On Monday, April 22, New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that for the FY 2025 budget, she would be increasing school aid by $1.3 billion to nearly $36 billion, including $24.9 billion in …

The Patchogue-Medford School District is proposing a $241.3 million 2024/25 budget with a 2.67 percent increase of the tax levy. The proposed budget does not pierce the tax cap. The average tax …

Voters in the South Country School District will decide on May 21 whether to approve a budget of just over $143 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, an increase of 1.54 percent from the current …

Bellport High School senior Dennys Cardenas has received a St. Joseph’s University Presidential Grant. The merit-based scholarship gives him a full ride to the school. Cardenas said he cried …

Tremont Elementary School launched a student-centered renovation of its courtyard, turning the area into a working farm. As part of the district’s mission to enhance the education of …

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 …

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 …

Medford Boy Scout Liam Langlan recently completed his Eagle Scout project: a Giving Box, now located at Patchogue Medford Youth & Community Services, on Bay Avenue in Patchogue. For his …

Marcus Stroman grew up in Medford and graduated from Pat-Med High School in 2009. Stroman grew up a Yankees fan and his dream of wearing the pinstripes at the baseball cathedral on East 161st Street …

Going into the showdown with Bayport-Blue Point, Sayville was 5-0 for the season. “BBP is the defending state champions, they were the toughest to play,” said coach Gary Jensen, who …

The Patchogue-Medford School District is reconsidering purchasing new univents with heating and cooling capacity districtwide. The proposed $85,375,000, bond will be put up during the regular budget …

The Patchogue-Medford School District held a ribbon cutting to inaugurate its new Academic and Career Explorers (ACES) life skills classroom at Patchogue-Medford High School. The double-classroom …

The Patchogue Arts Council is now accepting application for their PEACE (Partners in Education, Arts, & Community Empowerment) Project program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education …

It’s a Wednesday afternoon at Patchogue-Medford High School and students are in the school auditorium rehearsing the pair of one-act plays they’ll be performing on April 5. The …

For Career Week at South Country Elementary Schools in Bellport, students met with community leaders and also enjoyed Spirit Week revolving around careers and colleges. A special visitor, who …

The goal of this year’s Patchogue-Medford High School baseball team is to make it back to the playoffs and go further than last season when they were swept by Commack in the Suffolk Class AA …

New York State legislators are hearing loud voices coming from Long Island colleges and universities, who are demanding that recently proposed legislation for schools include provisions for higher …

Plans for building a complex of four warehouse-distribution buildings and trucking terminal in North Bellport advanced after the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board on Feb. 26 approved a site plan and …

Patchogue-Medford School District held their annual Stick It to Cancer floor hockey tournament. This year’s tournament was dedicated to Paulina, a 10th-grade student at Patchogue-Medford High …