Port Jefferson News

Fifth and sixth-graders band students from Port Jefferson got the chance to perform the national anthem at the Bethpage Ballpark in a game where the Long Island Ducks took on the Bridgeport Bluefish.

New York State Troopers arrested a Port Jefferson woman and charged her for driving while impaired by drugs after they say she was driving the wrong way in a Riverhead traffic circle.

Following its recent enacting of a district-wide Breathaylzer policy , the Smithtown School District has become the banner school for getting tough on teen drinking, and that extends to proms.

If you have visited local parks or hiking trails, chances are you have passed a geocache, but you would never actually spot it unless you were looking - aided by a GPS device.

After forty years, the Mather Hospital Thrift Shop is still going strong offering donated items for sale at low prices.

Sound Beach Fire Department Steak Night When/Where: 6-10 p.m. Friday at the Sound Beach Fire House Why Go: Come enjoy the annual SBFD Steak Night with door prizes, a Chinese Auction and a 50/50 raffle .

The Occupy Port Jefferson demonstrators have been able to both visibly express their messages and at the same time blend with the surroundings, sometimes in humorous and clever ways to make themselves known.

Rocketship Park has had some work done. The little park whose official name is Clifton H. Lee Memorial Park had some new fencing installed recently, according to an update in the May 18 Port Report newsletter sent out by Port Jefferson village.

Michael Lionetti, 18, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on May 19 at 10:58 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of controlled substance and assault.

On Tuesday, June 19, residents of Port Jefferson can go out to vote in village elections but they may not find much reason to go to the polls.

In SETAUKET closed due to parade on NY-25A BOTH EB/WB near OLD TOWN RD/UPPER DEPOT RD/MAIN ST and before MYRTLE AVE in PORT JEFFERSON -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ... (more)

American Legion Post #432 held a service for fallen soldiers in Memorial Park in Port Jefferson in honor of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday.

Kings Park Kings Park High School been ranked in Newsweek's America's Best High Schools in 2012.

Three Village The cost of full-day kindergarten versus a half-day program in Three Village has evolved into a discussion not only of program costs - but also one of educational integrity, family finances, and taxpayer burdens.

In HICKSVILLE closed due to accident on OLD COUNTRY RD WB between S OYSTER BAY RD and NEW SOUTH RD.

This past winter, Occupy Wall Street spread to Main Street . In Port Jefferson a small group of protesters took up residence at the corner of Main Street and East Broadway on Saturday afternoons to give a public voice to their concerns.

Port Jefferson a€¢ William Velez, 34, of Coram, was arrested in the Port Jefferson Long Island Rail Road parking lot on May 15 at about 2:30 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and resisting arrest.

In 1898 an ornate fountain was installed on the corner of what is now East Main Street and Prospect Street in front of the Baptist Church in Port Jefferson by John Biddle, a wealthy piano maker.

Port Jefferson School District'sA Earl L. Vandermeulen High School scored well on national lists this year, finishing among theA top half of schools in the nation according to the Washington PostA Challenge Index, and in the top 200 of Newsweek's list of "America's Best High Schools." On Newsweek's America's Best High Schools of 2012, Port ... (more)

In JERICHO accident cleared on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY EB west of WANTAGH PKWY/X33. Stop and go traffic from MEADOWBROOK PKWY/X31A in NASSAU CNTY In JERICHO accident cleared on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY EB west of WANTAGH PKWY/X33. Stop and go traffic from MEADOWBROOK PKWY/X31A in NASSAU CNTY In WEST HEMPSTEAD road construction.