Brookhaven News

In an era when upstate New York villages have been fending off proposals that they dissolve in the name of consolidation and less taxes, voters in this South Shore Suffolk County hamlet approved a measure this week to incorporate their hometown.

MRAKOVCIC FAMILY COURTESY PHOTO A Franklin Square couple bought this dog, Layla, as a puppy three years ago from Blue Haze Dobermans in Middle Island.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is one of four institutions that will share $5.25 million to develop a superconducting magnet energy storage system to help harness renewable energy, officials at the Upton-based lab said.

Four homeowners, two from Farmingville and two from Holtsville, had their applications approved by the Town of Brookhaven Zoning Board last week.

Mastic Beach residents will vote Tuesday on whether the 11,500-resident hamlet will become the ninth incorporated village in Brookhaven Town.

A Middle Island dog breeder was arrested Monday for animal cruelty after she was found to be mistreating her six Doberman pinschers, authorities said.

Where Member Items Go In addition to supporting human service programs, legislative discretionary funding is distributed to an extremely broad range of organizations and purposes.A Here are just a few major categories and examples of individual grants.

A familiar door will soon be ready to open once again at the corner of Homestead Avenue and Middle Country Road in Coram.

Just in case you've missed the news coming out of the Towns of Brookhaven and Islip this past week, here's a sampling of what's going on: Islip Councilwoman Bergin Weichbrodt speaks with boy scouts Islip Town Councilwoman Trish Bergin Weichbrodt spoke with 12 ambitious Boy Scouts who are working for their Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.

Hell hath no fury like when senior citizens are denied their weekly bingo game. This was the message the Town of Brookhaven board received at last week's meeting.

Blydenburgh Park in Smithtown and Southaven Park inA Brookhaven are now open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., per Suffolk County's website .

COURTESY PHOTO Suffolk SPCA Chief Roy Gross, Sgt. Regina Benfante and Legislator Jon Cooper, with Justin, a Doberman mix who was rescued from a Centereach home were he was neglected and malnourished.

Lately we've looked at the business side of the clean energy movement, but this week the series shifts its focus back to the government side.

The sewer pump station in Patchogue Village will be retooled thanks to $1 million from the state.

The Town of Brookhaven today secured a $45,000 grant to investigate whether or not the Gordon Heights Fire District should be dissolved.

Suffolk County Government Photos Credit Suffolk County Government http://o4.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/273x203/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/a813d04d428c25761d8b362c8da6d661?1282324733 Lights have been placed at the Farmingville-Holtsville Veterans Memorial Park on Horseblock Road.

Two development projects planned for Middle Country Road in Middle Island spurred several hundred people to show up in and around Brookhaven Town Hall on Tuesday, as town officials were set to hear public comments on both proposals.

Brookhaven Town's senior services director was charged Thursday with keeping town snowblowers in her home and doctoring forms to be reimbursed for books having nothing to do with aging, authorities said.

Is it unethical to talk about ethics investigations in public? That was a large part of the contentious debate Tuesday evening at Town Hall as Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko and Councilwoman Jane Bonner went verbally toe-to-toe in front of hundreds of town residents.

Brookhaven Town's move to shut down a Bingo operation in Middle Island has made for some frustrated seniors, who are blaming town officials for throwing their lives in a tizzy.