Amityville News

Asian Longhorned Beetles were first discovered in areas of Massapequa and Amityville in 1996.

Legend Volkswagen is pleased to announce their service specials going on now at their Amityville, NY location.

The Masked Magician reveals the secrets behind Magic's biggest illusions including Walking through a Great Wall of Steel; surviving being cut in half by The Giant Buzz Saw; and Making a Woman Vanish right before your eyes from a magic chair.

A rare rain forest plant that's known as a "corpse flower" is almost ready to make its presence known at a greenhouse on the Ohio State University campus.

Residents are reminded to watch for Asian Longhorned Beetles. While the beetle is mostly active between June and September, it can be present as early as May and as late as October.

A four-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she saved her brother's life by calling 911 when he was choking.

Police arrested two young men in the shootings deaths of two graduate students from China last month near the University of Southern California, an attack that stunned a school that has more international students than any... A day after arrests were announced in the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of ... (more)

The man who built an eccentric Mojave Desert compound known as Phonehenge West was placed on five years' probation on Friday and ordered to serve 63 days community service, five of them at the county morgue.

In BELLPORT road construction. right lane closed on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB between STATION RD/X56 and CR-16/HORSEBLOCK RD/X57 in BROOKHAVEN Grace Varley and her brother Myles Varley play at their home in Amityville, NY .

May 8: A Mercy College student reported a gold rope chain valued at $594 was stolen from his dorm room sometime between May 5 and 6 a.m. May 8. After investigation police arrested Joshua Yarde of Amityville, NY, also a student.

A committee of residents working on getting a new farmer's market up and running in the village met last week at Village Hall, and the market may open this July.

Residents are reminded to watch for signs of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. While the beetle is mostly active between June and September, it can be present as early as May and as late as October.

In ROCKY POINT accident cleared on NY RT-25A/SUFFOLK CNTY/EASTERN SECTION WB at CR-21/ROCKY POINT RD.

The following information is from the Suffolk County Police Department's crime blotter.

Sometime between April 26 and April 27, tires were slashed and a vehicle window was broken on car that was parked on Broadway.

In GREENVALE road construction. right lane closed on NY RT-25A/NORTHERN BLVD WB at GLEN COVE RD and to BRYANT AVE in ROSLYN Northern State Parkway westbound between Exit 31A - Meadowbrook State Parkway and Exit 31 - Glen Cove Road 2 lanes closed until 5 am In NASSAU CNTY road construction.