Saturday, March 14 ☘️ Bay Shore Brightwaters  St. Patrick’s Day Parade Kicking off at 2 p.m. at Saxon Avenue and Main Street, Grand Marshal Denise Gibson will lead the parade down Bay Shore Main Street. Local businesses and restaurants will offer special menu items to celebrate Irish heritage in the community. For details, visit bsbwstpatricksparade.com.  […]

Real estate photography is an art, and like all art forms, some in the industry are masters. Over the years, we have noticed the credit line of Josh Goetz associated with several realtors we work with, and felt it was time to talk to the man behind the camera.   Great South Bay News (GSBN): […]

Eighteen-year-old Lorenzo Alvarado-Navarrete, of Gardiner Drive in Bay Shore, was arrested early this morning by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD)with two other individuals, who were found in possession of Molotov cocktails at a traffic stop in Central Islip. Police reports state that Alvarado-Navarrete was driving a 2008 Honda Accord along Lexington Avenue near Calebs […]

Lina Lopes Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker Douglas Elliman Real Estate lina.lopes@elliman.com (631) 585-8500  Based on activity during the first three weeks of January, buyer demand is already increasing and should continue into the spring. Inventory is beginning to come onto the market, even with cold and snowy conditions. Interest rates have come down and […]

Already this year, Brookhaven has taken a straightforward approach to protecting our bays: make developers pay for what they damage. The Town Board advanced changes to its wetlands and waterways code, setting a specific price for projects that cross ecological buffers. Developers unable to meet the required upland buffer will be charged $10 per square […]

Friday, March 6 Women’s Comedy Mash-Up Benefit Show Join the Islip Arts Council for a night of women-led comedy to benefit the arts in our community. Held at Islip Arts Council Gallery, 1701 Sunrise Highway, Bay Shore, at 7 p.m., enjoy fiercely funny ladies in a night of stand-up and big laughs. Lineup curated by […]

Immigration enforcement (ICE) activity has been on the rise along the South Shore of Long Island. Many of these immigration arrests involve neither undocumented people nor criminals, but groups that have been delegalized through the Trump administration’s latest policies. Two programs that were recently dismantled are Temporary Protected Status (TPS), established in 1990 by Republican […]

Sixty-four units on a 12.8-acre parcel for a 55-and-older rental retirement development in East Patchogue are projected to start construction, possibly in early 2027, according to Kelly Builders & Development LLC president Mike Kelly. The Town of Brookhaven gave the $32 million project a change of zoning and site plan approval in a 7-0 vote […]

Seatuck Environmental Association started the New Year off with a bang when they announced they will be taking over a portion of the former Blue Point Oyster Company building. The association took to social media to share the big news: they have acquired a key property to further their goal of environmental and marine life […]

If you were to ask Liz Finnegan, the author of Witness to Tribulation, why she wrote a book set in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, she’d likely tell you that there’s something special about this place—not only its story, but of course, all the history and spiritual connection of knowing what happened there all those years ago. Finnegan […]

It could be argued that Long Island is a sister of the Emerald Isle, and that may be why we love Saint Patrick’s Day so much. Lucky for us, there is at least one St. Patrick’s Day parade nearly every weekend through the month of March. Sunday, March 1  East Islip 61st Annual John P. […]