Carl MacGowan

Brookhaven is expecting a $21 million revenue shortfall from the town's landfill, which will stop accepting constructing and demolition debris next year.

The men were charged under the county's "evergreen law," enacted earlier this year to deter illegal dumping on public lands, according to prosecutors.

Construction costs and property taxes could rise as a result of Brookhaven's plan to close its landfill by 2028, officials have said.

Town officials and civic leaders envision the project reversing the hamlet's decades of downtown deterioration.

The library includes spacious reading rooms, new areas for children and teens, and high-tech 3D printers, officials said.

On a half-mile stretch of Neighborhood Road in the hamlet's business district, as many as 140 vacant and aging properties could transform into a mix of townhouses, condominiums, stores and parking areas.

Chief Andrew Owen and four other officers resigned, and Assistant Chief Charles Gennaro retired, the mayor said.

Brookhaven closed on the purchase of the shuttered aircraft parts manufacturing plant Wednesday, county and town officials said.

The Tempo hotel would be the South Shore village's only hotel.

Port Jefferson officials approved a measure after an unattended weapon was found in a village hall bathroom in recent weeks.