A prime factor leading to bloated government on the local, state, and national levels is the disproportionate influence that municipal unions have on the political process. Our center raises the …
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered a powerful lecture at Stony Brook University, recounting his imprisonment in Russia and warning about …
During the American Revolution, Long Island remained under British occupation for more than seven years—longer than anywhere else in the country. On Friday, March 20, the …
In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, New York State Sen. Dean Murray (R, C -3rd District) is holding a photography contest for students grades 9 through 12. Original submissions will be …
Two-time Emmy Award-winner, stage and screen actress Sally Struthers, scheduled to perform a four-week Gateway run in “The Full Monty,” spoke recently to the Advance, with executive artistic …
Last Chance Animal Rescue will be holding a pet-friendly Easter Bunny photo op at the Tractor Supply Company in Medford on Sunday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. Though the event is free, donations …
On Feb. 26, the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group held a press conference at the Town of Brookhaven. Advocates from Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group (BLARG) and …
The Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) hosted a webinar last Thursday, March 5, to discuss the impacts of toxic PFAS chemicals in New York, where scholars discussed their findings regarding …
Optimum Business, the leading provider of fiber internet, mobile, and TV services, and the LIA Foundation, the 501(c)3 philanthropic arm of the Long Island Association (LIA), recently announced the …
On Saturday, Feb. 28, Brookhaven Town councilwoman Karen Dunne Kesnig joined Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine and Legis. Jim Mazzarella for the Mastic Beach Ambulance Company annual Installation …
State assemblyman Joe DeStefano and State Sen. Dean Murray joined library officials and community members on Saturday, March 7, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of Dutton …
William Floyd basketball has made history yet again, as both the boys and girls varsity basketball programs earned invitations to compete in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association …
As Jane Smith* originally from Riverhead, was preparing to move with her three adult children to North Carolina due to affordability issues before Christmas last year, a heart attack suddenly sent …
For the first time in program history, William Floyd’s girls basketball team will play for a county championship. In their third appearance in the Suffolk Class AAA semifinals under ninth-year …
The Patchogue Village Board at their Feb. 19 meeting elected to continue to take measures in becoming certified as a Climate Smart Community (CSC). The Patchogue Village Board joined the CSC …
The No. 1 William Floyd Colonials boys varsity basketball team, led by head coach Will Slinkosky, has advanced to the Class AAA Suffolk County Championship game with a 73-66 victory over Walt Whitman …
The Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library welcomed families from across the district on Feb. 28 for its All Abilities Awareness Fair at the main library in Shirley. The afternoon featured …
Paul Osborn’s play , “Morning’s at Seven,” is a gentle satire on small-town life, with busybodies and petty jealousies and although there may be conflict, the characters have more fun—and …
On Monday, Feb. 23, a winter snowstorm brought over 30 inches of snow to some parts of Suffolk County. Locally, the following snow totals were: Patchogue, 27 inches Bellport, 26 inches …
The Alegria South development in Bellport was awarded a $4.5 million grant from the state’s Long Island Investment Fund and a $13.2 tax break. The Carriage House project in Patchogue was awarded an …
