Carl MacGowan

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

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

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

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

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

Ho Hum Beach has been a bureaucratic paradox since 1963, when the village bought the property for $25,000.

The Coram lot is often littered with alcohol containers and drug needles, civic leaders and town officials said.

Officials blamed the fire on recent dry conditions, although a cause has not been determined.

Brookhaven rejected calls from some environmental advocates to let the pond return to its natural state, saying it plays a key role in the hamlet's history and economy.

The former Kings Park Psychiatric Center is a favorite haunt for those convinced it's the home of real-life spirits and specters.