On Wednesday, April 3, the Bayport-Blue Point community voted to pass the 2024-2025 library budget with 263 yes votes and 113 no votes. Trustee Jason Borowski was elected to a full five-year …
The Village of Patchogue voted to accept a proposal from Spirit Ironwork for the design and fabrication of an archway for the theatre walkway during the board meeting held on Monday, March 25. …
During GiGi’s Playhouse’s third annual Black-tie Gala, held on March 16, congressman Andrew Garbarino (R) announced that he had secured a $1 million federal grant for the organization. …
Suffolk County Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation filed a lawsuit against the Town of Islip in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Suffolk County in January of this year for full tax …
Construction has begun on 55 units of affordable housing at 400 E. Main Street at the corner of Grove Avenue and Montauk Highway in East Patchogue. Concrete has been poured for two of the three …
Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine said he will hold a meeting of officials of Suffolk County’s 10 towns in April to forge a regional approach to handling the disposal of the county’s …
Members of the Brookhaven Landfill Action & Remediation Group had a clear message when they met last week with officials from New York State attorney general Leticia James’s office. …
Plans for building a complex of four warehouse-distribution buildings and trucking terminal in North Bellport advanced after the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board on Feb. 26 approved a site plan and …
Mary Pontieri was recently sworn in as the Village of Bellport’s new village clerk. “When mayor Veitch approached me, I felt the position of clerk would be a good fit,” …
The Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees postponed the public hearing to consider the petition of West Avenue Partners, LLC, for a change of zone from the E-Industrial District to the Hotel …
The Village of Patchogue will be holding their board of trustee and mayor election on March 19. The election will go unopposed. The following positions are up for election, including mayor, …
Brookhaven Town Board members at their meeting on Feb. 22 voted themselves a 24 percent pay increase for 2024 that will raise their pay to $98,000. They approved a pay hike for supervisor Daniel J. …
March 1 marked 60 days since Brookhaven Town supervisor Daniel J. Panico (R-Center Moriches) took up his new role. The former town councilman and deputy supervisor was first elected to the board in …
As objective and independent news writers and editors, we have an imperative to cover the issues most important to the people of southern Brookhaven. Every day, our team is on the ground questioning …
On Feb. 5, Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine and Suffolk County Legislature presiding officer Kevin McCaffrey, joined by environmental and labor leaders, announced what Romaine categorized as …
On Thursday, Feb. 15, the bipartisan redistricting commission in New York approved a new congressional map with a vote of 9-1. The new map approved the New York State Independent Redistricting …
The Village of Patchogue will be holding their board of trustee and mayor election on March 19. Last week was the deadline for submitting independent nominating petitions, of which there were …
Last month, the Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees voted on the rezoning of Lake Street, following a prior public hearing held last year. The original proposal was to rezone the north side …
The Patchogue Village Board on Monday approved a change of zone for the Carriage House apartments planned for West Main Street. The next step is a Planning Board meeting on March 26 at which the …
New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced investments in Fire Island Resiliency projects to protect barrier island communities from extreme weather. After assessing the beach damage, …
