Famous for his groundbreaking shows, the American stage director, who died this summer at the age of 83, was also a great ...

Forget the National Golf Links of America and Shinnecock and Maidstone. Forget Garden City and Piping Rock and The Creek Club. And please, save yourself the seasickness on your ferry over to Fishers ...

Flames and heavy smoke spewed on Long Island overnight as fire tore through a row of businesses and a church, leaving one firefighter with minor injuries and the charred remnants of livelihoods on the ...

As is to be expected of public transport in New York, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) can be monstrously busy. In fact, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) says it's "the busiest commuter ...

Open doors of a Long Island Rail Road train. - Spencer Platt/Getty Images The last time the Long Island Rail Road went on strike was in 1994. In June of that year, a headline in The New York Times ...

Oktoberfest season began officially this year on Sept. 20, but lovers of German beer, food and culture can enjoy festivals across Long Island throughout the whole month of October. Plattduetsche Park ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WFSB) - There is a new pitch to add a bridge from Bridgeport to Long Island to reduce travel time between the two states. The bridge would be 14 miles long, and developers say it ...

Last week, after a delay of 10 days, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) finally posted on its website the vote totals from its members to authorize a strike at the Long Island ...

Thousands of abandoned lobster traps have silently littered Long Island Sound for decades. Now, a local effort to locate them all has received a significant boost. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

One Long Island school district has been named the second best in the entire country. The title goes to Syosset Central School district, according to the website Niche.com. Three other Long Island ...

A Long Island man who appeared to be passing through a crosswalk was killed by a bus driver making a left turn Wednesday morning. There were no children aboard the bus when the fatal collision ...