Lake Ronkonkoma News

True beer lovers will immediately notice the row of freshA taps that line the bar like bagpipes at the newly opened Brownstone Brewing Company.

Lake Ronkonkoma resident Shawn West recently graduated from Canine Companions for Independence with his new assistance dog "Jan." The nationwide organization provides trained assistance dogs for persons with disabilities other than blindness.

More than a week after he fled from a vehicle that was transporting him toA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, there is still no sign of Dennis Shepherd.A Shepherd's sister, Vicky Shepherd, told Patch last week that she believed her brother may have headed for Lake Ronkonkoma, where he used to live.A Shepherd, 46, wasA being transported from Stony Brook ... (more)

Accident. Left lane blocked on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB west of CONNETQUOT AVE/X46. Stop and go traffic from CARLETON AVE/X46 in EAST ISLIP Accident.

Miller Place-Rocky Point: Tyler Danielsen, 17, of Rocky Point, was arrested May 18 in Rocky Point and charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon, a felony.

The sister of a man police say jumped out of a vehicle after being transported toA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood last week says Dennis ShepherdA may have headed for Lake Ronkonkoma.A Shepherd, 46, has an apartment in Manorville and used to live in Lake Ronkonkoma, Vicky Shepherd told Patch.A Police say Dennis Shepherd was being ... (more)

Town Has Change of Heart on Defibrillators Smithtown Town Board rejects, then approves acceptance of donated defibrillators from Kings Park Youth organization.A Teens Indicited in String of Burglaries Five teens were indicted this week in relation to six incidents, including five burglaries, spanning from Selden to Miller Place to Setauket.

From Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch : A 53-year old Lake Ronkonkoma man who, according to police, has had his license suspended 23 times and was driving with a license already revoked for multiple DWI-offenses, was arrested on DWI charges after Suffolk County Police pulled him over in Mount Sinai early Thursday morning.

A Nesconset man who allegedly broke into a female tenant's apartment in hopes of taking sexual advantage of her will be arraigned before grand jury in Riverhard courts.

A Long Island man who already had an astounding 23 suspensions on his driver's license can add another notch to his belt after he was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated.

In MEDFORD accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 WB between X65/HORSE BLOCK RD/CR-16 and X64/RT-112 In MEDFORD accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 WB between X65/HORSE BLOCK RD/CR-16 and X64/RT-112 A 53-year-old Lake Ronkonkoma man with 23 license suspensions, including a current revocation for a DWI conviction, was arrested early Thursday morning ... (more)

T he following information is directly from the Suffolk County Police Department's media incidents i»¿listi»¿ . Holbrook An incident of aggravated harassment on Sullivan Street was reported to police on May 4 at 9 a.m. Raft Avenue residents alerted police of an incident of harassment on May 6 at 5:40 p.m. Police were notified of an incident of ... (more)

T he following information is directly from the Suffolk County Police Department's media incidents i»¿listi»¿ . Holbrook An incident of criminal mischief on Avenue B in Holbrook was reported to police on April 29 at 10 p.m. Police were alerted of an incident of harassment on Vets Highway in Holbrook on May 3 at 5 a.m. Holtsville Lakeside Drive ... (more)

A company is looking to build a 50-unit senior housing development on the empty parcel of land located west of Crocus Lane in Levittown, but one thing might be standing in its way: the Long Island Motor Parkway.

Editor's note: This is the first in series of profiles of this year's Board of Education candidates.