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Suffolk and Riverhead officials are demanding Navy action on groundwater contamination spreading from the former Grumman site in Calverton.

Police say officers shot Steven Eastwood as he was actively stabbing his mother inside a Northampton home Sunday afternoon.

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after a man armed with a knife was shot and killed by Southampton Town Police officers Sunday afternoon on Topping Drive in Riverhead, police said.

Broad Cove Preserve in Aquebogue has been added to the NYS Birding Trail after habitat restoration and trail improvements. Photos of the preserve.

A conversation with Jessica Farmer, the next principal of Roanoke Avenue Elementary School.

The price tag of the Riverhead Sewer District’s biosolids reduction project has increased to approximately $21.1 million, more than double its original estimated cost.

Deal to preserve Peconic Farms property in South Jamesport falls through amidst controversy over possible recreation use.

Town Board held a public hearing on a code amendment pushed by business committee that contradicts the town's new comp plan.

Peconic Bay Medical Center has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for the second consecutive grading cycle.

The Riverhead Police Department has a new probationary police officer.  Officer Daniel Concannon was sworn in by Chief Ed Frost at the start of Tuesday’s Town Board meeting after the board unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the new hire.