Village of Patchogue board voted on Dec. 9 to spend up to $1.35 million to renovate one of the softball fields at Waldbauer Field Complex on Rider Avenue. The village is hiring The Landtek …

Brookhaven Town supervisor Dan Panico announced an independent investigation launch with Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney last week after allegations of severe animal neglect were …

Call it an early Christmas gift. GiGi’s Playhouse LI in Patchogue, the not-for-profit offering free services to individuals with Down syndrome, signed a contract for sale for its new home, …

Patchogue-Medford basketball players were taunted on Friday, Dec. 6, during the varsity boys basketball game held at West Islip High School. According to the Pat-Med School District, players …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“Googootz” is American slang for the Italian word “cucuzza,” which is a large type of squash. And large it is for South Country Road, Bellport, resident Lily Izzo, who only …

An office building being developed at the corner of East Main Street and Rider Avenue on the eastern end of downtown Patchogue is being acquired by New York Cancer & Blood Specialists from New …

With Election Day less than three months away, ballot propositions in Suffolk County have yet to be finalized, but sewage funding and an equal protection amendment could appear. Suffolk County …

Noise, the possibility of a fire, and the possibility of the developers getting a tax break were among numerous concerns skeptical Medford residents raised when they turned out to hear from …

The Brookhaven Town Board, on July 18, voted to change the zoning at the former Dowling College campus in Shirley, a necessary step in a developer’s $125 million redevelopment plans that …

Winters Bros. Waste Systems, the Long Island-based recycling and trash hauling company, has been acquired by Houston-based WM. The purchase price for the deal, which was completed on July 15, was not …