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Tenia Campbell, the Medford mother accused of killing her twin daughters, intentionally suffocated them and drove to Montauk with their bodies in the car, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said yesterday at her arraignment on upgraded charges that include first-degree murder.

Nancy Goroff, chairwoman of the university's chemistry department, aims to face Representative Lee Zeldin next year on the Democratic ticket.

More than six years after the project was proposed, Hook Mill Estates, a subdivision with 11 house lots on 10.5 acres off Accabonac Road in East Hampton Village, will soon be on the market.

East Hampton High School's class of 2019 graduated on Friday, and this group of seniors, according to Adam Fine, the high school principal, is particularly well equipped to deal with the challenges life brings them next.

The 2-year-olds, Jasmin and Jaida Campbell, were likely dead before their mother, Tenia Campbell, now charged with their murder, was found in Montauk with them strapped in their car seats, Suffolk County police said. 

Update, June 27, 11:30 p.m.: A Medford mother was charged with the murder of her twin 2-year-old daughters, Suffolk County police announced late Thursday night. Tenia Campbell, 24, was taken into custody in Montauk County Park earlier that afternoon.

Democratic voters pushed back against East Hampton Reform Democrats' efforts to upend the Democratic Committee's picks for town justice and town trustee in Tuesday's primary, with Andrew Strong winning the justice nomination and Reform Democrats' choices trailing in the trustee race.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc announced on Tuesday that PSEG Long Island will abandon a proposed site in Hither Woods for a new electrical substation and instead build it on a Long Island Power Authority-owned parcel on Shore Road in Montauk, near the site of the present facility.

Joseph Grippo, a 47-year-old who lives on Old Montauk Highway, has been charged with second-degree murder, Suffolk County police announced late Thursday night.  

Four candidates are vying for two seats on the Sag Harbor Village Board Tuesday. Aidan Corish, an incumbent, is seeking a second term, while Robert Plumb, Jennifer Ponzini, and Silas Marder would be newcomers to the board.

The family of the man who was killed in Montauk last week is preparing for his funeral services, while homicide detectives continue to investigate what led to his death on a path in Kirk Park. 

Update, June 7, 1:30 p.m.: Suffolk County police have identified the man killed in Kirk Park in Montauk on Thursday morning as Robert Casado. Mr. Casado was 38 and lived in Montauk. No further information was released.