Ronkonkoma News

Long Island Rail Road riders on the Ronkonkoma branch should anticipate 10- to 15-minute delays in both directions east of Hicksville during Wednesday's evening rush, the LIRR said.

You can satisfy your inner need for speed this summer without risking those flashing lights blinking in your rearview mirror.

Union organizer Tim Dubnau faced a standing-room crowd of 250 mostly angry Suffolk County workers in a banquet room of the Ronkonkoma Holiday Inn last week.

The weather may be warm, but it won't be a beach day at four beaches in Suffolk County.

Southampton Town Police charged the following individuals with third-degree unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, last week: Juan Feliciano, 43, of Hampton Bays; and Frank Puma, 29, of Ronkonkoma.

Charter-flight company Rectrix Aviation Inc. announced yesterday that it has completed the purchase of New World Jet Corp.

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.

Robert Bowen, 34, of Ronkonkoma, an Iraq war veteran and a seven-year Suffolk police officer, died Monday after a car crash on the LIE.

An off-duty Suffolk County police officer was killed in an early-morning crash Monday on the eastbound Long Island Expressway after he apparently lost control of his car, struck another vehicle, hit a guardrail and was ejected from the car.

Bernadette Bonanno's dad, Frank Crehan, and his seven children in 1967. Bernadette Bonanno is the one on the far right, sitting in the chair, "suffocating" her sister.

Splashing around at one of New York's water attraction is a great cure for bored kids.

How often are new moms fumbling in their purse for a pen and paper to mark dates for story time and mommy fitness, to schedule play dates, or jot down an important doctor's appointment? Mom Tanea Smith found herself in the same predicament one afternoon at her pediatrician's office.

A Sachem student was confirmed to have swine flu, and another student in the district had a possible case of this particular strain of H1N1 influenza virus A, according to school officials.

After serving for more than 80 years as a place of respite and a spiritual hub, the Cenacle Retreat House in Lake Ronkonkoma is set to come down.

It's impossible to miss the signs of recession on Long Island. In almost every town stores are closing, causing strip malls to empty out, auto dealers once packed with newly waxed rides to vacate and long-abandoned sites that may have been close to a rebirth to lie in state a bit longer.

For Long Islanders and particularly for Suffolk County residents, the latest Metropolitan Transit Authority budget deal gives new meaning to "Watch the Gap." The gap we see is between the increase we will now have to pay the MTA and the service we receive.

Robert Bertucelli, a CPA in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is merging his CPA practice into Satty Levine & Ciacco, a firm based in nearby Jericho, N.Y. The merger will create a combined firm with over 20 professionals.

A City Court judge levied fines exceeding $18,000 on an errant property owner after a trial at which neither she nor her attorney were present.

Dan J., on May 21st, 2009, peacefully at home in Northport, surrounded by his family.

Even as Americans commemorate their war dead this weekend, there was cause for celebration at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma Saturday - soldiers came home safe.