She finally had hope. Her son’s heroin addiction took over family life long ago. You know things are bad when your son getting arrested and being in jail is good news. At least he was …
Raising children isn’t easy, but a Patchogue-Medford Library podcast hopes to provide information and support, so parents don’t feel alone on the journey. Library staffers Jessi …
Jack Coan is one of the greatest football players to come out of Suffolk County. But as the one-time Sayville High School star told a group of between 1,500 and 2,000 high school …
The Bike to the Brewery is a bike ride stretching across New York City to Long Island. Catering the ride and being its final destination, the Blue Point Brewery helped promote the riders’ …
Suffolk Transportation Service Inc. (STS) was selected by School Transportation News (STN) as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Green Bus Summit Fleet Award at the STN Expo in Reno, Nev. …
A film chronicling the epic and tragic love story of FDNY hero John McNamara, from Blue Point, who lost his life to 9/11-related cancer in 2009, and his wife, the steadfast and dedicated Jennifer, …
Islip Town supervisor Angie Carpenter joined with members of Ockers Senior Club to celebrate Dorothy Oliveri’s 90th birthday. Dorothy “Dot” Oliveri was born on Aug. 4, 1933, in …
Kids 8 to 16 years old have been learning water safety, lifesaving techniques, and how to use rescue equipment in Atlantique, Fire Island, in preparation for the New York State Level 1 Ocean …
A local Blue Point family’s farm stand fundraiser collected over $1,200 in donations and sales for the American Porphyria Foundation. Daughter, Morgan, 13, was diagnosed with …
After the Suffolk County Legislature voted to recess, the Suffolk County Clean Water Plan will not appear on the 2023 general election ballot in November. The Long Island Advance took the …
New York State Sen. Dean Murray, along with Jennifer Marino Rojas, executive director, Child Care Council of Suffolk Inc., recently held a roundtable discussion with parents, child care providers, …
Hoping to bring vegan culinary delights to Long Islanders of all gastric persuasions, Missy Domenchello, a Sayville High School alumna of 2008, started Long Island Herbivore and launched the company …
Clean water is elemental to the health, economy, recreation, and overall well-being of Long Island and its residents. Yet, on Tuesday, July 25, the Suffolk County Legislature failed to allow the …
Earlier this month, the Town of Islip shared photographs of progress made at the $20 million Byron Lake renovation project that showed main structures of buildings and the new …
Suffolk County Water Authority reminds residents to conserve water this summer as drought warnings are issued and water demand surges. Though we have been lucky lately with plenty of rain, …
On a welcoming planter display on a corner in Blue Point on Montauk Highway, the free spirit of summer is captured in this whimsical and nostalgic decorative bicycle. With a call to “Have …
On July 11, Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone signed into law a bill passed unanimously by the Suffolk County Legislature on July 5 requiring all police vehicles to be equipped with EpiPens, …
On Tuesday, July 18, Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone (D) and other local elected officials and stakeholders, held a press conference at the Snapper Inn, in Oakdale, to announce $25 million in …
A Sayville mom driving an SUV was rear-ended by a box truck on Railroad and Lakeland on Thursday, July 13, around 12:25 p.m. “Thank god the kids weren’t in the car with me! Just …
On Friday, July 7, a friendly dog was found tied to the chain-link fence surrounding the Long Island Rail Road tracks on Cherry Avenue in West Sayville. Barely in the shade, the dog was attended …
