Power had to be cut to downed utility wires draped over a car before workers could rescue the driver, who hit two poles Thursday night in Holbrook, police said.
Plans to grow dual language programs in the Hempstead school district elicited a mixed reaction from members of the Board of Education on Thursday night, highlighting the divide between trustees.
Hundreds of residents turned out for a meeting late Thursday to voice their opposition to a Plainview developer's proposed 1,365-unit luxury apartment community on the site of the former Island Hills Golf Club in Sayville.
The state Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld a revision in Suffolk County's farmland preservation program allowing auxiliary agricultural uses on land to which the county has purchased development rights.
A North Babylon man has been arrested in Brentwood after prosecutors said he tried to sell almost 2.5 kilograms of heroin in a sting, prosecutors said on Thursday.
For the second day in a row, Ward Melville High School in East Setauket referred a perceived threat posted on social media to the police, officials said.
Police said he robbed a woman in a drugstore parking lot, pushing her to the ground and stealing her purse and keys. When a witness tried to intervene, police said, the man assaulted her, too.
Heavy sand buildup from recent storms has narrowed Moriches Inlet to levels dangerous to navigation, prompting a call for federal help to expedite dredging the waterway.