Suffolk County - NY News

Suffolk County - NY News


Dec 6, 2024

Filardi Is Suffolk's Best

This year's crop of outstanding talent is as deep as we can remember in Suffolk county and that is why the anticipation for who would bring home the coveted Carl A. Hansen Award was as great as ever at this year's awards ceremony.

Dec 3, 2024

Good Riddance: Red Light Cameras in Suffolk are No More

Usually, the Monday after Thanksgiving is understandably filled with nothing but languish.

Dec 3, 2024

New York Expands Life-Saving “Gio’s Law” to Include Police Carrying EpiPens

In a significant step forward for public safety, an amendment to New York’s “Gio’s Law” now enables police officers in Nassau and Suffolk counties to carry EpiPens, critical devices for saving people from life-threatening allergic reactions. The expansion will equip first responders, who often arrive before paramedics, with the tools needed to save lives during anaphylactic emergencies.

Oct 24, 2024

Castillo on Long Island Restaurant Week: 'We're getting back to our pre-COVID levels'

Long Island Restaurant Week is back for its fall season, giving diners a chance to break free from their culinary routine and travel the world one dish at a time, from Cuba to France.

Sep 13, 2024

Suffolk County Farm spokeswoman on Farm Campout: 'It's a special night'

For those looking to spend family time away from cellphones and other distractions, the Cornell Cooperative Extension has a suggestion with its Farm Campout the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 14, with a rain date of Sept. 21.

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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk

The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.


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History Comes Alive at Military Museum

The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.


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Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before