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Winds are Southeast at 6 MPH. The pressure is 30.06" (1017.8 mb) and the humidity is 77%. The wind chill is 48. Last Updated on May 14, 10:53 pm EDT.

NEW YORK----In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings upgrades the rating to 'A+' from 'A' on the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, NY, approximately $21 million outstanding Southwest Sewer System Revenue Refunding bonds series 1999 and 2003.

Lawmakers in Long Island?s Suffolk County want to join some state governments that are sending drivers a message: Stop texting while driving.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings upgrades the rating to 'A+' from 'A' on the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, NY, approximately $21 million outstanding Southwest Sewer System Revenue Refunding bonds series 1999 and 2003. The upgrade aligns the rating on the bonds with the County of Suffolk's rating of 'AA-' and Rating Outlook revision to Positive from Stable. The ...

SEAL BEACH, Calif.----Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded the contract by the Town of Brookhaven, New York, to build and operate a compressed natural gas fueling station and provide CNG fuel for more than 75 waste trucks serving the town's 117,000 homes.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to Suffolk County, New York's (the county) approximately $69.4 million public improvement serial bonds- 2008 series A. The bonds are general obligations (GOs) of the county, payable from an unlimited ad valorem tax pledge. The bonds are scheduled to be priced via competitive sale on May 20. Bond proceeds will be used to fund capital improvement projects ...

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to Suffolk County, New York's approximately $69.4 million public improvement serial bonds- 2008 series A. The bonds are general obligations of the county, payable from an unlimited ad valorem tax pledge.

Lawmakers in Long Island's Suffolk County want to stop texting while driving.

The assistance of Senior Citizens will be obtained for environmental conservation and natural resources management under a programme drawn up by the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry on a concept of Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka.

To boost the nesting success of birds such as piping plovers and ospreys, more than 2,000 acres of state parkland on Long Island's East End will be designated as New York State's 50th bird conservation area.

One woman said her husband now comes home from work only on weekends, the rising price of gas making it all but impossible for him to afford a daily commute between his home in East Moriches and his job in Maspeth, Queens.

As city workers replace signs in Park Slope, alternate-side parking rules are being suspended for a few months.

Authorities can remove newborns in all but an ?extraordinary instance? if the parents previously had children taken from their custody and their case is still open.

To avoid being subject to a New York State law that would have forced it to collect sales taxes on sales to New York residents, Overstock.com has cut off its dealings with Web sites in the state that send it customers.

The woman accused of being the primary booker for the prostitution ring patronized by Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty under terms of an agreement.

A 1976 triptych painting by Francis Bacon brought a whopping $86.28 million Wednesday night at Sotheby?s big spring contemporary art sale.

With the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer and an approaching state election that has senators desperate for support, labor unions are flexing their muscles in the capital.

Not many investigations are as intricate as the Drug Enforcement Administration?s three-year pursuit of two arms dealers, who are being prosecuted in federal court in Manhattan.

A museum exhibition focuses on the rise in New York of Roman Catholics from a tiny religious minority to a group that changed what it meant to be a New Yorker.

The House overwhelmingly approved a $300 billion farm bill, making it probable that the measure will become law.

The decision may be less of an impediment to oil and gas exploration in Alaska than environmental groups had hoped.

Both the House and Senate voted by wide margins to halt shipments to the strategic petroleum reserve as long as prices remain high.

Senate and House Democrats said that they had reached a tentative agreement on a budget blueprint that sets spending levels somewhat higher than President Bush had requested.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that expensive new conventional weapons must prove their value to current conflicts if they are to be included in further Pentagon budgets.

Senator Arlen Specter is pushing for an independent investigation of Patriots? taping, much like the Mitchell report in baseball.

Travis Childers pulled off a remarkable upset victory in a conservative district, a sign of problems ahead for Republicans.

The Food and Drug commissioner has written Congress that the agency needs an immediate infusion of $275 million to ensure that imported foods, drugs and medical devices are safe.

SEAL BEACH, Calif.----Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded the contract by the Town of Brookhaven, New York, to build and operate a compressed natural gas fueling station and provide CNG fuel for more than 75 waste trucks serving the town's 117,000 homes.

As organizations across the United States mark Cover the Uninsured Week, (April 27-May 3), so will the five community health centers of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, which are working to implement Massachusetts's landmark health care reform legislation.

Officials with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday began investigating an empty lot on Library Avenue in Westhampton Beach, a potential site for a temporary trailer for the Westhampton Free Library during its expansion, after receiving complaints that the area smelled of petroleum.

NEW YORK - Major oil companies' have agreed to pay 153 public water systems to cleanse wells of a potentially carcinogenic gasoline additive, a deal that could grow if more tainted wells are discovered over the next 30 years.

NEW YORK - Major oil companies' multimillion-dollar payment to 153 public water systems to cleanse wells of a potentially carcinogenic gasoline additive could grow if more tainted wells are discovered over the next 30 years.

SAN ANTONIO----Worldwide ERC®, the association for workforce mobility, and Primacy Relocation® announced that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Omaha/Council Bluffs, Nebraska/Iowa; and Rockingham County/Stafford County, New Hampshire are 2008's Best Cities for Relocating Families? among large, medium and small U.S. metropolitan areas.

(Tap Into the City) Tap Into the City?s re-useable water bottle is made from recycled materials. A new green business based in Astoria is teaming up with the non-profit group Riverkeeper to help promote New York City tap water.

For the ninth time in a row Suffolk County has received a grade of F for elevated ozone levels, but Nassau and Suffolk have improved enough to achieve passing grades of C when it comes to sooty, particulate forms of air pollution.

Federal energy regulators are being formally urged by state and local officials and environmentalists in New York and Connecticut to reverse a decision approving the Broadwater liquid natural gas facility.

Chief Warrant Officer Kent Wagner, right, of the New York National Guard from Albany, walks down a fire line created northwest of Lake Awosting.

Bonner Resolution Directs Supervisor Foley to Assert Jurisdiction as Pine Barrens Commission Member

Foley Hails Rating Upgrade, Credits Tough Fiscal Reforms

KEPERT?S INITIATIVE TAPS INTO GROWING ?GREEN? MOVEMENT
Town Will Use Tap Water to Benefit Environment

Town Announces Next Steps in Brookhaven 2030 Comprehensive Plan Revise

Erland Road Property Fronting on Aunt Amy’s Creek Purchased

Seniors flaunt their muscles (and Speedos) at drug-free events.

In about half the cases of stillbirth there are no answers, and couples cannot be sure this tragedy will not repeat.

An old wives? tale says a feverish baby is not always a cause for concern.

Is singing exercise? Could I lose weight by vocalizing?

People with a large pot belly in midlife are at increased risk for dementia in their later years, according to a new study.

Jody P. Weis, superintendent of the Chicago police, has shocked the ranks with talk of mandatory fitness tests and maximum body-fat allowances for officers.

That blissful mood after an intense workout is no coincidence, a study shows.

Vogue made the proposal, but was it indecent?

United Health Group said it will recommend patients continue using Vytorin, despite cardiologists? caution that patients use the drug only if others have failed.

Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts.

The tobacco giant is attacking the F.D.A. as weak and overextended amid a Congressional effort to empower the agency to regulate the tobacco industry.

The agreement represents a truce between doctors and health insurers in their longstanding dispute over how health plans rank physicians? efforts in taking care of patients.

The decline in the nation?s tuberculosis rate is slowing.

Having doctors distribute free samples of medicines may do encourage patients to spend more money on drugs.

Mental health insurance parity raises all sorts of tricky questions. Is an ailment a legitimate disease if you can?t test for it?

Rather than concentrate only on a cure for a common form of muscular dystrophy, researchers are now intent on alleviating its effects.

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