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A Deer Park man is fighting for his life hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a brutal assault and carjacking, police say.
A West Babylon teen escaped an attempted kidnapping as she walked home from school on Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County police told Patch.
A pedestrian was hospitalized after getting hit by a car and seriously injured in Deer Park on Thursday evening, Suffolk County police say.
An Islip man was found guilty of sexually abusing his teen daughter and faces up to 14 years in prison, the Suffolk County DA says.
North Babylon High School senior Jayden Tran has been selected as a QuestBridge Scholar.
Anthony Suppa, a United States Marine Corps veteran founded Slice of Charity as "a movement of kindness."
The 9-year-old son of Centerport's Kerri A. Bedrick, 32, died in a car crash after she drove the wrong way on the Southern State Parkway.
The West Sayville Fire Department extinguished a vehicle fire on Monday in the parking lot of a Chase Bank on Long Island.
Two Queens women were arrested and charged with prostitution after police raided a Suffolk County massage parlor on Wednesday, police say.
A West Babylon high student-musician performed with the New York State School Music Association’s All-State orchestra in Rochester.
Amityville parents are gathering at Wednesday's school board meeting to oppose the proposed closure of Northeast Elementary School.
The West Islip Fire Department is hosting a blood drive on Thursday.
Albert Cinotti was voted in as the new Fire Commissioner of West Islip during Tuesday night's election.
An industrial property with a warehouse in West Babylon has sold for over a million dollars, according to Long Island Business News.
Adrianna Assoon, a student in the West Islip Union Free School District, won an art contest hosted by the American Legion.
Lindenhurst's Tree Of Warmth is accepting new and like-new coats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and hats for those in need of all ages.
Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly is relocating his office to Deer Park in response to restructured district lines.
Deer Park High School honored 19 outstanding student champions at the annual Breakfast for Champions in November.
Suffolk County Police Department's 193rd Recruit Class was sworn in Monday, and will spend the next 32 weeks training at the police academy.
Suffolk police are searching for a man who wore a Michael Myers mask when he slashed another man with a knife in Central Islip on Halloween.
