Carl Macgowan

Smithtown Councilman Thomas Lohmann did not attend Thursday's town board meeting, the first since he was charged with assault after an alleged confrontation with a fellow Republican in executive session. The meeting at town hall in Smithtown was to be the... See more

They're both Republicans, they sit together on the Smithtown Town Board, and they're even the same age. So why Councilmen Thomas Lohmann and Thomas J. McCarthy got into an altercation that led to Lohmann's arrest on assault charges two weeks ago is a myst... See more

A Brookhaven National Laboratory physicist received one of science’s most prestigious honors Saturday for groundbreaking research at the Upton lab by a team studying an obscure subatomic particle and its effect on the universe. William Morse of the Brookh... See more

FIOS is coming to Brookhaven. Town officials voted 7-0 on Thursday to approve a five-year franchise agreement with Verizon, which will add the fiber-optic cable service in about one-third of the town. The deal leaves the possibility of expanding service t... See more

A state judge has thrown out Head of the Harbor’s lawsuit alleging that Stony Brook nonprofit The Ward Melville Heritage Organization had failed to repair a dam and pond damaged by an August 2024 storm that also washed away part of a bridge. State Supreme... See more