Mastic Beach News

The magic number for Moriches resident Ron Bascope was 13 last Thursday, October 15, as that was how many hot dogs it took him to win a hot dog eating contest hosted by the Speonk Lumber Corporation.

Suffolk County Police mugshot of Guenter Wende, 42, of 15 Dana Ave., Mastic, arrested today for the murder of Laura Pizzini.

Officials investigate a scene where a body was found on the side of the road after a deadly hit and run on Montauk Highway near Smith Road in Shirley on Oct.

Laura Pizzini, a 25-year-old Mastic resident, was found stabbed to death in her apartment Friday afternoon.

Laura Pizzini, a 25-year-old Mastic resident, was found stabbed to death in her apartment Friday afternoon.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Oct 16th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Fall is here and everyone loves to go pumpkin picking, jump on a hayride and run through a corn maze with the family.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Sep 29th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

MASTIC BEACH Police are investigating the shooting death of a Maastic Beach man.

Bryan Kennedy, 59, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Southampton Town Police on Wakeman Road in Hampton Bays at 2:11 a.m. on August 4 and charged with DWI.

A man who admitted killing his landlord in 2006 and hiding the body in a Long Island cesspool has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

A man who admitted killing his landlord in 2006 and hiding the body in a Long Island cesspool has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

A Mastic Beach man robbed a taxi driver in Riverside early Thursday morning, Southampton Town Police said.

A Coram man committed armed burglary then attempted suicide when apprehended Wednesday in Mastic Beach, Suffolk police said.

Mastic Beach skateboarders who have pressured Brookhaven Town to fulfill a promise to build a skateboard park in their area might soon get their wish.

A Mastic Beach man was arrested Thursday and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after his car crashed into a school bus in Mastic, injuring a passenger on the bus, Suffolk police said in a news release.

"Everybody has at least one bad date in their history," said John Blenn, a playwright who has turned that observation into an annual theatrical event, "American Dating Catastrophes." This year's show, a group of nine short comedies by seven writers, will be held July 17 through 19 at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center, at Five Towns College .

A female prisoner at the Suffolk County jail was beaten, sodomized, raped and impregnated by a correction officer in May, according to a notice of claim filed last week that asks for $50 million in damages from the county.

The home of John R. Mallgren of Mastic Beach, New York was condemned for unsafe conditions.

Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one.