On Wednesday, March 18, a public meeting on the Violet Cove Redevelopment Design was held at the Mastic Beach Property Owners Association on Neighborhood Road in Mastic. Hosted on behalf of …
A walkout in protest of 43 teacher positions being eliminated was organized by students at Bellport High School and took place on Wednesday, March 18, during sixth period (approximately 11 a.m.). …
Forty years ago this St. Patrick’s Day, the Blue Point Irish bar and restaurant Cavanaugh’s opened to large crowds, with many of those customers still coming back for more. Since opening on …
The Bayport-Blue Point Board of Education recently held its fifth 2026-2027 budget workshop, outlining a potential tax levy and budgets for extracurricular programming, athletics, and technology. …
The Nesconset teen who police say murdered 18-year-old West Sayville resident Emily Finn last November is now facing an additional charge for allegedly conspiring to burglarize the Finn family home …
Great South Bay Music Festival, Long Islands Music Fest, recently announced that they are back and bigger than ever for the 2026 season. The four-day music and arts festival will …
The Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts Symphony Orchestra recently performed its concert “Journey Through Music” at the James Wilson Young Middle School in Bayport, bringing a wide assortment of …
By LINDA LEUZZI Bellport Village golf director Jimmy Van Essen pointed to a large metal ringed opening. “This is where the problem comes in,” Van Essen said after trampling through briars …
Bayport-Blue Point has some unfinished business on the baseball diamond. The Phantoms won all 20 league games in a highly successful 2025 campaign before dropping two of their last three in the …
Patchogue-Medford comes off a highly successful softball season highlighted by an 11-game winning streak and a home playoff game, but the Raiders’ stay in the Suffolk Class AAA tournament was brief …
The YMCA 5K series will be in Patchogue on Sunday, April 19. To receive a personalized race number you must register three weeks prior to race day (i.e., Sunday, March 29). The Pre-Race will be …
Thousands of people marched in and watched the 36th annual Bayport-Blue Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15. With around 90 groups marching down Montauk Highway from the Bayport to Blue …
‘This is not a country club school district’ BY SAM DESMOND On Wednesday, March 11, South Country superintendent of schools Antonio Santana presented the district’s proposal to cut 55 …
After the departure of Trustee Steve Mackin at the end of December 2025, a seat on the Bellport Village board was left open. The Tuesday, April 7 election will have on the ballot the candidates …
The Brookhaven Coalition of Chambers Awards Night will be hosted on April 22 at the Meadow Club on Port Jefferson. This year’s Chamber Members of the Year include Efrain Santos of The Mastic …
Monday’s (March 16) rain melted a good portion of the snow that is remaining. Quite a bit is still there, though! The Long Island Advance will be giving away a $100 gift card to Porters on the …
The men live in postindustrial Buffalo. They lost their jobs 18 months ago at the steel plant and can’t find work. Now what? It’s not as bleak as it seems. Because sometimes …
A prime factor leading to bloated government on the local, state, and national levels is the disproportionate influence that municipal unions have on the political process. Our center raises the …
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered a powerful lecture at Stony Brook University, recounting his imprisonment in Russia and warning about …
During the American Revolution, Long Island remained under British occupation for more than seven years—longer than anywhere else in the country. On Friday, March 20, the …
