Carl Macgowan

A Stony Brook dam and road that collapsed in a storm nearly two years ago will be rebuilt and restored to look as they did before, after officials said they resolved an ownership dispute and forged a plan to share responsibility for reconstruction. Offici... See more

A Brookhaven IDA board member is facing backlash from town officials and Long Island builders after he said at a board meeting he opposed tax incentives to spur affordable housing development because they attract residents who are "lazy" and don't "apprec... See more

A reported break-in at the Centereach post office may have included the theft of about two dozen checks sent to the Brookhaven Town tax receiver's office, officials said Wednesday. Alarmed taxpayers called Brookhaven Town Receiver of Taxes Louis Marcoccia... See more

Margaret Mary Katherine Sheprow of Port Jefferson was Irish Catholic through and through, her children said, from her name to the St. Patrick's Day meals of corned beef and cabbage she served to family and friends. That spirit of hospitality served Shepro... See more

John Hill had no idea when he left his home in southern England that he would someday run Brookhaven National Laboratory — what he called "the best place in the world for studying science.” Forty years after arriving in the United States, Hill last week w... See more