Joe Werkmeister

The five towns on Long Island's East End approved budgets that will pierce the state tax cap in 2025, as the municipalities struggled with the rising expense of employees' health care and pensions.

The story was reported by Carl MacGowan Arielle Martinez and Joe Werkmeister . It was written by Werkmeister and MacGowan.

Spectators could face a misdemeanor charge of second-degree reckless endangerment.

The conversation in a group chat between Matt Ambro and his friends Thursday evening centered on the reports of drone sightings in the tri-state area that began in November.

A decades-old Suffolk County program designed to preserve county farmland may soon be expanded to include another heritage industry: commercial fishing.

The Suffolk County Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill toughening its stance on illegal street racing by allowing police to charge organizers and active spectators following a rash of "Fast & Furious" style takeovers.

Both departments say restructuring enhances greater response capabilities, particularly to large-scale incidents.

An approximately 25-foot, deceased humpback whale washed ashore Tuesday on the western end of Napeague State Park in Amagansett, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society.

The Suffolk County Legislature on Tuesday allocated $6.6 million toward rebuilding a dam at Blydenburgh County Park, which collapsed following a catastrophic rainstorm over the summer.

In early November, a small group of volunteers gathers at St. Brigid Roman Catholic Church in Westbury to begin a painstaking process: In the north