It's important to stay behind the fences on local beaches. If you climb up the dunes, they can collapse while you climb. Besides damaging the dunes, you could get seriously injured.

Both rides originate from the same tower more than 50 feet high.

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Two Suffolk County students have been honored for their "exemplary volunteerism" by the U.S. Tennis Association's Long Island Region.

In an address at Newfield High School in Selden, Bellone said health care expenses now represent 15 percent of the total county budget.

The official start to Atlantic hurricane season is just a week away, but already forecasters said Thursday they're expecting it to be a busy one.

Suffolk County Community College held its 56th commencement Thursday in the Health, Sports and Education Center on the Michael J. Grant campus in Brentwood.

Some Korean-Americans on Long Island said they were disappointed by the news, but were still hopeful for peace on the peninsula.

A temporary ban on harvesting shellfish and carnivorous gastropods -- whelks, conchs, moon snails -- in Huntington Harbor was put into effect Wednesday, after a marine biotoxin was detected, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Thursday in a news release.

The Davis Park marina on Fire Island has reopened in time for Memorial Day weekend, less than seven months after it was destroyed by an autumn storm.

Her 20-acre Bridgehampton estate, Tower Hill, is on the market for $29.5 million, while her 4.4-acre beachfront spread in North Haven is asking $20 million.

A Sayville man who is considered an at-risk adult has been missing since leaving home Tuesday, Suffolk police said.

We met tennis star Sloane Stephens when she was on Long Island recently. Sloane overcame a terrible ankle injury to win the U.S. Open last year -- her first Grand Slam victory. We had a lot of fun talking with her.

The Town of Babylon has hired Pamela Greene, a former Islip Town councilwoman, to serve as a part-time assistant town attorney.

Suffolk Comptroller John Kennedy came under fire last week from Legis. Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) over $345,000 that lawmakers have added to his budget during the past three years, which Hahn said have yet to yield results.

Light winds, sunny skies and warmth are in store Thursday for Long Island, forecasters said.

A former South Huntington district high school teacher has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to rape and other charges stemming from a sexual relationship with a student, online court records show.

A North Babylon man was arrested and charged with drunken driving Thursday after, police said, he attempted to flee the scene of an early morning single-car crash on foot about a block from his home.

Three part-time Saltaire residents are vying for two trustee seats on Friday.

LIRR president Phillip Eng on Wednesday announced plans for two customer forums to be held on Long Island in coming weeks, making good, he said, on his promise to listen to commuters' concerns.