Environment
WORD OF THE WEEK

Innovative and Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems are high efficiency replacements for outdated, conventional cesspools which are a major source of nitrogen pollution in Long Island’s …

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SPORTS

William Floyd football: A dominant force

The Long Island Football Championship commenced in 1992, and the William Floyd High School Colonials have been a consistent winner in the Suffolk County Division I conference. The Colonials have …

Free book signing event to be held at CM Performing Arts Center

The CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale will be hosting a free book signing event on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. with acclaimed award-winning Suffolk County News journalist Sam Desmond. …
Local news

Town Highway Department awarded a full work zone package

The NYS LTAP Center - Cornell Local Roads Program (NYSLTAP-CLRP) recently congratulated the Town of Brookhaven Highway Department as one of the winners in the 2024-25 Work Zone Equipment Package …
Identify healthy and unhealthy relationships

Recognizing red flags

In today’s fast-paced digital world, it’s more important than ever for adults and teens to understand the dynamics of relationships. Recognizing the red flags of unhealthy relationships, …

First-of-its-kind tax credit to support small-business advertising in local media

Sen. Monica R. Martinez and assemblymember Jen Lunsford, with support from the Empire State Local News Coalition, introduced legislation to establish a new tax credit for small businesses that …

Individuals charged in Patchogue kidnapping case

An eighth individual was arrested last week in the kidnapping case involving a 14-year-old girl from Patchogue. Since the first arrest on Jan. 3, there have been seven additional arrests, and it …
School news

Sayville basketball team picks up the dinner tab for William Floyd High School team in memory of late coach

The Sayville High School varsity boys’ basketball team recently treated their William Floyd High School counterparts to dinner in honor of William Floyd’s late coach Darrel Sumpter. The …
SPORTS

Senior Smith hits 1,000-career point milestone

William Floyd High School senior basketball forward Jawuan Smith was honored before the Jan. 8 victory over Riverhead for reaching 1,000 career points. He reached this milestone on Jan. 4 in a game …
SPORTS

Floyd in the playoff hunt with win over Pat-Med

William Floyd’s girls basketball team swept the season series with Patchogue-Medford and improved its chances of making the playoffs with a 50-39 road win on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The game was …
Suffolk County news

Could Amtrak service be in Ronkonkoma’s future?

Amtrak is studying possibly bringing service to the Long Island Rail Road station in Ronkonkoma, something both county executive Ed Romaine and Islip Town supervisor Angie Carpenter are pushing for. …

Court building gallery showcases local artists

On Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Women Sharing Art, a Bayport organization with 54 members from across Suffolk, opened their exhibit, “Therefore, I am!” …

No need to head to JFK to fly to Boston

On Jan. 15, the Town of Islip, along with the Long Island MacArthur Airport, announced a new nonstop flight via JetBlue. For those Long Islanders who love to visit Boston, Mass., as of April 30, …

Officials honor 20 junior firefighters

Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine and Suffolk County officials recently congratulated 20 local students who completed the Suffolk County Fire Academy’s Junior Firefighter Program. The …
Brookhaven Town

Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine announced that the Suffolk County Veterans Emergency Assistance Commission is now accepting applications from veterans in need of home heating assistance. …

  Victoria Basharina, a senior at William Floyd High School, has been selected as one of just 25 New York State nominees for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the nation’s …
More than 100 people turned out Tuesday night, Jan. 21, for a forum the Town of Brookhaven organized to discuss battery-energy storage systems. Battery-energy storage systems hold solar- or …
Going into Thursday’s game at League I rival Walt Whitman, William Floyd head coach Will Slinkosky said there were two things the Colonials needed to do to win. The first was to defend …
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