Brookhaven

Long Island officials object to LIRR fare hike plan

Elected officials are calling on the MTA to abandon the plan for an increase on LIRR fares.

March 2

Long Island students help disabled classmate compete with robotics team

Alex Grundmann loves legos and robotics so it only made sense for him to join the middle school robotics club when he entered sixth grade. 

February 20

Long Island cheer squad wins a national title

A cheerleading team from Suffolk County won a national title.

February 11

Brookhaven National Lab chosen for new particle accelerator facility

A new nuclear physics research facility called the Electron-Ion Collider will be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory over the next decade.

January 31

NYPD officer, fiancee charged in death of boy on Long Island

The father of an eight-year-old boy and the father's fiancee were arrested in connection with the boy's murder on Long Island.

January 25

Long Island student helping animals orphaned by wildfires in Australia

11-year-old Lily Rosengard has become a young hero in her community for sewing dozens of different colored “Joey” pouches to send off to Australia, in hopes that they’ll help nurse marsupials orphaned by Australia's wildfires back to good health.

January 17

Long Island man accused of shooting neighbor’s cats with pellet gun

A man from Mount Sinai has been arrested for allegedly shooting three of his neighbor’s cats with a pellet gun.

November 14, 2019