BY SAM DESMOND The Greater Sayville Civic Association held their annual Light the Night community event on Friday, Dec. 15, where they invited participants to light luminaries and place them …
On Sunday, Dec. 17, Bayport’s resident piano man, J. K. Hodge, gave a winter recital complete the yuletide aesthetic with a Fair Isle sweater and a roaring fireplace. The audience was …
The Bohemia Civic held their first annual holiday celebration at the Bohemia Historical Society on Saturday Dec. 2. The free event was funded by a grant that was provided to the civic …
On Saturday, Dec. 15, the Bayport-Blue Point School District, in conjunction with the Coluccio Foundation, held a Cocoa 5K that had over 225 participants, with about 30 elementary students in a …
The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts held their first pop-up art show on Saturday, Dec. 16 and Sunday Dec. 17, with member artists providing glittering and unique gift options for the holiday season. …
Light in darkness was the imaginative spark that gave birth to the Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in West Sayville. The museum was built to inspire hope in challenging times. It turns …
Dozens of toys were picked up from Islip Town Hall and delivered to the Salvation Army, for distribution to the organization’s Angel Tree recipients. Town of Islip employees went above and …
During the Bayport Fire Department’s treasured Santa run down the blocks of Bayport and Blue Point on Sunday, Dec. 17, a community member flagged down Santa’s “sleigh” for the …
The New Year at the Bayport-Blue Point Library will celebrate 2024 with a bang. Make that caffeine jolt. Island Dreams Coffee Roaster owners Vin Loscalzo and his wife, Lindsey, are ready to …
On Saturday, Dec. 9, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Oakdale hosted their sixth annual Civil War Christmas. The all-day event delves into different aspects of life during the 1860s holiday …
The Bayport-Blue Point and Greater Sayville chambers of commerce each held a menorah lighting on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 7, at Chamber Park in Bayport and the Chamber House in Sayville. …
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Regency Centers announced the new name of the development at the former SunVet Mall, The Shops at SunVet. Progress moved forward when the Town of Islip Planning Board …
East Islip traveled to Brook Street in West Sayville for the only meeting against the Golden Flashes this season in varsity boys basketball. This scuffle on the hardcourt was a non-league …
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, the Sayville boys soccer team collected items from their fundraising in the community and made “blessing bags” for homeless and displaced teens. In addition, the team also …
Wrestling is a family sport at Connetquot High School. The team often has sons and daughters of former T-Bird grapplers, and of course, numerous kid brothers and sisters over the years. However, this …
Fire districts throughout the Town of Islip and Town of Brookhaven held their annual elections on Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 3 to 9 p.m. In all fire districts, commissioner candidates ran unopposed. …
The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts’ symphony orchestra, led by conductor Bradley Hartman, a Sayville schools alumnus, held their winter concert on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Sayville Middle …
Last month, business education teacher Hannah Michaelson and three female executives from Sayville’s Virtual Enterprises International Firms attended the Winning Women Leadership Conference at …
The Bayport-Blue Point Heritage Association hosted its annual Christmas tour at Meadow Croft in Sayville this past weekend, commencing with a private tour on Friday, Dec. 1, the first-ever preview …
A “through-the-fence” (TTF) agreement recognized by the FAA and dating back to the 1960s and semi-formalized in the 1970s with annual fees between November Romeo LLC (on the Halstead …
