The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 62 beaches including Amityville Beach, Tanner Park and Venetian Shores Beach. The advisory is based on the ...

The following incidents were reported by the Suffolk County Police Department, local law enforcement agencies, and emergency services units. PETIT LARCENY West Babylon — A person stole approximately ...

Suffolk County Police First Squad Detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed two people and seriously injured four others in West Babylon early this morning. Police said that ...

At the north edge of Babylon village, Southards Pond lies in a square-shaped man-made pond. The Southard brothers transformed an open pasture into the pond for their cattle. They used horsepower to ...

Brittany Probst and John Ballantyne have been appointed as the two new assistant principals at West Islip High School in the West Islip School District. Ms. Probst was formerly a mathematics teacher ...

Marie and Lisa Cortina, a mother-daughter duo, attended the North Babylon Street Fair earlier this month and praised the event as a great way to bring the community together and kick off the warm ...

The polls have closed and the following results have been announced in school budget votes, trustee elections and special propositions. Babylon The Babylon School Budget was approved 630 votes to 232.

The Babylon Bocce Club’s summer morning leagues on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be starting soon. The club is accepting teams and individual players. For a registration form, email ...

Jamie Papandrea of Sayville has been appointed director of the West Islip Public Library, and she is eager to engage with the community. “I think the library is the one institution in society where ...

Carolyn James, editor and publisher of the Babylon Beacon, Amityville Record, and Massapequa Post, received the 2023 Outstanding Media Award from the Public Relations Professionals Society of Long ...

After Joann’s Fabric and Craft store shuttered its doors at 735 Montauk Highway last year, the empty storefront at the east end of the Great South Bay Shopping Center became an unlikely refuge.

Cat tongues often feel like sandpaper. A poem below may offer one reason: CAT KISSES Sandpaper kisses on a cheek or chin, that is the way for a day to begin. Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr— I ...