Jokes about the Pine Barrens abound. But visitors willing to look closer will find a place steeped in nature, history and ...

Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency a day earlier after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long ...

The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated ...

Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

Quite the opposite, ecologists argue: Long Island’s pine barrens have burned too little in recent years. If wildfires must be suppressed for public safety, ecologists say, forest managers need ...

Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Saturday evening that she was issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County continues to ...

There may not be a Jersey Devil, but a lot of strange occurrences happen in the large southern section of New Jersey known as ...

Firstly, there's a trip to Sandy Hook, which will give you jaw-dropping and unique views of the Big City. Patch says the best ...

Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating potential arson, ABC 7 New York reports. Officials are probing the possibility of arson in connection ...

When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots for a weekend getaway, they look at me like I just proposed vacationing on Jupiter. I suspect this incredulity ...