LGBTQIA+ youth said to benefit from controversial literature BY SAM DESMOND Following a community-wide letter mailed out to households in the Bayport-Blue Point School District by former …
On Nov. 1, an online petition on Change.org began circulating on social media, which now has over 400 signatures, calling for the removal of Dr. Marc Ferris, superintendent of Sayville Schools since …
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, an emergency board of education meeting was held by Sayville School District to address recent media attention and community concern stemming from an email sent out by …
The Bayport Methodist Church on Middle Road celebrated its 150th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 15, with congregants sharing their blessings at morning Mass. The church, which has been a staple in …
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, all five ambulance districts in the Town of Islip voted to pass the referendum of two resolutions on the ballot to end the current defined contributions retirement plan ($240 …
On Sunday, Oct. 1, St. John’s Episcopalian Church in Oakdale hosted an animal blessing for friends with fur, feathers, and fins in honor of a recently completed St. Francis, the patron saint of …
The Islip Resource Recovery Agency submitted an application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) for an Article 27 solid-waste permit modification to an existing …
Shark bites on Long Island dominated headlines of local and national publications over the summer after five people were bitten during the July 4 weekend. In August, a sixth bite was reported, this …
As the back-to-school excitement of September ends and October begins, Suffolk County law enforcement will continue putting a stop to illegal school bus passing through Suffolk County’s School …
In a unanimous decision, the Bayport Fire District’s Board of Commissioners voted to replace a 100-foot antenna on top of the building as engineering reports concluded that the radio tower had …
Rechler Equity Partners, who own the former Island Hills Golf Course on the corner of Lakeland Avenue and the Sunrise Highway Service Road, have assembled a community outreach group, consisting of …
On Sunday, Sept. 10, at around 7:30 p.m. in the evening, power went out in the Idle Hour neighborhood in Oakdale, after three power wires began sparking following an alleged squirrel attack. The West …
Families, community leaders, civic organizations and town and county officials came together to pay tribute to the lives lost to overdose by lighting the Bayport-Blue Point Library tree purple on …
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’ …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
