When responsible first-time homebuyers need help buying a home, the family bank sometimes can lend a hand.

A pink cottage in Flanders, down the road from Reeves Bay, has hit the market for $300,000.

A Maltipoo puppy worth about $2,500 was stolen from a Huntington Station pet store Monday morning, Suffolk police said in asking for the public's help to find the thief.

Congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in a Democratic primary to face Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether she can use campaign funds for childcare.

Geraldine Hart, a 21-year-veteran of the FBI, spent her first day as acting commissioner in wall-to-wall meetings, hard at work on her first objective: a top-to-bottom assessment of the department.

Emergency workers from several departments scrambled after the first call. Now all they can think about is how much worse the injuries could have been.

Breaking ranks

An "enforcer" in the MS-13 gang tried to recruit new members by threatening to kill those who refused, authorities said in announcing a conviction.

A grand jury has indicted a Deer Park man for causing the death of an Adelphi University student in November when he dragged her through a parking lot and then ran over the woman, officials said.

Investigators will review county data to determine how positions were advertised and how many applicants responded to job postings.

Failing air handling equipment at Northport has caused problems there, forcing operating room closures for months at a time.

It's no joke, people. Forecasters are saying Long Island could well see temperatures make at least a brief visit to the 60s later this week.

The neglected home and an accessory structure had fallen into disrepair, and overgrown vegetation posed a fire hazard, officials said.

East Hampton Town officials say the project will cost $850,000, and they've discussed creating a special taxing district to pay for future repairs.

Suffolk Democrats may still have $300,000 in unpaid debts from the last campaign, but the party has put $103,546 into the 10th Assembly District special election for former Suffolk Legis. Steve Stern.

A Cutchogue man who was previously convicted of drunken driving was arrested under Leandra's Law after driving "erratically" in Aquebogue over the weekend with a 5-year-old boy in the vehicle, Riverhead police said.

After a short-lived weight loss, the retiree took three years to lose nearly 60 pounds. She says now, "I've made it part of my life."

The Village of Babylon has proposed an $11.2 million budget for fiscal year 2019 that would keep taxes flat and shrink expenditures by $286,000.

One person was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries after the crash, Suffolk County police said Monday morning.

"It's a great opportunity to own a piece of history that has the newer amenities that are enjoyed today," Dayton says.