Fishing is great in New York State!

Each season, the New York State Department of Conservation sets out to restock the trout in multiple local lakes, not to enhance the existing populations, but rather to create fishing …

Draft Country Club Caterer License Agreement draws a crowd

Bellport residents took up almost every seat at the Community Center Monday night, not only to learn about the village’s tentative budget, but also about the draft South Country Caterer License …

Unleash your hat groove for this parade

Get that outrageous, imaginative hat ready for Bellport’s Easter Bonnet Crazy Hat Parade on Saturday, April 8. Get your kids ready. Your dogs. Your moms and grandmoms. Dads, uncles, …

Stormwater system, elevation issues, bulkhead raising

Improvements to the Browns Lane/Shore Road project have been an ongoing project since work on Bellport’s main pier dock began in January 2020, via a FEMA grant. Multiple issues addressed …

Proposed Bellport budget

Bellport Village’s board approved piercing the 2 percent tax cap at Monday night’s board meeting, affecting residents’ average tax assessed increase for the year at $165.96. The …

Pat-Med girls flag football season opener

Girls flag football has only recently been adopted in 2022, but this year there are more schools with girls flag football programs that want to be a part of the action. At 5:30 p.m. on Friday night, …

PATCHOGUE VILLAGE

Patchogue Village awarded Tree City USA designation

The Village of Patchogue was named a 2022-Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management. The village achieved the recognition by meeting …

New sidewalks and tree replacements

The Village of Patchogue Community Development Agency is currently working with the Conservation Tree Committee on a section of Main Street, where they plan on replacing the sidewalks and enlarging …

Patchogue’s first Eco Fair this April

At the Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, March 13, the board announced that Protecting the Environment in Patchogue (P.E.P) will hold its first Eco Fair on April 23 at 10 a.m. …

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Bellport Village

Resources available; 1,000 Yards Campaign announcement

Bellport Village’s Environmental Committee, which hosted Saturday’s talk at the Community Center, offered a wealth of resources on a back table, including books like “Attracting …

Less lawn chemicals, more native plants, healthier Earth

Bellport Village’s Environmental Committee, chaired by Marc Rauch, presented its first community forum on Saturday, March 18, to 130 residents who came pouring in to hear speakers urge …

Spring shopping is here!

Bellport Village is ready for spring, and the merchants on Main hope you are, too, with fresh deals and offerings. Friday nights in March will be March Madness for shopping with extended hours and …

Bellport High School teacher earns NYS Teacher Award

Bellport High School teacher Andrew Budris has been recognized by the New York State Council for the Social Studies with the distinguished Outstanding High School Social Studies Classroom Teacher …

Bellport

South Country Civic Group tackles traffic safety issues

Mahatma Gandhi is quoted as saying, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world,” and the students in South Country School District, with new superintendent Antonio Santana at the …

SPORTS

Two wrestlers head to states

Two Bellport wrestlers will be heading to states in Albany this week. Both wrestlers—Jaiden Green, senior, 215, and Camryn Howard, seventh grade, 126—were Bellport’s first county …

SPORTS

Bellport basketball dominates winter season

Bellport varsity boys basketball has dominated in their captivating 2022-23 winter campaign. The Bellport Clippers sport a splendid overall record of 16-4 and a stately 15-1 league record, …

Bellport business owner helps lobby Bottle Bill

A proposal is circulating in Albany regarding the expansion of New York’s Bottle Bill to include wine, liquor, distilled spirit coolers, and cider and wine products to the definition of a …

ARTS

‘View From Above’ praised from down below

As maps offer a preview and a guide, usually to unknown places, the romanticism is often inspired, but not forefront, in the visual …
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Holy Angels students to display art this spring

Students at Patchogue’s Holy Angels School are looking for public spaces to display their art, April 1 through April 15. The …
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The fifth annual Cultural Empowerment event

Who says education and entertainment need to be mutually exclusive? Doing Something About It Inc. (DSAI) presented a dance party and …
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SPORTS

Bellport’s Masem wins states

Ella Masem, sophomore at Bellport High School, competed in the NYS Track and Field Championships at Ocean Breeze Arena in Staten …
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Families gather for a day of fun

unday, March 5, was a day of family fun at the Patchogue YMCA for the 2023 Art Dash. The event featured art and enrichment activities, …
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Pat-Med sticks it to cancer

The Patchogue-Medford School District and other community members joined forces to raise funds and support on March 6, for the eighth …
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Brookhaven News

Seeking to solve issues at the Beaver Dam Boat Basin

A public hearing for the Beaver dam Boat Basin, located at 320 South Country Road in Brookhaven, was postponed by the owner last week and will be rescheduled by the Brookhaven Town Zoning Board for …

NAACP urges lawmakers to reject legislation for construction of waste transfer station

NAACP Brookhaven Chapter president Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, joined by NAACP NYS Conference president Dr. Hazel Dukes, called on the state Legislature to reject the latest attempts by Winters Bros. …

State of the Waste

The information collected below was taken directly from the report and edited for clarity and space. Winter Bros., one of the leading providers of professional solid waste and recycling services …

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Suffolk News

Suffolk County exec and town supervisor advance wind project

Earlier this week, Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone and Brookhaven Town supervisor Ed Romaine announced a giant step forward to cement Suffolk County as a national leader of the growing …

National Park Service donates venison to a New York Food Bank

Fire Island National Seashore donated 3,211 pounds of venison to Feeding Westchester, located in Westchester County, N.Y. With a mission to nourish their neighbors in the fight against hunger, the …

‘1985… a simpler time’

The Brookhaven Free Library held a literary lecture event for Linda Leuzzi and her roman a clef, “My Year with the Italian Girl,” which focuses on Vivian, the editor of a local newspaper …