The Town of North Hempstead is contributing concrete bases from the Michael J. Tully Park reconstruction site to the Fire Island Artificial Reef. The town’s donation is another innovative step in its efforts to preserve and protect Long Island’s local environment. North Hempstead is currently renovating the entire Tully Park parking lot, and these precast […]

Brookhaven Town Clerk Kevin LaValle (center) and his office staff were dressed in pink on October 2 in recognition of “National Breast Cancer Awareness Month” (October 1 – October 31). Every Wednesday in October, he and his staff will wear pink to support the annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to […]

Meet the incomparable “bookfluencer,” Zibby Owens! One woman, so many hats––best-selling author, publisher, award-winning podcaster, CEO of Zibby Media, bookstore owner, and mom of four! For her latest feat, Zibby has edited a collection of deeply moving essays by 75  Jewish authors (myself proudly included) titled “On Being Jewish Now,” with all profits supporting Artists […]

Woodhull School students in the Fire Island School District had the unique opportunity to learn about and participate in making challah bread with local Ocean Beach residents and Rachel’s Restaurant and Bakery owner Rachel Doering. With all the ingredients prepared, each student could knead, shape, and braid a loaf of this traditional bread. Doering explained […]

South Shore University Hospital (SSUH) has reached a significant milestone in its campus expansion with the steel topping-off ceremony for its new state-of-the-art pavilion. The ceremonial placement of the final steel beam marks a substantial step toward the completion of the six-story, 190,000-square-foot inpatient bed tower. Hospital leadership, the design and construction teams, and critical […]

Bringing a twist to the phrase “new moon,” Asteroid 2024 PT5 will make its appearance in orbit on Sunday night, September 29, and is expected to be a guest in our celestial skies through late November, meaning Earth technically has a second heavenly body, at least for a little while.   Astronomers describe asteroid PT5 […]

The Harbor-facing properties in Fire Island Pines are now officially sold, according to a recent announcement made by  Muroff Hospitality Group. Located on southern Long Island, 60 miles east of Manhattan, the property stretches along 320 feet of the main pedestrian promenade to the residential and beach access areas in the only commercial portion of […]

My brother, Michael Joseph Horton (Mike) was born in South Side Hospital in Bay Shore on October 6, 1958. He was the fourth child of Virginia and Terry Horton. In the early 1950s, they lived in Oakleyville, a small hamlet east of Point O’ Woods. They later built a house and moved to Ocean Bay […]

Should Fire Island Summer Club be permitted to construct a dock? That is the question being asked as Fire Island National Seashore (FINS) solicits opinions for an open Public Comment Period to consider a Special Permit Application submitted by the Fire Island Summer Club (also called the Summer Club) as part of their Environmental Assessment […]

Mark Gil Neary was a sincere and good friend to me and many others who knew him personally. He was kind, thoughtful, generous, and always smiling with great spirit. He loved his exotic icon status life on Fire Island.   Sadly, he lost his life in a car accident while driving in Hollowell, Maine, on […]

“Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical,” is a great way to jump-start the upcoming Halloween season, coming soon to CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale.   Conceived for the stage by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn, this award-winning show premiered on Broadway in 1997 with a pop-rock score by Wildhorn, book by Leslie Bricusse, and lyrics […]

A lawsuit between prominent Kismet contractor and business leader Sam Wood and the National Park Service (NPS) has ended with a settlement. The settlement ended the almost year-long legal dispute between Wood and the NPS fought over a 30-day March 2023 suspension of Wood’s essential services business driving permit. Wood launched the lawsuit on August […]