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Suffolk officials break ground on energy-efficient 4th Precinct
Flanked by environmental advocates, Suffolk County Executive Steven Levy and officials broke ground today on the county's greenest initiative to date -- a new building for the Suffolk County Police Department's ...
Student charged with DWI after crash kills roommate
A Kings Park college student was killed and his roommate cited for driving while intoxicated Thursday after the driver lost control of his car and struck a guardrail and a tree in Smithtown, Suffolk police ...
Suffolk cop sues over injuries at firearms range
A Suffolk County police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was struck and injured by a bullet fragment that ricocheted off a metal target holder at the department's firearms range.
Tankleff will not have to face new trial
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday he would not retry Martin Tankleff, falling short of fully exonerating him in the gruesome slayings of his mother and father 20 years ago.
SCC board agrees to comply with preference law
A reluctant Suffolk Community College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to comply with the county's local preference law , which led lawmakers hours later to restore $58 million in capital building projects.
Riverhead woman charged in restaurant robberies
Talk about your Mac attacks. A Riverhead woman was charged Friday in two robberies and an attempted robbery of three fast-food restaurants -- a McDonald's, a Taco Bell and a Wendy's -- grabbing one manager ...
Storms leave 9,600 without power
Long Island Power Authority spokeswoman Elizabeth Flagler reported 9,659 power outages across Suffolk, with 3,135 in Huntington, 2,089 in Islip, 1,202 in Riverhead and 1,247 in Brookhaven just an hour after the ...
Suffolk Life to cease publication
Suffolk Life appears to be going out of business. Several employees, some speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Times/Review that the newspaper held a staff meeting yesterday morning to announce that the ...
East End: 3 hospitals reach deal on insurance rates
An agreement has been reached among the three hospitals serving eastern Suffolk and Oxford/United Health Plans on new reimbursement rates.
Martin Tankleff awaits return to court
Over 10 warm spring weeks in 1990, 12 men and women gathered in a stuffy courtroom to sit in judgment of a Belle Terre student charged in one of the most horrific crimes Suffolk County had ever known.
Levy sees a regional affordable-housing crisis
Urging state legislative approval for a program that would provide $25 million for affordable housing on Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy told members of the Peconic Community Council ...
Suffolk police probe Taser death of drug suspect
A drug suspect whom Southampton police said they had to Taser twice to attempt to stop him from swallowing a potentially lethal amount of cocaine died nine hours later at a Riverhead hospital, Suffolk police ...
Title insurance agent charged with larcenies
An Islip Terrace woman who worked as a title insurance agent has been indicted after she swindled at least two homeowners out of $500,000, Suffolk prosecutors said.
A county lawmaker is charging that Suffolk continues to approve new capital projects even as older ones lie dormant and never move forward.
Suffolk law enforcement foils hire-a-hitman scheme
Two Riverhead men are under arrest on charges of conspiring with a Michigan relative to hire a hit man to kill five members of a Guatemalan family on Long Island.
Fake police officer pleads guilty
A Holbrook man indicted last year for impersonating a cop and patrolling metropolitan area roads to issue traffic violations, scamming victims he convinced were targeted by criminals and for using his fake ...
Suffolk Life Newspapers, was founded in 1961, by David J. Willmott, as a local shopper-style paper with just over 9,600 in circulation.
Grand jury indicts former private school youth pastor for having sexual relationship with teen
A former private school teacher and youth pastor arrested by Suffolk detectives May 15 for having a sexual relationship with a female teenage student was arraigned today Suffolk County court in Riverhead.
ELIH, Southampton Set To Re-Sign With Empire
With time to spare, Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital have come to a new agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield regarding reimbursement rates for the coming year.
Suffolk police: Riverhead car dealer charged in scam
A Riverhead car dealership owner has been charged with filing fake warranty claims for vehicle repairs that were never performed, Suffolk police said.