Every autumn, after picking apples at an orchard either on Long Island or upstate, I bring them home, bake pies and make applesauce. In December, I make limoncello to give as gifts and enjoy over the holidays, and every week I make a batch of Greek yogurt. For the past 15 years, I've had an ever-brewing container of kombucha on my kitchen counter, and there is always compost in the backyard. I grow an array of vegetables and, summer before last, I cajoled my family to spend a (somewhat miserable) day canning tomatoes under the hot August sun.

State transportation officials will decide in about three months whether a new railroad crossing should be added in Mastic to alleviate chronic traffic congestion.

The proposed spending plan is $75G less than the budget that failed on May 15.

Not far from where President Trump branded the gang a "vile criminal cartel," many feel safer but remain concerned about gang activity.

After months of political whispering, it's now official.

State Police investigators have interviewed the lone survivor of an upstate wedding day crash that left the groom and another off-duty NYPD officer from Long Island dead, a police spokesman said.

Bayville businesses and elected officials said last year's fee of up to $60 per vehicle had hurt beachfront restaurants' seasonal revenue.

Federal transportation officials said a pilot headed to Republic Airport early Tuesday was killed after his small aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The Boardwalk Cafe at Jones Beach, shut since 2004, will open by July Fourth, if not sooner, with "every kind of hamburger," tacos, rice bowls, panini, sandwiches, craft beer and other beverages, officials said on Tuesday.

"We cannot come to an agreement on certain items," the jury foreman wrote U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack.

Islip Town officials said they do not know exactly when the pool at Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood will reopen this summer after six years of being closed by budget cuts and an illegal dumping scheme.

Nicholas Arevalo, who works at the New York Spine Institute in Westbury, performed the Heimlich maneuver on Amaya Gardner there after a piece of candy lodged in her throat, her grandmother said.

THE SCOOP With its wide-range of housing options that includes everything from luxury waterfront houses to co-ops to mobile homes, "Islip hamlet can offer a quality of life for a variety of different lifestyles," says Doris Kennedy, president of the Islip Chamber of Commerce.

With its wide range of housing options that includes everything from luxury waterfront houses to co-ops to mobile homes, "Islip hamlet can offer a quality of life for a variety of different lifestyles," says Doris Kennedy, president of the Islip Chamber of Commerce.

Suffolk Democrats will not hold a party convention to designate candidates before petitions to qualify contenders for the ballot go out on the street June 5.

A historic Center Moriches home comes with views of Moriches Bay and original architectural details. It is on the market for $900,000.

A woman crossing Commack Road in Commack was killed when a vehicle struck her on Monday night, Suffolk County police said.

An ambulance responding to a call collided with a vehicle Tuesday morning in Coram, injuring a paramedic, Suffolk County police said.

The winner will be announced on June 16.