Center for Environmental Education and Discovery has received a $95,250 matching grant from Suffolk County to help pay for replacing the wastewater treatment system at its Washington Lodge …

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 …

Brookhaven Rail has dropped plans to build a waste transfer station next to the Town of Brookhaven landfill in Yaphank, citing opposition and the state legislature’s repeated inaction on …

NYS Sen. Dean Murray, District 3, announced that his legislation designed to advance the Mastic Beach Area Redevelopment Project, has been signed into law. On Sept. 27, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed …

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 …

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Though a presidential election, local elections will also include Congress, Senate, and Assembly. In New York’s 2nd Congressional District incumbent Andrew …

Fifth Precinct inspector John Sumwalt, 52, plans to retire from his post as commanding officer later this month. “It was a hard decision for me as I feel I truly have more I can still …

When Bruce Engel, Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts’ (BAFFA) new orchestra conductor, first walked into the Patchogue Congregational Church looking for a rehearsal and performance space, “I …

The Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association held its annual Labor Day Invitational Regatta on Saturday at Bellport Bay Yacht Club. Six sailboats took to the water under sunny skies and with …

With Election Day less than three months away, ballot propositions in Suffolk County have yet to be finalized, but sewage funding and an equal protection amendment could appear. Suffolk County …

Carole King’s muse was an almost divine-inspired, non-stop floodgate, racking up 188 pop hits, many of which she wrote with lyricist husband Gerry Goffin (they wrote more than 50 top 40 hits …

Across the Great South Bay from Wednesday, July 31 through Friday, Aug. 2, multi-colored sails cruised along the water before the Robert Moses Bridge as they participated in the Great South Bay Yacht …

The Brookhaven Town Board, on July 18, voted to change the zoning at the former Dowling College campus in Shirley, a necessary step in a developer’s $125 million redevelopment plans that …

Dashing from the double-decker diesel train to the electric locomotive across the platform is a staple of the daily commute for thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders. The diesel-to-electric …

The Great South Bay Music Festival returned to Shorefront Park in Patchogue on July 18-21 for its the 16th year. This year included headliners Jim Messina, Yes frontman Jon Anderson, and Justin …

The Medford Dairy Queen owners and sisters, Michelle Robey and Patricia DeMint, of Center Moriches, were recently hit by a class action lawsuit, which included a decades-old labor law aiming to …

Winters Bros. Waste Systems, the Long Island-based recycling and trash hauling company, has been acquired by Houston-based WM. The purchase price for the deal, which was completed on July 15, was not …

The Great South Bay Music Festival returns to Shorefront Park in Patchogue on July 18-21. It’s the 16th year for the popular event, which this year includes headliners Jim Messina, Yes …