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Could a relocation be in the future for the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce? The chamber is “very seriously” considering an offer by the developers of a 262-unit apartment …

Organization leaders from the NAACP, Citizens Campaign for the Environment and Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group organized with over 40 community members for a protest outside the …

New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced investments in Fire Island Resiliency projects to protect barrier island communities from extreme weather. After assessing the beach damage, …

The authorized project provides for hurricane protection and beach erosion control along five reaches of the south shore of Long Island between Fire Island Inlet and Montauk Point, a distance of …

Back in 2018, current senator, former assemblyman Dean Murray and then-assemblyman, now congressman Andrew Garbarino announced a total of $3 million awarded to the Patchogue Village train station …

The National Park Service (NPS) initiated the planning process in 2015 to support a decision on how best to manage the breach that was created within the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness …

A bank, supermarket, and improved bus and rail service are some of the things North Bellport residents said they’d like to see added to their community. The comments came at a meeting on …

The National Park Service held two information sessions last week to hear from the public about proposals to update the rules for off-road vehicle access to Fire Island National Seashore. The rules …

Looking to save water? The Suffolk County Water Authority has some ideas, including watering your lawn only every other day. That was one of the conservation ideas SCWA representatives …

The recent storms and flooding events that battered the northeast corridor created a number of overwashes throughout the island, but there were no confirmed breaches on Fire Island. The Fire Island …

Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone recently announced the county will issue a request for proposal (RFP) for the development of a new Seaweed Cultivation Program in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. …

Modifications and updates are being made to the Blue Point Preserve by the Town of Brookhaven Parks Department following an Americans with Disabilities (ADA) compliance audit conducted in the past …

Local state senators Alexis Weik (R-8th District) and Dean Murray (R-3rd District), along with 13 other senators, submitted a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to rescind the electric bus …

The 15th Bellport Village Program Fund Sandcastle Contest was held at Ho-Hum Beach on Saturday Sept. 2. The event was another huge success, with 33 creative castles built. All winners …

The Brookhaven Village Association is requesting help by volunteering time on Wednesday mornings harvesting excess crops at the H.O.G. Farm.   Volunteers will pull from seasonal crops, …

After thousands of hours, Patchogue Village’s Shorefront Park living shoreline project is finally complete. The project officially celebrated its unveiling just in time for the summer and the …

Last month, the Village of Patchogue approved a 25 percent match for a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Tree Planting Grant in the amount of $75,000. The village clerk, …

A facility in Yaphank that will convert food waste into renewable natural gas and fertilizer is expected to be completed and ready to accept material by the end of 2024, its developer says. …

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County delivered and released, with Friends of Bellport Bay, about 500,000 oyster spat on shell, hatched in Southold, at the end of the Bellport Village dock …

You can sip cocktails on the lawn of a beautiful 150-year-old home overlooking the bay and help fund programs in the works, like the air conditioning of the gorgeously restored bowling alley in …

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