The spotted lanternfly is an invasive species and if the public sees them, they should kill them. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the spotted lanternfly …
On the night of the Sayville Village Improvement Society’s recent fundraiser (110 years!) at Land’s End Restaurant, with 119 guests and officials like tax receiver Andy Wittman and …
With Election Day less than three months away, ballot propositions in Suffolk County have yet to be finalized, but sewage funding and an equal protection amendment could appear. Suffolk County …
On Monday, Aug. 19, Eagle Scout Patric Gleason was honored by the Suffolk County Council for Eagle Scout Project of the Year in Connetquot High School’s auditorium. Gleason’s Eagle …
A new film highlighting the work of a Sayville-based group of student environmental activists got two enthusiastic thumbs-up from the audience at a screening Thursday night at the Plaza Cinema & …
With Election Day less than three months away, ballot propositions in Suffolk County have yet to be finalized, but sewage funding and an equal protection amendment could appear. Suffolk County …
On Aug. 3, Oakdale community leader Mike Burke alerted the Idle Hour area that a historical pillar on the corner of Chateau and Connetquot Road had been defaced with scrawling graffiti incoherently …
To find the best—and possibly biggest—home-grown pumpkins in Bayport, the Hodge family on Bay Avenue has been serving up some sizeable gourds for decades. A staple of Halloween time …
For nearly a decade, The Bayport-Blue Point Chamber of Commerce has been responsible for the Dickensian decorations in the winter and the vibrant flowers in the spring on the lampposts that line …
On Monday, July 6, Rechler Equity Partners submitted their third and latest proposal for the former Island Hills Golf Course in Sayville on Lakeland Avenue. The new proposal is named …
On Saturday, June 29, the much-anticipated Byron Lake Pool in Oakdale opened to community members of the Town of Islip. Elected officials councilman James P. O’Connor (R-District 2), …
On Saturday, June 1, eight Boy Scouts from Sayville Boy Scout Troop 184 gathered at the Gillette House to come to the aid of the Sayville Garden Club. The Gillette House Garden was planted and is …
On Thursday, June 13, BSA Eagle Scout, Amanda Barile of Bohemia, was honored at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony for Troop 572 at Sycamore Avenue Elementary School. Amanda, who also serves …
Earlier this month, Blue Point residents on Middle Road reported on social media that portions of their front lawn had been taken up by county workers causing widespread aesthetic damage to their …
At the Town of Islip Board Meeting on Tuesday, May 14, the town voted unanimously to award Kargili Enterprises Ltd., aka Tasty Frosty, based in Bay Shore, to build an operate the three-season …
On Saturday, April 27, the Oakdale Historical Society hosted volunteers with the West Sayville Junior Fire Department for a cleanup of the grounds of colonial church, St. John’s in Oakdale. …
On a rainy Saturday morning, about 40 volunteers from Save the Great South Bay, wearing yellow safety vests, fanned out across two sites in Patchogue to collect trash. James Bertsch, a Save the …
The Blue Island Oyster Foundation held the eighth annual Run to Protect the Bay fundraiser on Saturday, April 20, with dozens of runners from Long Island. As part of a spring run series …
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 …
A rare New Jersey earthquake ranked 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale was reported on April 5 at 10:23 a.m. According to Gov. Kathy Hochul, the earthquake hit west of Manhattan and was felt …