Southampton Town officials are considering a traffic fix this summer that they say will hasten the slow rolling "trade parade" as commuters and tradespeople make their way east in the morning.

Didit emerged as the winning bidder in the first round; a second auction will determine whether the LI firm takes over the former online gossip site.

Huntington Town officials will close a portion of the Long Island Rail Road parking garage in Huntington Station starting June 11 for a waterproofing project.

It will be cloudy most of the day Thursday over Long Island with fog in the morning and possible showers in the afternoon, forecasters said.

A small plane, with reportedly one person on board, crashed in a wooded area off Northcote Drive in Melville, police said. A witness said she saw a small vintage plane spinning in the air and heading down and then heard a loud sound.

A boarded-up house in Hempstead went up in flames Wednesday night for the third time in the last 12 months, the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said.

Lawmakers on the legislature's Economic Development Committee set to discuss $1B project's viability at Wednesday meeting.

Suffolk County police said Wednesday night they had located April Brown, 31, a missing Bay Shore woman.

Long Beach City Council members unanimously approved a proposed nearly $95 million budget Wednesday night that carries an 8.35 percent tax hike for homeowners.

A Coram man stabbed his mother to death during a fight, Suffolk County police said.

One of Steven Pagartanis' alleged victims lost more than $3 million, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said.

St. Joseph's College held its 99th commencement Wednesday at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum.

Eighth-grader Ryan Himmelsbach is knocked out of third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee after incorrectly spelling "dominium."

The U.S. Golf Association is close to an agreement with the Shinnecock Indian Nation on the tribe's participation in the upcoming U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, a USGA spokesman said Wednesday.

The seven women and five men of the jury did not reach a verdict before court adjourned for the day, and they will convene again Thursday for the ninth day of their deliberations.

A banned gasoline additive has been detected above allowable levels in the water at a building that houses Shelter Island's senior center and its only two medical practices.

Officials say they want to review zoning options for the mixed-use area to encourage development that complements the new Blue Point Brewery.

A $130 million construction project has begun on problem intersections of the Nassau Expressway to prevent flooding and ease congestion along the roadway, a 6.35-mile evacuation route that runs from the Atlantic Beach Bridge to Howard Beach.

A centerhall Colonial built on the site of Suffolk's first courthouse is for sale in Southold.

A centerhall Colonial built on the site of Suffolk's first courthouse is for sale in Southold.