plan, but a projected timeline calls for the project to begin in late 2023 and be completed in early 2024.