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• Pedestrian accident closes LIE ramp

  A Long Island Expressway off ramp in Medford has been closed because a pedestrian on the service road was hit by a car, authorities said.The accident happened about 6:30 p.m. on the north service road at Exit 63, North Ocean Avenue, said Suffolk police a 2/13/12 Read more »

• David Laffer victim's kin to sue doctor

  The family of one of four people killed during a Medford pharmacy holdup says it's filing a lawsuit against the doctor who allegedly prescribed painkillers to David Laffer, the convicted murderer, The Associated Press reported Thursday.The attorney for t   Read more »

• Cops: Woman, wearing Eli jersey, arrested after chase

  A Mount Sinai woman, high on drugs, crashed her sport utility vehicle into a Suffolk County patrol car early Tuesday after leading officers on a chase of nearly seven miles through Medford, Gordon Heights and Coram , police said.Police said the chase beg   Read more »

• Suffolk League Championships Tomorrow: Some (Potential) Matches to Watch

  League I 106- Nick Piccininni (Ward Melville) vs. Eric Orellana (Brentwood) 126- Marc Gonzalez (Brentwood) vs. Armani Hendrickson (Patchogue-Medford), Hendrickson defeated Gonzales back on January 11, 9-5. 132- Diego Ramirez (Brentwood) vs. Eddie Gomez (   Read more »

• Walmart East Patchogue plan draws debate

  A planned 98,000-square-foot East Patchogue Walmart has divided residents who believe the big box store would bring jobs and commerce from those who fear it would cripple traffic and the local economy.That was the message about 350 people sent Brookhaven   Read more »

Around the web

• Another two-car accident with minor injuries in Medford

  A two-car accident at the intersection of Taunton and Tuckerton roads resulted in minor injuries for one person, police said. According to police, Kimberly Williams, 46, of Five Crown Royal Parkway in Marlton, was driving north on Taunton Road near Tuckerton 9:35 AM from South Jersey Local News Read more »

• S. Jersey Scoreboard

  8. BT: Shahad Crawley 19, Kenny Davis 4, Josh Grewal 4, Remi Oclulana 9, Shelby Parris 6, Brandon Roche 4, Jalon Wilson 26. Medford Tech 19 17 9 15 - 60 Moorestown 14 14 14 11 - 53 MT: Donte Ali 9, Elijah Cain 13, Kennedy Chukwuocha 29, Myles Powell 4, Kris 2/13/12 from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »

• S. Jersey Scoreboard

  Township 45 Girls' Basketball SOUTH JERSEY INVITATIONAL Holy Cross 50, Eastern 41 BURLINGTON COUNTY FREEDOM Pemberton 49, Medford Tech 30 TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE CLASSIC Clayton 52, Wildwood 47 NONLEAGUE St. Joseph 36, Haddon Township 26 Camden 58, Pennsauken   from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »

• Long Island pharmacy massacre

  people were killed when pill addict David Laffer robbed a Medford, N.Y. pharmacy. Now the survivors of victim Jamie Taccetta are suing a variety of defendants including the drugstore whose pharmacist was killed, the Suffolk County police and a former commissioner,   from Overlawyered Read more »

• Crime Report: Grand Larceny, Disorderly Conduct

  in the fifth degree involving cocaine. Sharon Strub, of Medford, was arrested in Patchogue on Feb. 3 and charged with petit larceny. Levy Terry, of East Patchogue, was arrested in East Patchogue on Feb. 3 and charged with criminal contempt in the second degree   from Patchogue Patch Read more »