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Suffolk County officials on Thursday demonstrated the dangers of possessing and using fireworks. The police department also announced increased DWI and BWI enforcement for the Fourth of July holiday. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Suffolk officials warn residents of fireworks danger, urge motorists and boaters not to drink and drive

Townsend Cemetery in East Hills and Davis Family Cemetery in Coram are two of the three historic cemeteries restored with grants from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.

Cemetery cleanup exhumes ancient grime from Long Island gravestones

Public officials and members of the community gather in West Sayville for the opening of the Lt. Michael Murphy Navy SEAL Museum.

Ribbon cutting for Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum

A $300,000 renovation project has been completed on the Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill in Lloyd Harbor. According to the foundation that takes care of the facility, it's among the best-preserved 18th-century-era mills of its kind in the United States.

18th-century tide mill in Lloyd Harbor gets $300,000 renovation

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 "If you are drinking, have a plan," Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said.

Suffolk officials warn residents of fireworks danger, urge motorists and boaters not to consume alcohol

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"There was a jogger on Main Street that it swooped down on and then there was a woman gardening in a church parking lot that got attacked," Northport Police Chief Chris Hughes said.

Northport red-tailed hawk attacks again

Restoration crews are cleaning dozens of headstones — propping up some that had fallen — at graveyards in Coram, East Hills and Yaphank. The ancient burial grounds contain the remains of Revolutionary War veterans and prominent 18th-century Long Islanders.

A $3.2 million proposal to buy two pumper trucks and a tower ladder truck will go before Commack Fire District voters July 12. 

Commack Fire Department seeks to replace aging trucks

The crash, reported early this morning, involved a tractor trailer and a vehicle, Suffolk police said.

Cops: Driver critically hurt in St. James crash

Midway Crossing has won support from many on Long Island, but residents and other critics question its economic viability and potential strain on roads, water and sewers.

Concerns about $2.8B Ronkonkoma convention center, sports complex

Midway Crossing has won support from Long Island economists, business leaders and the tourism industry but critics have concerns about the project, including its economic viability and the potential strain on the area's roads and water and sewer systems.

Residents, officials raise concerns about $2.8B Ronkonkoma convention center, sports complex

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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine that grants made for conserving soil and water resources, like the Suffolk Septic Improvement Program in Suffolk, cannot be counted as taxable income.

Schumer pushes to fix the 'double taxing' problem plaguing Suffolk homeowners

Six Port Jefferson High School students who are also volunteer firefighters left their graduation ceremony — while still in caps and gowns — to help put out a house fire in the town. Newsday TV's Jamie Stuart reports. 

Graduates describe trading caps and gowns for bunker gear in response to fire

Lisa Dabrowski uncovered a long-lost Purple Heart medal at a yard sale in April in Southold that belonged to late Army veteran Robert Hollaman, who was wounded in battle in World War II. His daughter Lynn Bryson attended a ceremony in Riverhead on Sunday to receive the award. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

A Purple Heart medal's journey back to Seattle via Southold

The Smithtown library board on Thursday voted to restore Pride Month displays in its children's reading rooms, reversing its decision at its Tuesday meeting to remove the displays, which drew ire from residents and elected officials.

Smithtown library board restores Pride displays in kids' reading rooms

While supporters of the $2.8 billion Midway Crossing Ronkonkoma redevelopment proposal tout the project's potential for creating thousands of jobs ranging from hotel and airline industry service positions to high-tech health sciences jobs, some town officials and residents say it would strain key infrastructure such as water, roads and sewers. Newsday's Shari Einhorn reports. 

$2.8 billion Ronkonkoma redevelopment plan gets mixed views

In 1971 a fourth-grader from Huntington wrote a letter to a U.S. soldier in Vietnam. Fifty-one years later, Kathleen Ryan gets to meet the soldier she wrote to over five decades ago.

LI woman meets Vietnam veteran she wrote to in 1971

Two horses joined commuters on a Long Island Expressway service road in Holtsville, police said

Cops corral escaped horses on LIE service road

Attendees emphasized the importance of educating people about Black history as Suffolk County celebrated Juneteenth on Monday in Hauppauge with song, prayer and dance. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

'We too are America,' Juneteenth Jubilee attendees say

Family and firefighters pay their respects for fallen former Hauppauge Fire Chief Stephen A. Feron at Saint Thomas Moore Church in Hauppauge on Saturday.

Funeral Mass for fallen firefighter

Suffolk police Det. Lt. Michael Crowley discusses a car accident which left one person dead and others injured.

1 killed in 2-vehicle crash in Commack, Suffolk police say

Artists participate in an exhibit at Brookhaven Town Hall while celebrating Juneteenth, the national holiday marking the day more than 150 years ago when slaves in Texas learned they were free and that slavery in the United States had ended. 

Brookhaven's Juneteenth celebration features works by artists

The father of a teen who accidentally drove into Patchogue Bay on Tuesday night, and the Good Samaritan who rescued her, speak about the ordeal on Wednesday. 

Teen rescued after driving car into Patchogue Bay, Suffolk police say

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