Brookhaven News

Patricia Eddington 's win as Brookhaven Town clerk. Minutes before polls closed, Pontieri said he was "very interested" in running a special election early in 2010.

Addressing a crowd of Republican supporters inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Holtsville Tuesday night, town supervisor candidate Martin Haley spoke of GOP victory.

Legislators at the county and town level run for election or re-election on the first Tuesday in November.

Not much changed on Election Day in Brookhaven. Incumbents held on in all seven Town Board races, giving Republicans the majority for two more years.

Why is he seeking re-election? Mr. Lesko said he wants to continue to explore more ways to cut spending in Brookhaven.

Why is she seeking re-election? Ms. Bonner said she hopes to continue to make government run more efficiently and be more accountable to the residents, touting her support of the initiative to install GPS systems in town vehicles and her policy that ended the use of take-home cars for town employees as examples of her previous efforts.

SAG HARBOR, NY, October 30, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Leonard W. Bernard, Jr., Business Manager for the Sag Harbor Union Free School District, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in public finance and management.

If you see smoke in the air this week over or near Brookhaven National Lab, authorities say not to worry.

On Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the Yaphank Historical Society , which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, will welcome ghosts and goblins , to their fifth annual Halloween Treat for Tots at the Robert Hawkins House.

Ita TMs hard to picture now, but just a few years ago Long Island was a veritable fortress of GOP strength.

The report also stated that, as of Sept. 24, eight of the 17 sex offenders never lived at the locations where they were registered, and 50 of Babylon's 57 registered sex offenders were registered at addresses from which they were barred by residency restrictions.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko says the town's decision to hire Sidney Bowne was above board, and the ethics board will be revisiting the complaint.

Police were investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash Monday after a man was found dead on the side of the Montauk Highway in Brookhaven Hamlet on Long Island.

GRANT PARPAN PHOTO A protester shouts his concerns to a driver leaving Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's Legacy Village announcement.

Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England .

GAIL LYNCH BAILEY COURTESY PHOTO Constructed in 1824, the Mott House in Coram, collapsed last week after years of inactivity since being declared a historic home in Brookhaven.

The proposed law would prevent Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from living within a quarter-mile of almost anywhere children congregate.

Residents within New York's most-taxed fire district want to make state history, --by closing the district.

The historic Albert Mott house in Coram suffered an unexpected demise when it collapsed while undergoing maintenance.

By the time they headed back to Manhattan , the officials had made history, as the largest trade mission ever in New York .