Rocky Point News

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Suffolk County until 2:15 p.m., forecasters said.

Suffolk County Police Saturday arrested a 66-year-old Rocky Point man for Driving While Intoxicated after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash that killed a Setauket man.

A reknowned autism expert and professor at Stony Brook University was killed in the first of two fatal accidents this past weekend that police say were caused by drunk drivers.

Edward Carr, 61, of Setauket, died from injuries he sustained from a collision on Route 25A in Wading River.

In just under two years, John Leonard has held more job titles at Brookhaven Town Hall than some people hold in a lifetime.

A group of Rocky Point residents gathered Wednesday on Hallock Landing Road to rally against the mixed use development project proposed by Fairfield Properties for a parcel along the east side of the road.

This week after Memorial Day weekend seems like a gift of time. It's an extra week in beautiful May, making the summer seem longer.

In 1992, Teresa Ward of Rocky Point began cleaning homes because, she said, she is "a compulsive cleaner." The next year she turned her passion into a business.

A year ago this month, Nick Nardone got the kind of news parents dread: His 17-year-old daughter died of an apparent heroin overdose.

The Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council has announced the 2009 nominees for the Second Annual STARS Awards.

Calm and cool in her red shades, Chanel, a dachshund who holds the Guinness Book of Records' title "World's oldest dog," appeared with owner Denice Shaughnessy on the "Today Show" Wednesday morning.

A soldier from Rocky Point is facing trial in the death of a fellow paratrooper who had to be restrained after becoming unruly outside a Fayetville, N.C. bar, according to Fort Bragg officials.

JULIANO FAMILY PHOTO Although paralyzed from the neck down and unable to use her arms or legs after a tragic auto accident in 1977, Lillian Juliano managed to train as a counselor for the aging from her wheelchair.

More than a month has passed since the state wrestling tournament in Albany, but the accolades continue to pile on for Shoreham-Wading River senior Steven Keith.

The Smithtown Township Arts Council will hold a Drop-in Arts Night for children ages 7 to 12 from 7 to 9 pm at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, St.

One person was killed Thursday morning in a two-car crash in Rocky Point - the second fatal crash on Route 25A in six hours, police said.

PEGGY SPELLMAN HOEY PHOTO Rocky Point firefighters attempt to extinguish the fire that gutted the home of the Lee Family of Shoreham.

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Five of the soldiers who were out with Pfc. Luke Brown on the night of his death will face courts-martial, two sources familiar with the case said Friday.

Fliers accusing a Port Jefferson Station man of being an accomplice in the Feb. 3 beating and rape of a female bartender at Secrets Lounge in Mount Sinai were scattered along Route 25A during the Miller Place-Rocky Point St.