When Bruce Engel, Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts’ (BAFFA) new orchestra conductor, first walked into the Patchogue Congregational Church looking for a rehearsal and performance space, “I …

Ownership paperwork for old BBP library completed Stephany Seifert was weeding out negative space using special tweezers for a Cricket project with staffer Olivia LoSardo. “We use Cricket …

Save The Great South Bay is a local environmental nonprofit whose mission is to restore water quality in the Great South Bay for current and future generations to enjoy. The organization partners …

Drag performers Tom Catt and Toni Homeperm headlined a five-show run at the Boulton Center in Bay Shore with their hilarious impersonation of mother/daughter duo, Dorothy Zbornak and Sophia Petrillo. …

A number of talented young actors, one as young as 4 years old, made their stage debut at the Pride Performing Arts Inc. in downtown Sayville this weekend with a production of “Peter …

Racers from the Bellport Bay Yacht Club are setting sail this weekend during the club’s annual Labor Day Invitational Regatta and Queen of the Bay races. Starting Saturday at 10:30 a.m., …

The Seafood Festival was held at the Long Island Maritime Museum this weekend, Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, for the 31st time since its inception in 1992. Thousands of people from across Long Island enjoyed …

On Thursday, Aug. 15, Tico’s Empanadas, located on Montauk Highway in Blue Point, celebrated their one-year anniversary with an empanada-eating contest. The winner (pictured left in both …

“West Side Story” is a musical beloved even by people who don’t patronize theater. This is due in large part to the epic 1961 film that brought the enduring tale of forbidden love …

On Saturday, Aug. 24 and Sunday, Aug. 25, between 12 and 3 p.m., the Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts Gallery at the Gillette House in downtown Sayville’s Gillette Park, will be exhibiting works …

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) will hold the fifth annual Women’s Fishing Expo at Connetquot …

Los Angeles Angels’ catcher Logan O’Hoppe, who grew up in Sayville and attended St. John the Baptist High School, is thriving in his third major league season. He has 94 hits in 101 games …

The Pride Performing Arts theater hosted four showings of “Peter and the Star Catcher” as part of their summer repertory this past weekend on Aug. 9, 10, and 11. Located in the rear …

On Saturday, Aug. 3, the West Sayville Fire Department drill team continued their winning ways and emerged as victors in the 75th annual Hempstead Invitational Drill, hosted by the Hempstead Fire …

The Sayville Rotary Club recently hosted their 74th annual beefsteak fundraiser dinner event—an evening filled with great food, excellent company, and a beautiful waterfront setting. This …

On Saturday, Aug. 10, the Sayville Fire Department hosted the Town of Islip Fire Department parade, where all 16 departments marched. Following the parade, community members were invited to the …

The Greater Sayville Chamber of Commerce hosted the beloved annual event, Summerfest, this past weekend from Friday evening, Aug. 2 through Sunday, Aug. 4. Temperatures soared on Saturday, but …

Across the Great South Bay from Wednesday, July 31 through Friday, Aug. 2, multi-colored sails cruised along the water before the Robert Moses Bridge as they participated in the Great South Bay Yacht …

Originally owned by the Gardiner family, Suffolk’s first non-native landowners, and later part of the historic Sagtikos Manor Estate, Gardiner County Park is a 231-acre nature-oriented public …