Temple Beth El will hold its second annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, May 5. The observance, called “Yom Hashoah” in Hebrew, starts at 2 p.m. and is open to the community. …

The Congregational Church of Patchogue, fully funded by their own contributions, started an enormous and necessary project to close the septic tanks and connect to the village sewer last week. …

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 …

The $6.37 million budget was passed by the Bellport Board of Trustees and mayor on Tuesday night. So did the resolution for terms of office from two years to four years. Trustee Steve Mackin, at …

This year marked the 24th anniversary of the BCCC awards night. The awards reception and cocktails networking event was held on April 17 at the TRIO in Holbrook. The program included validation …

On a rainy Saturday morning, about 40 volunteers from Save the Great South Bay, wearing yellow safety vests, fanned out across two sites in Patchogue to collect trash. James Bertsch, a Save the …

Rock meets the blues in a concert the Patchogue Arts Council is presenting on April 28. “Ladies Rock the Blues” will celebrate the music of female performers Bonnie Raitt, Sharon …