Peggy Spellman Hoey

3 weeks ago | patch.com | Peggy Spellman Hoey

SHIRLEY, NY — Detectives are investigating the stabbing of a man in Shirley on Sunday night, Suffolk police said. A 911 caller reported a man stabbed on Oakwood Drive, just north of Neighborhood Road, at around 8:30 p.m., police said, adding that when officers arrived, they found a 44-year-old man with a knife wound. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The 7th Squad in Shirley is investigating. Further information was not released.

3 weeks ago | patch.com | Peggy Spellman Hoey

LONG ISLAND, NY — Suffolk officials said Sunday that while the county has not received information of similar threats locally in relation to the reported terror incident in Colorado, the police department has increased its presence in the vicinity of religious institutions and houses of worship.

3 weeks ago | patch.com | Peggy Spellman Hoey

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV in Farmingville on Sunday afternoon, Suffolk police said. The crash unfolded as 38-year-old Patchogue man was driving a 2018 Ford Explorer southbound on Blue Point Road when he tried to make a left turn onto Pinedale Avenue, colliding with a 2018 Kawasaki Ninja being driven northbound on Blue Point Road at 1:17 p.m., according to police.

4 weeks ago | patch.com | Peggy Spellman Hoey

LONG ISLAND, NY — Call it 'grist' for the mill. The Ward Melville Heritage Organization and Town of Brookhaven are disputing which entity owns Harbor Road in Stony Brook — a main thoroughfare linking two villages and now left destroyed by historic flooding last August with the repairs still unresolved — as a group of concerned residents plan a rally on Saturday amid calls for a resolution to the debacle after close to a year.

4 weeks ago | patch.com | Peggy Spellman Hoey

STONY BROOK, NY — Cyanobacteria Blooms found in Roth Pond in Stony Brook were one of three found in Suffolk County this week, health department officials said Friday. Analysis of surface water samples performed by the State University of New York Stony Brook has confirmed the presence of new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue-green algae. Due to these findings, officials are asking residents not to use or recreate in the waters and to keep their children and pets away from the area.