The Bayport-Blue Point Library recently hosted its third author fair, welcoming 10 writers from across Long Island to share their personal journeys leading up to and throughout their writing and …
Patchogue-Medford baseball is looking to build off a strong 16-win season that ended with a hard-fought 2-1 playoff loss to eventual Suffolk Class AAA champion Connetquot and will count on a mix of …
The 2026 Patchogue St. Patrick’s Parade was held on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at 12 p.m. The parade began at the intersection of East Main Street and Route 112, proceeding west along Main …
The proposed dates for this year’s Alive After Five have been set for Thursdays, July 2, 16, 30 and Aug. 13, with an Aug. 20 rain date, pending approval of the Village of Patchogue Board of …
The snow continues to melt and is almost gone at the Bellport Village Marina! Pictured is our most recent update taken on Monday, March 23. The Long Island Advance will be giving …
Feisty felines compete for centerstage through dance and song, with nary a meow as this show features no human characters. Currently playing at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale is a …
Great South Bay Music Festival, Long Islands Music Fest, recently announced that they are back and bigger than ever for the 2026 season. The four-day music and arts festival will …
The Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts Symphony Orchestra recently performed its concert “Journey Through Music” at the James Wilson Young Middle School in Bayport, bringing a wide assortment of …
Thousands of people marched in and watched the 36th annual Bayport-Blue Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15. With around 90 groups marching down Montauk Highway from the Bayport to Blue …
Monday’s (March 16) rain melted a good portion of the snow that is remaining. Quite a bit is still there, though! The Long Island Advance will be giving away a $100 gift card to Porters on the …
The men live in postindustrial Buffalo. They lost their jobs 18 months ago at the steel plant and can’t find work. Now what? It’s not as bleak as it seems. Because sometimes …
Stepping inside the train room of the Central Operating Lines Model Railroad Club in Bohemia, it’s not unusual for visitors’ jaws to drop in amazement as they become giants inside an elaborately …
During the American Revolution, Long Island remained under British occupation for more than seven years—longer than anywhere else in the country. On Friday, March 20, the …
Two-time Emmy Award-winner, stage and screen actress Sally Struthers, scheduled to perform a four-week Gateway run in “The Full Monty,” spoke recently to the Advance, with executive artistic …
Last Chance Animal Rescue will be holding a pet-friendly Easter Bunny photo op at the Tractor Supply Company in Medford on Sunday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. Though the event is free, donations …
Send us your pictures of it melting away. We have had several people make their guesses as the contest is officially closed! Now we wait for the snow to be totally and completely gone. …
What’s the difference between an Irish wake and an Irish wedding? One less drinker. Or so the joke goes. But in the Patchogue Rotary’s case, there will be two very live honorees being …
For the first time in program history, William Floyd’s girls basketball team will play for a county championship. In their third appearance in the Suffolk Class AAA semifinals under ninth-year …
The Patchogue Village St. Patrick’s Day parade sash was officially passed to Mark E. Miller of the Harbor Crab last weekend at Amsterdam’s. The late trustee Joe Keyes was last year’s grand …
The Long Island Advance will be hosting our first-ever sNOw Contest! After recognizing the hard work of the Bellport Village Highway Department under the supervision of Jason Crane, our …
