Area fire departments held elections on Tuesday, Dec.12. Here are the results: Bellport Elected new comer John Mehrkens with 79 votes to incumbent Paul Newman’s 42 votes for a …

East Patchogue boy and second-grader (learning at a fourth-grade level) at Verne Critz Elementary School, Kenny Zalenski Jr., 7, is currently hospitalized and in need a of a heart transplant. In …

South Country School District Bellport High School’s valedictorian, Hannah De Los Santos, and salutatorian, Alexandria Lewkowski, took the time to speak with the Long Island Advance about their …

If you see LuAnn Thompson, make sure to wish her a happy anniversary. Thompson’s business, Bellport Arts & Framing Studio, turned 20 this month, and it’s a milestone few small …

Papa Nick’s Pizzeria in Bellport Village has been a community staple for over 20 years. Sal Tauriello and his wife, Alissa took over the joint in 2001 from his father, Nick, the name behind the …

You could call Brian Stoll a Broadway superfan. The West Islip resident has the Playbill from each of the more than 300 Broadway productions he’s seen over the years, many of which are …

The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) held their annual juried invitational high school exhibition at their gallery in Gillette House. With submissions from high schools throughout Suffolk …

Shirley resident and owner of Freshy Fresh Bagels, Will Backhaus, and his son Joshua, 22, a William Floyd High School graduate, will open their second location at the former Spicy’s chicken …

The Rotary Club of Bellport enjoyed another day of service at the Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area with an ice cream social with the Roxy’s Ice Cream catering truck. Fifty …

Jarell White is one of the greatest players in Bellport High School history. White, who graduated in 2019, holds the school’s boys basketball mark for career points and career rebounds. …

If moviegoers find Sean Penn a convincing New York City EMT in the new film “Asphalt City,” Bellport native Eric Cardamone had a lot to do with it. Cardamone, who is EMS director at Wyckoff …

Doing Something About It Inc. held its sixth annual Cultural Empowerment event on March 2 at the Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area. The event, which came near the start of Women’s …

The Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area will hold its sixth annual Legacy Celebration on April 6 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event will be at the club at 471 Atlantic Avenue in Bellport and …

The South Country School District will have the choice of three candidates to fill two open seats on the board of education. Two incumbents, Cheryl A. Felice and E. Anne Hayes, will be running for …

Following a series of budget presentations by South Country Central School District superintendent of schools Antonio Santana, the board of education unanimously adopted the district’s 2023-24 …

Last week, a group of youngsters from the Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area got to be part of the effort to help improve water quality in Bellport Bay. Four youngsters participated in a …

Kindness will be a focus for South Country School District’s 4,000 students when they return to school on Sept. 6. In addition to academic achievement, the district is putting an emphasis …

Come one, come all! Mini witches and warlocks, mini pumpkins and cats, mini monsters and fairies, mini superheroes and bats. Take a stroll through our Not So Scary Kids Adventure at Gateway’s …

Gateway’s musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” opened in Bellport on Friday, buoyed by a radiance that poured forth from every actor, with Bruce Winant as Tevye at the helm, spinning the …