Suffolk County News

Medical experts say that with the omicron variant spreading rapidly and New Year's gatherings expected to lead to a further spike in infections, the next few weeks will be an especially dangerous time to engage in public indoor activities.

Highs in the low 50s expected from Friday to Sunday on Long Island, though New Year's Day likely to be a washout, the National Weather Service said. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations are soaring on Long Island and statewide, and hospitals are reporting fewer employees available to treat those patients, as many call out sick with the virus. Amid the rapidly increasing case numbers, long lines persisted Thursday at coronavirus testing sites.

A Suffolk County jury voted on Thursday to hold Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and its affiliates liable for the opioid epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives on Long Island.

The state "wants to get them out to the students" first, said Robert Dillon, district superintendent for Nassau BOCES. "I'm hoping more will come [for the staff]. We'll see."

Temperatures will continue to be mild right through New Year's Eve, when overnight rain should hold off past the midnight celebration.

Workers will replace bulkheading at the parking lot, stabilize floating docks, update electrical equipment and also could add a handful of new slips at the Roger Balducci Marine Facility on Long Beach Road, Councilman Tom McCarthy said.

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The driver collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Lakeland Avenue and then struck a Jeep in the left turning lane, sparking a chain reaction involving at least two other vehicles that were also in the turning lane, police said.

New York saw a new single-day pandemic high of positive cases on Tuesday, officials said. The state had 67,090 new cases, a single-day jump of 26,310 cases from the prior day, according to state figures.

The project, the first funded under the county's new $125 million Wastewaster Infrastructure Fund, will unlock Huntington Station's "economic potential," officials said.

This winter's hunts to maintain "a balanced ecosystem" at the William Floyd Estate in Mastic Beach, which is part of the federally operated national seashore, and on National Park Service land on Fire Island itself are scheduled to run from Jan. 3 to Feb. 28.

With home prices starting at around $500,000, Island Park draws buyers outpriced by neighboring Long Beach, one listing agent says.

The Riverhead pair have been arrested in the murder of Branzel Bonner Jr., who was found shot in the woods in Coram earlier this month, Suffolk police said.

The rest of the year will see warmer weather with on and off rain but New Year's Eve should stay dry at least through midnight, forecasters said.

To keep the project timeline, which calls for work to begin this summer and finish by spring 2025, the Comptroller's office must finish its review by Feb. 1, a group of Smithtown leaders say in a letter. 

The freed doe sprinted off into the woods after rescuers freed it from between two chain link fences by the football field at Rocky Point High School, video shows.

The town board, at a special meeting Tuesday, voted 5-1 to opt out of allowing the sites.

Long Island consistently has been recording the state's highest seven-day average of new positive cases. That trend continued, as the seven-day average for positive cases on LI was 16.26%, according to Gov. Hochul's office.