An oceanfront Fire Island home listed for $2.385 million was featured in the 1984 movie "Garbo Talks" starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher and Harvey Fierstein.

An oceanfront Fire Island home listed for $2.385 million was featured in the 1984 movie "Garbo Talks" starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher and Harvey Fierstein.

The power authority gave the birds a new pole, avoiding a planned weekend protest by residents upset over the old nest's removal.

The test-boycott movement on Long Island continued to post sizeable numbers Wednesday for the fourth consecutive year -- though opt-out figures were down in some districts -- as schools in the region and across New York began giving state English Language Arts exams in traditional paper-and-pencil style.

The result came from a groundwater monitoring well, but Suffolk County plans to offer testing of private drinking water wells at 107 nearby homes.

Citing concerns over traffic, school overcrowding and a diminished quality of life, opponents of a proposed mixed-use development permit in Babylon Town called on the town board at a hearing Wednesday to let residents vote on the controversial plan.

A Bellport girl was seriously wounded after a dog attacked her inside her home and had to be fended off with a shovel Wednesday, Suffolk police said.

Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place Thursday, as groups across Long Island recall the 6 million Jews and other people killed by the Nazis.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were among VIPs who ate for free under the "H comp" button.

King Sweeney voted Tuesday to table a measure by Gillen to boost oversight of town contracts.

Montauk Highway in Water Mill was closed in both directions for about an hour Wednesday afternoon after a multivehicle accident, state officials said.

While former businessman Harendra Singh, during his testimony, often found it impossible to answer yes or no, William Savino took the long way 'round in answering queries from prosecutors and defense attorneys

Laura Gillen is challenging personnel moves approved by the town board during former Supervisor Anthony Santino's final meeting.

The governor signed the bill in Brentwood on the anniversary of the slayings of four young men that police attributed to gang members.

With balloons, signs and a police-motorcycle escort, injured Suffolk County Police Officer Donald Dillon returned home a month after police said a drug-impaired driver crashed head-on into his police car.

A super PAC run by Suffolk police unions last year made more than $755,000 in independent expenditures on local political races including a record $329,600 to promote the election of former Police Commissioner Tim Sini for county district attorney.

Suffolk County police said they are seeking the public's help in solving the theft of gay pride flags from the front of a residence in Oakdale.

The state will hold a pair of hearings in Nassau and Suffolk next week to explore the performance of PSEG Long Island during two of last month's four nor'easters.

The Saltaire post office will stay open at least through the summer while officials and residents figure out how to handle the volume of packages that overtakes space and overwhelms staff.

A Huntington Town Board member blasted a land transfer approved at a meeting Tuesday by his colleagues as "unconscionable."