This mid-winter tradition was the third annual Patchogue Plunge at Sandspit Marina, held by the Patchogue Young Professionals. To balance out the cold, everyone who signed up received a gift …
In celebration of Black History Month, The Long Island Advance decided to interview our local youth. After soliciting the very best students from local schools including Patchogue-Medford, South …
Patchogue-Medford High School is putting on a full-scale musical production for the first time in approximately three years. Led by director James Browning, musical director Brian Reich, …
At William Floyd High School, John Ryan is an 11th and 12th-grade English teacher with 31 years of experience. However, some know him as Coach Ryan of the Colonials varsity girls cross country and …
Patchogue-Medford girls varsity basketball has reveled in a valiant 2022-23 winter campaign. The Pat-Med Raiders of Suffolk Division II have heralded a splendid season, proclaiming an overall record …
These aren’t your mother’s Girl Scout badges! In keeping with the rapid changes in the digital age, the Girl Scouts have developed innovative new badges to spark the imagination of …
A Congressional Medal of Honor recipient; one of Major League Baseball’s premier pitchers; a sitting U.S. ambassador; an international opera star; a celebrated civil-rights leader; the federal …
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, the Village of Patchogue hosted New York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez, among other politicians including county executive Steve Bellone, for a …
Douglas Goodhart, who stars as the beloved Adam Sandler lead, Robbie, in The Gateway’s “The Wedding Singer, The Musical Comedy,” was a wedding singer in real life. “I used to …
Sometimes, the best mentors are those who have overcome their own struggles and are now equipped to guide the next generation in avoiding some of the same pitfalls that they themselves narrowly …
This was the first Midnight on Main since the pandemic, and revelers weren’t letting the rain dampen their spirits, as they gathered to enjoy Patchogue Village’s ahead-of-its-time and …
From the whimsical to the adorable and the heartwarming, here are just a handful of the most iconic holiday snapshots submitted to the Long Island Advance. The outpouring of holiday photos was a …
Lighthouse Missionadopts the South Country School District Every year, Lighthouse Mission teams up with the South Country School District’s social workers and hands out thousands of free …
The audience was grabbed when Marley’s ghost drifted down to the expansive Patchogue Theatre stage, a wild, white-haired specter, ghost-faced with red lips, warning Scrooge on Christmas Eve. …
After the former athletic coordinator of the Bellmore-Merrick team won the Long Island Championship in Nassau for girls flag football, Anthony Cracco, as the new Patchogue-Medford School District …
Wreaths from the Bellport Village’s annual wreath contest are now up on Main Street’s poles and other areasthroughout Bellport Village’s Business District, each hand-decorated by …
After years of no Midnight on Main, Patchogue Village’s unique and the family-friendly ball rise at 9 p.m. on Main Street, is to make its comeback this New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Last …
There was plenty of candy and plenty of smiles while trick-or-treaters visited Main Street shops in Patchogue Village on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31.
During the last Village of Patchogue board of trustees meeting held last week, the board voted to set a public hearing for Nov. 4 to amend section 365-23 of the Village Code to specify application …
Tall figures emerge from the shadows, jack-o’-lanterns line the pathway, and an ancient graveyard marks the territory; this isn’t the set of the latest Halloween movie, but instead the …
