Yaphank News

A Mastic man was killed Wednesday in a motorcycle accident when he collided with a tractor-trailer in Yaphank, Suffolk police said.

Bill Park of Manorville used an outside pole starting position and a first lap caution flag to his advantage Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway on his way to his first win of 2009 in the 35-lap NASCAR Modified feature.

YAPHANK Suffolk County Police have arrested two brothers for the theft of braided copper wire at the Long Island Power Authority right-of-way in Yaphank.

Call it the Long Island Expose-way. A naked man who has been seen several times along the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County was arrested Thursday night near Exit 57, authorities said.

Two brothers wanted to steal valuable metal wire they saw on the ground next to Suffolk police headquarters in Yaphank, police said, but their efforts Thursday only gained them access to a night in a steel cell, and the possibility of many more.

Joseph Gagliano, the Yaphank man accused of exposing himself to drivers on the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County last week, has a history of lewd acts, according to court records.

Yaphank Police say they had many calls about a naked man, sited along the Long Island Expressway at various spots between Yaphank and Islandia.

Two men landed behind bars after they were caught trying to steal 225 feet of copper wire from property next to a Long Island police station.

Great Egrets are one of many piscivores that utilize the Carman's River's diverse fish resources.

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.

Have you ever been to Cooperstown, New York? It is possibly the most boring town in the universe.

Yaphank When he got busted, he knew the drill... The man arrested and accused of robbing a bank in Huntington Station is a retired New York City police officer.

School board veteran William Miller is one of four candidates seeking election to three open seats on the Longwood Board of Education.

Susan Ciano sat quietly Friday under a big tent among the mourners and dignitaries at what may be Suffolk's most somber annual ceremony.

The North Sea firefighters have been hammered with an unprecedented number of fires in their district of late.

May 13, 2009 8:31 am US/Pacific YAPHANK, N.Y. There was a strange encounter on the Long Island Expressway on Tuesday.

YAPHANK Suffolk County Executive Steven Levy and the Suffolk County Legislature have authorized the donation of 660 decommissioned personal body armor vests to a U.S. Army Command in Afghanistan, for use in reinforcing military craft.

The nationa s largest food-service company has purchased a 526,000 square foot industrial property on about 46 acres in Central Islip for $30 million, according to a source.

Yaphank Suffolk County is going to do some recycling which will save not only the planet, but the lives of U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.

A vehicle overturned Wednesday morning on the eastbound Long Island Expressway in Yaphank , sending a woman to the hospital with minor injuries, Suffolk County sheriffs said.