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Honoring Marge Crowley, vehicle break-ins, approving an off-grid system

Robert (Bob) Crowley and his son, Bob Jr., spoke to the Advance about his wife, Marge, before the recent board meeting. “For over 30 years, she worked on the Architectural Review Board and …

It was a Tuesday night, and Thanksgiving was just two days away. A lot of people would be in the kitchen getting a start on preparing Thanksgiving dinner, or at the supermarket buying some …

This event had a great turnout, with over 100-plus families in attendance. In lieu of admission fees, we asked everyone to bring nonperishable food items as they enter. Patchogue Parks and …

Long Island Community Hospital staff held a Stop the Bleed training at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach for more than 50 students to teach them how to apply pressure to a wound and use …

The Village of Patchogue Parks and Recreation Department recently celebrated the collaboration between the department and the Suffolk County Police Department PAL on Thursday, Nov. 7. The …

Oregon Middle School mathematics teacher Chris Schiefer recently came to the rescue of one of his students. Schiefer noticed the student choking on a gumball and quickly went into action by …

South Country Schools COMPASS Unity project director Atisha Wilkins Robinson recently helped re-secure a DFC Drug-Free Communities Grant in the amount of $125,000 for the next five years. The funding …

A report released last week by a Stony Brook University researcher found that water quality in Long Island waterways mostly got worse this year. The report found a record three-dozen dead zones …

Two Patchogue food pantries will benefit from Halloween haunted houses being held this month. On Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4 to 8 p.m., RISE Life Services will host a Little Monsters Mash Halloween …

 Long Island Community Hospital (LICH) in Patchogue has officially been designated by the NYS Department of Health a Provisional Level II Adult Trauma Center.   The designation, …

New York State Sen. Dean Murray (R,C - E. Patchogue), New York State assemblyman Keith Brown (R,C - Northport), and several members of the New York State Senate Republican Conference have sent a …

I love all things British. That includes TV series, movies, the late awesome Queen Elizabeth and Maggie Smith, and the entertaining historian Lucy Worsley. So, when my husband booked a …

This summer, Gov. Hochul launched the “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign to promote physical and mental health. The first-in-the-nation law is aimed at combating “addictive …

With its kitchen appliances, dining room table and pullout bed, the room off the main hallway at Barton Elementary School in Medford looks like an upscale studio apartment. But starting Oct. 18, …

Brookhaven Rail has dropped plans to build a waste transfer station next to the Town of Brookhaven landfill in Yaphank, citing opposition and the state legislature’s repeated inaction on …

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church recently held a ribbon cutting for their reopening of the food pantry at 31 Rider Avenue in Patchogue on Monday, Sept. 30. The event was a celebration of the …

During a super day of fun and exercise, people from all walks of life came together to support a mighty good cause. On Saturday morning, Long Islanders of all ages gathered at Patchogue’s …

Darian Trent’s new store in Bellport Village grew out of the 2011 Bellport High School graduate’s passion for being fit and looking good while doing it. Trent named his store …

Several of our school districts are investing and implementing safety measures by keeping up to date with the latest available technologies. However, since the start of the new school year, the …

Sunday service at the Bellport United Methodist Church has just ended, but none of the roughly 40 families in attendance are running to the exit, instead, they’re enjoying light refreshments …

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