Tag: Island

Massive brush fires that raged across Long Island over the weekend may have been caused by someone trying to cook s’mores for breakfast. Residents north of Sunrise Highway in Manorville tried to start a fire in their backyard around 9 a.m. Saturday to cook up the treat despite heavy winds, officials said. A large brush fire is […]

They’re not out of the woods yet. Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an invasive species that could spell another incendiary disaster, officials warn. The southern pine beetle, which migrated to the eastern end of Suffolk County a decade ago, is ravaging […]

A beloved Long Island orthopedic surgeon known for “serenading patients” with music between procedures died Sunday after he collapsed during a local triathlon he competed in every year. Dr. Peter Sultan, a renowned orthopedic surgeon at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, died suddenly at the age of 54 while participating in the Jamesport Triathlon, […]

It was a slow-motion mishap. An SUV sent patrons at a Sag Harbor sidewalk restaurant scrambling out of the way when it rolled onto the sidewalk and knocked over chairs and tables, wild video footage shows. The gray 2006 Honda Element appeared to be easing into a parking spot outside Lulu Kitchen & Bar in […]