Legis. Kevin McCaffrey, Suffolk County Legislature’s first GOP president in 17 years, said he and the Republican majority will push to reduce the county’s user fees, reconsider the red light camera program and block public campaign funding scheduled to begin next year. . McCaffrey, 67, … Read More

Clifford De Bear, a Newsday photographer for nearly five decades who took pictures of presidents, movie stars and ordinary New Yorkers, often from unusual angles and heights, died of kidney disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip on December 31st. He was 92 years … Read More

Loyal patrons of the Manes Studio Theater in Lindenhurst will have to find another way to get their cardio. When the renovated theater officially reopens on January 14, they will no longer have to climb the steep, narrow stairs to reach the second floor. Moving … Read More

It’s Friday night and the Long Islanders pull out to exit 71 at LIE to hear some Billy Joel music from Lords of 52nd Street at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead. In between bites of steak and grilled tuna, their ears whistle up while the … Read More

Police in Suffolk are investigating reports of a loud noise in First Precinct Sunday morning. No details were immediately available and the investigation continues, police said. The first area covers the city of Babylon. Come back for updates on this development story Get the Suffolk … Read More

As the entire Bellport High School varsity football season built up for Saturday night’s Suffolk County Division II championship game, assistant coach Kyle Moodt was worried he might miss it. He was scheduled for surgery last Tuesday to resolve a potentially fatal blood flow problem … Read More

Bellport and Lindenhurst led the kind of defensive fights that were rarely seen in the era of the proliferation offense. Two giant defensive units knocked it out through a scoreless first half and until the final minute of the third quarter. Lindenhurst quarterback David Varela … Read More

Captain Liam Villanti is the heart and soul of a Whitman football team looking for its first title in 37 years. The undersized center and midfielder leads the Wildcats into the Suffolk Division I Championship at Stony Brook University on Friday at Top-seeded and undefeated … Read More

JONATHAN BORKOWSKI, Kings Park He had 231 all-purpose yards and three goals in a 55-21 loss to East Islip. DEREK BURRELL, East Islip He had 244 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in a 55-21 win over Kings Park. He ran after two goals and passed … Read More

1. It’s a pass happy group of teams back in the Nassau and Suffolk high school playoffs. Nine of the 16 starting quarterbacks in this weekend’s semifinal round have thrown in at least 1,000 yards, led by Oceansides Charlie McKee (1,786 yards, 25 TDs), Whitmans … Read More