The Patchogue-Medford School District is reconsidering purchasing new univents with heating and cooling capacity districtwide. The proposed $85,375,000, bond will be put up during the regular budget …
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 …
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will be conducting the first hydrographic dye study of wastewater …
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 …
About 150 hearty souls started Super Bowl Sunday with a dip in the chilly waters off Patchogue in the Patchogue Young Professionals fourth annual Polar Plunge. Some waded in tentatively. Others …
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 …
The project might take years, due to the presence of native long-eared bats only allowing for three months of work, but the Village of Patchogue has started removing brush alongside Patchogue Lake by …
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, …
The Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees voted to enter into Phase 2 of their energy-saving projects with Johnson Controls, earlier this month. The second phase will include another solar array …
During his early January swearing in as Brookhaven Town supervisor, Daniel J. Panico announced plans to improve North Bellport residents’ access to the ferry and Ho-Hum Beach on Fire Island, a …
Early on Jan. 10, a nor’easter brought in severe rain and strong winds, causing major flooding. Since then, Brookhaven Town supervisor Daniel J. Panico declared a state of emergency effective …
Early on Jan. 10, a nor’easter brought in severe rain and strong winds, causing major flooding. Since then, Brookhaven Town supervisor Daniel J. Panico declared a state of emergency effective …
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has declared the Mastic Fire Department substation at Calabro Airport in Shirley a state Superfund site, after the chemicals PFOA and PFOS were …
Five days a week at 10 outreach posts throughout Suffolk County, Lighthouse Mission of Bellport serves hundreds of people by providing them with food, groceries, clothing and prayer. In 2023, …
If you walk along South Ocean Avenue most mornings, you’ll see a guy wearing a neon safety vest picking up litter, alongside his golden retriever, who also wears a neon safety vest. Meet …
Members of the public got a chance to sound off before the Patchogue Village Planning Board on Dec. 19 on a developer’s plans to build 262 apartments on the west side of Main Street. The …
A New York City-based developer is seeking approval from the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board to build four warehouses in Bellport, totaling more than a half-million square feet. While the …
Earlier today, Brookhaven Town officials presented the storm damage sustained at Fire Island between Davis Park and Seaview after the coastal storm that hit on Sunday, Dec. 17 and Monday, Dec. 18. …