Wading River Fire Department

A resident cut down a tree that hit a power line on Sylvan Drive, Wading River Fire Chief Kevin McQueeney said. The impacted line was the “neutral” and “once the neutral dropped out, you had unregulated power going all over the place,” he said.

Riverhead Police detectives and the Suffolk County Arson Squad are investigating a house fire last night on Overlook Drive in Wading River.

Three people were injured in a two-car crash this morning at the intersection of Middle Country Road and Wading River-Manor Road.

Jim Donovan had just sat down at his desk in his home office on a Sunday morning in October. The next thing he knew, he was on a hospital gurney somewhere wondering what happened to him.

On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 7, in two-degree weather, the Wading River Fire Department delivered a busload of food to seven local church pantries.

The Wading River Fire Department's popular “Stuff-A-Bus” food drive is back this year, collecting canned and non-perishable goods that will be delivered to local food pantries and soup kitchens.

Wading River Fire District voters for the second time in four years have rejected plans put forward by district commissioners to repair, upgrade and expand fire district facilities. Elections for two commissioners resulted in one race being too close to call.

A 61-year-old woman was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center after she struck a pole and flipped her vehicle on Sound Avenue in Wading River just before 10 this morning.

Heidi's Helping Angels will honor RVAC paramedic Joseph Oliver and the late Thomas Lateulere at its annual fundraising dinner coming up on Oct. 6.

Six divers are now searching for the two men, ages 18 and 20, in what police say has shifted to a recovery effort.