Days after addressing her priorities for the state in her State of the State Address, Gov. Kathy Hochul released the 2025-2026 Executive Budget, which recommends a 4.75 percent increase in school …
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 …
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Darrell Sumpter had a heart big enough for his family, his players, his fellow coaches and his community. The longtime youth basketball coach and William Floyd High School boys varsity assistant …
Last Monday evening, the National Football Foundation hosted its first-ever photo shoot/media day at Brookhaven Town Hall, in Farmingville, for all the footballers that were recipients of merits for …
The William Floyd Colonials varsity football team lost 42-40 to Massapequa for the Long Island Championship on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Stony Brook University. The Colonials were seeking …
A total of two propositions were on the back of the ballot this year; both of which passed. Though vote counts, as of press time, were unofficial. Proposal one, an amendment to Article 1 Section 11 …
Suffolk County Democrats vowed to keep on fighting despite an Election Night that gave them little to cheer about when they gathered at IBEW Local 1049 in Holtsville to watch the election results …
The Patchogue-Medford High School varsity football team will forfeit its final game of the season following an alleged bathroom “vandalism” incident after the team’s 34-0 loss on Saturday at …
William Floyd High School’s musical theatre department’s latest production, “Kodachrome,” will be playing on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the …
This summer, Gov. Hochul launched the “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign to promote physical and mental health. The first-in-the-nation law is aimed at combating “addictive …
Several of our school districts are investing and implementing safety measures by keeping up to date with the latest available technologies. However, since the start of the new school year, the …
Class rank is about to become a thing of the past for most seniors at two area high schools. It’s part of a trend in which some schools are eliminating the practice because they say it …
On Saturday, June 29, William Floyd High School held its 65th commencement ceremony to celebrate the more than 700 students who completed the requirements for graduation and became William …
The Brookhaven Town Board at its meeting on May 16 held off voting on a proposed zoning change for the former Dowling College aviation school campus off William Floyd Parkway in Shirley. …
Three students from both Patchogue-Medford and William Floyd high schools will be attending some of America’s top schools this year. Having placed in the top of their class, they are now headed …
Voters across Long Island headed to the polls Tuesday, May 21 to elect school board candidates and vote on budgets and bond issues. In the Patchogue-Medford School District, voters chose among …
At the April 16 budget adoption meeting, the William Floyd Board of Education adopted its proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year, which calls for a slight increase of less than one percent (0.99 …
In the William Floyd School District, two trustees are up for re-election, including Jennifer Ng Heitman and Kevin Meyer. They are running unopposed for two three-year terms commencing July 1, 2024, …
East Patchogue boy and second-grader (learning at a fourth-grade level) at Verne Critz Elementary School, Kenny Zalenski Jr., 7, is currently hospitalized and in need a of a heart transplant. In …
Marcus Stroman grew up in Medford and graduated from Pat-Med High School in 2009. Stroman grew up a Yankees fan and his dream of wearing the pinstripes at the baseball cathedral on East 161st Street …
