A host of area churches, community organizations, and the Suffolk County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct are partnering to host Bellport’s second annual Unity Day on July 21. The …
The Patchogue-Medford Raiders are optimistic about their 2023 fall season. After making the playoffs last year with a 4-4 record, the Pat-Med varsity football team is looking to enhance their …
Shaye Kirman, a rising high school senior, has created the Free Ukraine Library ( freeukrainelibrary.org ), a project to provide free books to customers of local coffee shops and other businesses, in …
Rubies are the traditional 40th anniversary gift. That explained the red balloons and the red icing on the cupcakes on the dessert table in the upstairs room at Gallo Restaurant in Patchogue …
With a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Saturday, March 30, Billy’s Park, named after Blue Point resident Billy Schettino, who tragically died, has already had a resurgent effect on the …
Thirty-eight song favorites with wow-wee singers, imaginative skits, gorgeous costumes adorned with sequins and tulle, and skating with elegant and impossible lifts and spins, mesmerized a recent …
Aspiring young immigrants, community, and gentrification infuse the themes of the Broadway musical “In the Heights,” about a mostly Dominican American Washington Heights neighborhood, …
It’s a definite community reflection when 130 people, including kids and dogs, attend a Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society exhibit, namely “Facing the Bay, 1871-2023,” on a …
The Patchogue-Medford girls soccer team’s playoff run ended on Oct. 25 with a 1-0 second-round loss on the road to Commack. The match was marked by tough defense on both sides, The only …
The Village of Patchogue held its annual community menorah lighting at Capital One Plaza on Saturday night, which was the third night of Hanukkah. Mayor Paul Pontieri and Village trustees Jack …
Ice boats aren’t a common occurrence anymore on Bellport Bay. But you have this weekend to catch the end of Tyler Healy’s exhibit, “Scooters 2024,” in the window of Marquee …
The Seiskaya Ballet’s “Nutcracker” has become a perennial holiday favorite on Long Island. This year’s staging of …
The Rotary Club of Patchogue will be hosting their annual Irish Wake fundraiser on March 21 at the Bellport Country Club. Members of the Rotary Club and community members are to join in recognition …
The annual Bellport Bay 5K race was held in the rain on Sunday, July 9, with 513 finishers. Although rain in the height of the summer is discouraging to most folks, the runners no doubt appreciated …
The Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Heritage Committee has officially named Matt Lowe and Joe Palmeri as the 2024 St. Patrick’s Day parade grand marshals. “As to why them …
Those of you preparing for June’s first Alive After Five of the seasons, will now also need to be prepared to leave a half hour earlier at explicitly 9 p.m. rather than the usual 9:30 p.m. …
Works of art transcend viewers, either by scene or pose, brush strokes or color. But last Friday night, at the Islip Arts Council Gallery’s closing reception of “Limitless: Healing Cancer …
Members of the Patchogue Knights of Columbus Council 725 partook in their national lighting of all Knights of Columbus Nativity scenes last week. The nativity can be seen on Main Street in front of …
Spring is almost in full swing at the Holtsville Ecology Site & Animal Preserve. Brookhaven Highway superintendent Dan Losquadro has announced upcoming dates for both pee-wee and adult gardening …
On Dec. 7, supervisor Ed Romaine (center) and town clerk Kevin LaValle (left) celebrated the first night of Hanukkah at the annual Community Menorah Lighting ceremony at Brookhaven Town Hall in …
