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Suffolk County officials say they have found an additional 16 mosquito samples that have tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Thomas Spota was serving a five-year sentence for corruption and witness tampering in connection with ex-police chief James Burke beating a handcuffed man in 2012.
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Suffolk County’s Coastal Resiliency Plan is set to restore 140 acres of vulnerable marshland with the help of nearly $4 million in federal funding.
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Suffolk County voters get to choose this November about whether to fund a water quality improvement plan through a sales tax increase.
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Water was just about the only way to transport food, supplies and information that was vital to the American Revolution.
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Former chief deputy Lisa Black defended the Bellone administration’s response to a cyberattack on county government systems in September 2022. The breach triggered a state of emergency that lasted well into last year.
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Thirty-six turtles died last week on eastern Long Island — a record according to wildlife rescuers, who say cars and lawnmowers can kill the slow-moving animals.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Suffolk Water Quality Restoration Act allowing for county voters to decide by ballot referendum ways to fund updated wastewater infrastructure.
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Voters in Suffolk County are one step closer to seeing a referendum on their ballot this November. The initiative would let residents decide on a tax hike to protect water quality.
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The task force investigating the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island will take on other murder cases that have gone cold in Suffolk County, according to District Attorney Ray Tierney.