Congratulations to Sayville High School students Emma Dean-Stahl and Helena Pirozzi for being featured in and winning awards in Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum 2024. …

The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) held their annual juried invitational high school exhibition at their gallery in Gillette House. With submissions from high schools throughout Suffolk …

On April 25, Bayport native Jim Weiss was interviewed about his role in launching TCM, Turner Classic Movies, the authority on film in the Golden Age. A Bayport resident from 1962 until 1992, …

Going into the showdown with Bayport-Blue Point, Sayville was 5-0 for the season. “BBP is the defending state champions, they were the toughest to play,” said coach Gary Jensen, who …

On Wednesday, April 3, the Bayport-Blue Point community voted to pass the 2024-2025 library budget with 263 yes votes and 113 no votes. Trustee Jason Borowski was elected to a full five-year …

On Sunday, April 7, Jason Borowski and the Blue Point Civic Association gathered at the property on Kennedy Avenue and Montauk to clean up the area as part of Save the Great South Bay’s Creek …

Detectives from the Suffolk County SPCA charged a Ronkonkoma woman with animal cruelty for neglecting to maintain a sanitary environment for her 49 animals. Around noon on April 2, members of …

On Saturday, March 30, the official grand opening for Billy’s Park, formerly Roe Park, in Blue Point, was held with members of the Schettino family, elected officials, and community residents. …

Suffolk County Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation filed a lawsuit against the Town of Islip in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Suffolk County in January of this year for full tax …

Mercury International, owners of the Idle Hour Mansion in Oakdale, missed their March 30 deadline to establish community outreach in regard to security and preservation of the property. On April …

The Sayville girls football team started their regular league season on Monday, April 1, with a bout against Harborfields that ended in victory for the Golden Flashes with a score of 39-7. Coach …

On Wednesday, March 27, Dr. Marc Ferris, superintendent of Sayville School District, revealed the preliminary budget proposal for the 2024-2025 school year, which has a $5.8 million gap, mostly owing …

On Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27, The Maurer Foundation gave presentations to all female students (and offered to male students) during their gym class period on breast cancer awareness. …

In a performance of a composition worthy of a Saturday evening at Lincoln Center, composer Brad Hartman of the Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) and Sayville alumnus debuted his Symphony No. 2 in …

On Wednesday, March 27, the Bayport-Blue Point Library hosted an informational budget meeting in anticipation of the annual budget and trustee vote to be held on Wednesday, April 3 from 9 a.m. to 8 …

On Sunday, March 24, Bayport Civic Association leader, Bob Draffin, announced that his beloved wife, Janet, had died at the age of 61 with over 30 years as a resident of the town she came to mold …

The Patchogue Arts Council is now accepting application for their PEACE (Partners in Education, Arts, & Community Empowerment) Project program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education …

The Town of Islip celebrated and honored a few of the outstanding women from our community on Tuesday, March 19, at 2 p.m., during their Women’s History Celebration. Among the women honored for …

With every possible musical choreography included and peppy, vibrant songs, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is a fun night of theater for the whole family. …