These aren’t your mother’s Girl Scout badges! In keeping with the rapid changes in the digital age, the Girl Scouts have developed innovative new badges to spark the imagination of …
Fans of “Jersey Boys,” the monster smash musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, will get their request granted in The Gateway’s production for its 2023-2024 season. …
Douglas Goodhart, who stars as the beloved Adam Sandler lead, Robbie, in The Gateway’s “The Wedding Singer, The Musical Comedy,” was a wedding singer in real life. “I used to …
Dachshunds Enzo and Louie just about leaped into Joe Varsalona’s arms when he opened the door to their Bellport home. Their moves included a prancing happy dance, then a run around the main …
The Bellport varsity football team is celebrating another win with four All-State players. Both Jason Hunt and Donte Phillips won 1st Team All-State, Luis Rodriguez took home 2nd Team All-State and …
We just survived “Blue Monday,” the third Monday in January, which is purported to be the gloomiest day of the year by British travel company Sky Travel. While this stat is unverifiable …
In an effort to encourage members of the community to experience all their library has to offer, while also incentivizing shopping locally—and supporting small businesses—the South …
Five days a week at 10 outreach posts throughout Suffolk County, Lighthouse Mission of Bellport serves hundreds of people by providing them with food, groceries, clothing and prayer. Last year …
When we called Michael Cohen and told him he was an Inspiration Award winner, the reaction was, “Whaaaaaat?!” Cohen has lived with his partner, Bob Raymond, on Thornhedge Road since 2014. …
Gateway shows at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts ended this year after blockbuster productions like “The Cher Show,” and “A Christmas Carol.” Their …
Michael Baker, The Gateway’s ebullient Acting School director/associate artistic director, is leaving his storied run at the theatre, since March 2005, to take over a family …
Brookhaven Town, which owns and manages Bellport Village’s bay bottom, recently renewed the ongoing formal agreement with Friends of Bellport Bay to continue habitat restoration for two years …
Sometimes, the best mentors are those who have overcome their own struggles and are now equipped to guide the next generation in avoiding some of the same pitfalls that they themselves narrowly …
The Long Island Advance sat down with Bellport Village officials to review some of the initiatives taken this year with mayor Ray Fell, deputy mayor Bob Rosenberg, and village clerk John …
Bruce the Spruce, as it is fondly referred to, stands in the center of North Howells Point Road, in a circle buffer where Circuit Road intersects. It was planted by the village and stands on village …
Lighthouse Missionadopts the South Country School District Every year, Lighthouse Mission teams up with the South Country School District’s social workers and hands out thousands of free …
Nothing beats a family recipe, and so this holiday season we decided to gather family recipes from local community leaders. Where else are you going to find mayor Paul Pontieri’s meatball …
The audience was grabbed when Marley’s ghost drifted down to the expansive Patchogue Theatre stage, a wild, white-haired specter, ghost-faced with red lips, warning Scrooge on Christmas Eve. …
It was a disappointment to many in Bellport Village when the annual Christmas parade had to be cancelled at the last minute, on Dec. 3, due to unfortunate weather conditions. However, this made …
At the Suffolk County High School Football Awards dinner in Hauppauge, Bellport football player Jason Hunt won the Burnett Award, which was awarded to Suffolk County’s most outstanding …
