Port Jefferson News

Over the past few years, several local garden clubs have initiated a Street Garden Recognition Program.

Driving back from New York on a rare sunny afternoon last week, I decided to take a fresh look at Northport, which I have always considered a sister village to Port Jefferson.

Village boards on the East End and across the state each could soon have a younger, additional member under a proposed state law that would allow the boards to appoint a high school senior to join them at the dais.

Long Island Rail Road officials believe a broken water main may have led to the derailment near Huntington during Thursday's evening rush hour.

LIRR service east of Hicksville on the Port Jefferson branch is suspended because of a passenger train derailment at the Avery Road Crossing near Huntington.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 6:37 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jennifer McLogan OLD FIELD, N.Y. Suffolk County Marine Bureau rescued a family from Baldwin, N.Y. as their boat was caught in a squall and began to sink near Old Field Point.

Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a car accident that claimed the life of a Miller Place man Tuesday.

Braving rain, wind and rough seas Tuesday night on the Long Island Sound , Suffolk police rescued seven people, including three children, from a sinking boat off Old Field Point, police said.

Everybody needs a couple of good laughs...especially in this economy. You don't have to leave Long Island for a great place to enjoy yourself.

For many years Port Washington had successful thriving shops. The shops were supported by the local residents, many times run by a resident or family that had run it for years.

It turns out that the one victim of a terrible crash that shut down the eastbound Long Island Expressway for several hours on Monday morning was an off-duty Suffolk County police officer who'd put in a shift at Bay Shore's Third Precinct the night before.

Dr. Edward Carr in the psychology building at Stony Brook University. / January 5, 2006) Aaron Carr had planned on going to university orientation on Thursday with his parents.

Two Mount Sinai brothers, ages 2 and 5, are fighting for their lives Wednesday morning after being pulled from the family pool by their older brothers, police said.

The Ballet Education and Scholarship Fund, Inc. has announced the top winners of its annual scholarship competition held May 31 in conjunction with the BESFI Intensive Summer Workshop.

Two Mount Sinai boys, ages 2 and 5, were in critical condition last night after their 12-year-old brother pulled them from their pool, police said.

Two young brothers were rescued from a backyard pool in Mount Sinai on Tuesday evening.

A Long Island man is under arrest for leaving his 18-month-old daughter in a parked van while he went to work.

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The Bridgeport Port Authority violated the Constitution by taking millions of dollars paid by customers of the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry and spending it on activities that did not directly benefit passengers - including buying tickets to sporting events - a federal court has ruled.

Amid the several anniversaries this year - Historical Society, Ward Melville Heritage Organization, Setauket Yacht Club, Huntington Railroad Station and The Folk Music Society of Huntington, among others - there is a more personal one for me.