Lake Ronkonkoma Beach in the Town of Islip has been closed to bathing as a result of higher than acceptable levels of blue-green algae, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services said Wednesday.

LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Lake Ronkonkoma has re-opened, after being closed to swimming for five days due to elevated levels of a blue-green algae. The state re-opened the lake because ...

Ronkonkoma Beach is closed to bathing Thursday because of elevated bacteria levels, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services announced. “Bathing in bacteria-contaminated water can result in ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Long Island taxpayers have become fed up with pollution and trash at their once favorite beach. Suffolk County residents have been told that swimming is now off-limits in ...

Once a summer paradise, Lake Ronkonkoma is in trouble, and it has nothing to do with Native American folklore. Locals say saving it will take unity — and urgency. On a bright summer morning, sunlight ...