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 …
With the backdrop of the South Shore a window-view away, an array of biologists, council members, financial consultants, farmers, a town mayor, and citizens gathered at The View in Oakdale for some …
Aspiring young immigrants, community, and gentrification infuse the themes of the Broadway musical “In the Heights,” about a mostly Dominican American Washington Heights neighborhood, …
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 …
Back in 2021, Suffolk County officials helped the Long Island Rail Road (MTA) select the new location for the Yaphank train station to be located near the Brookhaven National Lab. At that time, …
Local state senators Alexis Weik (R-8th District) and Dean Murray (R-3rd District), along with 13 other senators, submitted a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to rescind the electric bus …
Six women who have set themselves apart through their service to the community were honored last week as Women of Distinction by local officials in a special ceremony attended by their families and …
The former John J. Foley Nursing Facility at 4 Grover Drive, in Yaphank, is up for sale. According to an emailed statement from NYU Langone Health, which took over Long Island Community …
A facility in Yaphank that will convert food waste into renewable natural gas and fertilizer is expected to be completed and ready to accept material by the end of 2024, its developer says. …
Northwell Health has announced plans to develop three facilities for an invested cost of $45 million, at the Boulevard Development in Yaphank. The smaller of the buildings will be an urgent-care …
Last week’s ribbon-cutting was attended by numerous officials, along with local business community leaders and senior bank management including Leonard Stekol, chairman, president and CEO …
“Bah, humbug,” was the usual frowny reaction from Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly central character of Charles Dickens’s novella “A Christmas Carol.” But when …
