Bay Shore

May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....

One day after Nassau County police arrested a man whose license had been suspended 201 times, Suffolk County police arrested a Bay Shore man with 50 suspensions on his license. Louis Newman, 52, of 100 Queen St., was arrested and charged with first-...

A woman involved in a dispute with her boyfriend Sunday night wound up striking his mother with her car, ending a chaotic Mother's Day in Islip with the girlfriend's arrest, police said. Kristin DiPaola, 20, of Bay Shore, was arrested after the...

When Islip obstetrician Dr. Scott Berlin couldn't find a better incision-making tool to deliver babies by Caesarean section, he got a piece of cardboard and a pair of scissors and started making mock-ups of a new kind of scalpel -- one that wouldn't...

What started as the effort of a group of college students and local teens to create a more welcoming environment for gay and lesbian youth has grown into an expanding Long Island network of community resources and services that marked its first 20 years...

A Bay Shore man was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the August 2010 stabbing death of his estranged wife, prosecutors said. It took the jury four days to convict Wesley Paul, 41, in the slaying of Monica Lisa Paul, 40, of Bay Shore, who...

A Suffolk County Police Department motorcycle patrol officer was taken to a hospital after an apparent one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in Bay Shore. Police said the officer, whose identity was not released, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay...

Superstorm Sandy wrecked Molly Malone's in Bay Shore. Four feet of water flooded the bay-front restaurant, wreaking more than $500,000 in damage. After almost six months, owner Peter Higgins is still working to fully reopen in time for summer....

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Lowe’s will be distributing more than 22,000 traditional, family-style Thanksgiving meals from Boston Market to families in the hardest hit communities of Hurricane Sandy. These heat-and-serve dinners...

An East Islip toddler drowned in a backyard swimming pool Wednesday afternoon, according to the Suffolk County Police. Byron McArthur, 21 months old, entered the pool by climbing up a ladder. A family member found the boy at the bottom of the pool and...

A house explosion on Long Island Tuesday has killed a baby and hospitalized at least fourteen others. The baby, an 18-month-old boy, was rushed to the hospital, but died shortly after, according to reports.  Seven people - six adults and the baby - were...

Break out the bug spray. West Nile Virus is back on Long Island. "The confirmation of West Nile virus in a mosquito pool indicates that the virus is actively circulating within the mosquito population," said Dr. James Tomarken, the Commissioner of...