07.24.2017 Outdoors Coast Guard issues updated water safety guidelines As the popularity of paddle craft — such as kayaks, canoes and stand up paddleboards — increases across the country, so have related marine incidents.
09.03.2016 Uncategorized Two bodies found near where police searched for missing men Rescuers were searching for two men who were swept out to the Long Island Sound while fishing near a boat launch in Wading River Saturday afternoon, authorities said. An 18-year-old man,...
08.14.2016 Police Officers credited with rescuing four boaters in Wading River A pair of Suffolk County police officers helped a family of boaters from Brentwood who had drifted in the Long Island Sound near Wading River Saturday evening, according to...
07.26.2016 Police Riverhead lifeguards save three after boat capsizes at Reeves Beach Two Riverhead lifeguards helped rescue three victims after their collapsible aluminum boat capsized off Reeves Beach in the Long Island Sound at about 1 p.m. Tuesday.
12.14.2014 Community Fireworks, rescue at the BID’s annual downtown Holiday Bonfire This time, rain did not cancel the downtown Riverhead fireworks show, as it had done twice before this year. But there was still some unintended excitement at Saturday’s annual...
07.13.2014 Police Good Samaritan saves three in L.I. Sound near Wading River A rescue by a Good Samaritan in the Long Island Sound near Wading River Saturday night led to confusion when the empty boat was recovered by emergency personnel who...
07.02.2013 Police Southampton police say man pulled from Flanders Bay had died A man found unconscious and not breathing in Flanders Bay Monday afternoon who was pulled aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel had died and was unable to be revived...
07.01.2013 Police Coast Guard, Bay Constables pull two men from Flanders Bay An unconscious man was pulled from Flanders Bay Monday afternoon after a boat sailing from the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center spotted the swimmer in the water, U.S. Coast Guard officials said....