Brookhaven

U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) announced $1.5 million for improvements to the Port Jefferson Marina in the Town of Brookhaven, including a wave wall and harbor dredging.

After late August flooding, the Brookhaven Town Council approved a resolution to buy properties to offload excess stormwaters.

The Town of Brookhaven authorizes an intermunicipal agreement with Suffolk County to allocate $20 million towards a long-sought sewer project for the Mastic-Shirley area.

The Town of Brookhaven wants to make Ho-Hum Beach more accessible to all of its residents. The public beach, part of the Fire Island National Seashore, can only be reached by a ferry operated by the Village of Bellport.

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new kind of antimatter nucleus, which could help explain why almost everything in the universe is made of matter —instead of antimatter.

Water was just about the only way to transport food, supplies and information that was vital to the American Revolution.

After reports of the disposal of hazardous ash waste, the Town of Brookhaven will try to end its part in a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that burns much of Long Island’s household trash into ash.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the Town of Brookhaven’s plan to explore how to clean up an underground plume of toxic chemicals emanating from the Brookhaven Landfill.

Skye Dodge, 19, of East Patchogue, blames her thyroid cancer on toxic conditions at the Brookhaven Landfill, which is behind Frank P. Long Intermediate School in North Bellport.

In 2021, the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency brought in more than $5 million for charges for services in putting together bigger corporate tax breaks, which is more than any unelected board driving economic development outside of New York City. Advocates and some parents say these deals were made at the expense of local schools and public services.