The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is alerting residents, as air particles from the Western wildfires could cause unhealthy conditions in the state.The department issued the alert on Tuesday, July 27, for all Connecticut counties except Litchfield County. Residents are asked to limit outdoor activities until 11 on Tuesday night.Officials said a smoke plume ...

New air service to three Florida cities is coming to a Hudson Valley airport this fall.New York Stewart International Airport, located in New Windsor in Orange County, is getting ready to launch air service to Miami, Tampa, and Orlando aboard Frontier Airlines, according to an announcement made on Tuesday, July 27.Frontier Airlines said it will schedule flights between New York Stewart ...

Speed may have been a factor in the head-on crash that killed five people and left a woman in critical condition in the Hamptons over the weekend.Village of Quogue Chief of Police Christopher Isola gave an update about the investigation late Tuesday morning, July 27. The crash happened at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 24, on Montauk Highway in Suffolk County, near the ...

A man was arrested after police said he was in a possession of a loaded handgun without a New York pistol permit on Long Island.At about 2:20 p.m. on Sunday, July 25, police stopped a vehicle for speeding on the Southern State Parkway eastbound near Exit 43 in Islip, New York State Police reported.Police said the driver, Jude Charles, age 34, of Darby, Pennsylvania, was found in ...

Click here for an updated story - COVID-19: CDC Updates Guidance On Masks Indoors, In Schools As Delta Variant SpreadsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to announce new guidance recommending that some people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 wear masks indoors.The New York Times reported that the CDC is expected to make the announcement on Tuesday, ...

Two men have been arraigned for their alleged roles in a Long Island gunfight that left one man dead at a Fourth of July party in 2020.An investigation found that Thomas Massenburg, age 20, from Brooklyn, fatally shot Rashawn Cummings at the party in 2020 on West Drive in Massapequa, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith said. Cummings was ...

Police are asking the public for help identifying and locating a person who allegedly fired shots at a vehicle on Long Island.The incident happened in Babylon at about 2:10 p.m. on Friday, July 16, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.Police said an individual in a silver Hyundai that had multiple occupants fired shots at a white BMW at the intersection of Virginia Road and ...

Police are continuing investigating after a 56-year-old man died in a crash on Long Island.The Nassau County Police Department reported that the crash happened in Bethpage at 11:50 p.m. on Friday, July 23.Police said Angelo Leto, of Bellmore, was riding his 2008 Harley Davidson south on the Seaford/Oyster Bay Expressway near the Hempstead Turnpike when he struck a yellow barrier ...

Investigators are searching for a suspect in a burglary at a Long Island home.At 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 25, a 38-year-old woman who lives on Steven Road in Baldwin confronted an unknown male in her living room, according to the Nassau County Police Department.The suspect ran away in an unknown direction and took an undisclosed amount of cash and a debit card, NCPD said. Police ...

In a list that highlights destinations across the globe, from tropical paradises to the sights of solar eclipses in Antarctica, the Hudson Valley has made TIME Magazine's ranking of the 100 World's Greatest Places of 2021.The magazine said the Hudson Valley is growing in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic led many New York City residents to relocate.Additionally, the magazine ...