But the 243-acre lake — the largest on Long Island — has a darker history ... Christopher Roach, an actor and comedian who grew up in Lake Ronkonkoma and plays a volunteer firefighter in ...

As the deepest lake on Long Island, Ronkonkoma has been called “bottomless,’’ although even the most strident believers in “The Lady of the Lake’’ acknowledge that isn’t true.

is featured in this month's Long Island's Hidden Past segment. Three different tribes lived around Lake Ronkonkoma. To them, the lake was sacred, and used to do their hunting and fishing.

After featuring Lake Ronkonkoma in her upbeat historic retrospective, News 12 Long Island’s Danielle Campbell learned first-hand how the once charmed area of her youth had suffered after years ...

After one of those died, the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Commission ... "It's part of the legacy of that part of Long Island." Leif Easterson, a historical commission member who runs a Facebook ...

LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A knife-wielding man targeting popular chain stores on Long Island got away with yet another robbery on Sunday. As CBS2's Scott Rapoport reported, police ...

LAKE RONKONKOMA, Long Island (WABC) -- Police are investigating an armed robbery that targeted a Pokemon Go player on Long Island. Authorities say a 19-year-old man was walking along Lake Shore ...

LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Demolition has begun for an eyesore on Long Island that had become a haven for gangs and the homeless, but what comes next for the former Bavarian Inn?

LAKE RONKONKOMA, Long Island (WABC) -- A Long Island man is safe on dry land after his kayak overturned in a lake. The incident happened Saturday morning on Lake Ronkonkoma in Suffolk County.

Kevin McCabe's great-great-grandfather, James Cattanach, had a summer estate on Lake Ronkonkoma ... spruce believed to be the only tree from Long Island, it was also the first Christmas tree ...