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. […]

Friday, February 28 Wall Hanging Pottery Workshop Enjoy one hour of instruction by Jessamyn Go of Femme Sole as you create your very own 4”x5” wall-hanging planter using speckled clay and the pinch-pot method at GrowinShade, 541 Main Street, Islip, from 6:30-8 p.m. Personalize your planter with underglaze or by carving designs on its surface. […]

In Babylon Village, residential units above restaurants and retail shops—known as “mixed-use properties”—contribute to the vibrant, bustling life within the community. Among these, 238-240 Deer Park Avenue was recently sold for $4.625 million, a sale highlighting the continued demand for prime mixed-use properties in the Town, while another is located a few blocks south at […]

Suffolk County has enacted a comprehensive set of new regulations governing electric-assist bicycles (e-bikes), electric scooters, and motorized scooters (e-scooters), concluding several years of debate over safety, enforcement challenges, and the rapid growth of electric mobility devices on local roads and walkways. The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved two companion local laws on Dec. 16, […]

Days before the blizzard, a Feb. 20 video showing a hole in the Fire Island Inlet Bridge’s roadway went viral. The hole was large enough to reveal the rushing current of the Great South Bay 60 feet below, with only the exposed bar grating remaining in between. Now, elected officials are sounding the alarm. In […]

Who knows what neglected cemetery souls cry out for recognition for? Whatever urgings took place, Hans Henke heard them at Patchogue’s Lakeview Cemetery. Back in 1991, while still working as a mechanic at his business, Henke Repair Service in Blue Point, Henke found that many of the markers or gravesites—including those of prominent families and the […]