2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (426+ words) Grab your cowboy boots, dust off your best hat and get ready to do-si-do through downtown Port Jefferson this weekend. The village is going country with its first-ever Port Jefferson Country Music Festival, taking place Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept....

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (199+ words) The fundraiser was organized to help cover funeral costs for Matthew Schneider, who died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday Long Islanders are rallying behind the family of a young Selden man killed in a single-vehicle crash in Holbrook on Tuesday,…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (153+ words) Sage Arias-Brown, 33, was arrested hours after his dad called 911 to report he’d been stabbed, cops said A Lake Ronkonkoma man fatally stabbed his father early Monday inside a Mastic apartment, Suffolk Police said. The victim, Edward Brown, called 911 about 12:30 a.m....

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (225+ words) Construction bids are due next week for the exterior restoration of the 114-year-old First Congregational Church of New Village in Lake Grove, with Brookhaven’s Town Board aiming to award the contract at its Sept. 17 meeting. The town published the bid…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (673+ words) The Argyle Theatre in Babylon has tapped a Commack native to help lead its next chapter. Tommy Rainieri has been named the theater’s new artistic director, succeeding longtime artistic director Evan Pappas, who is retiring after nine years with the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (430+ words) Greater Huntington coverage is funded in part by The Farm Italy — a striking neighborhood restaurant and cocktail bar that brings the simplicity, beauty and seasonal freshness of local Italian dining to Huntington. A popular cookie pop-up has found a permanent…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (882+ words) When Nicole Garcia became a mom for the first time at 18, she didn’t have the kind of support system many new mothers hope to find. Her friends weren’t having children yet. She was young, figuring out motherhood while building a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (518+ words) Greater Sayville coverage is funded in part by The Shed, your scratch kitchen for brunch and dinner daily in West Sayville. For generations, the bell tower at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church has been a familiar landmark in Sayville, marking milestones…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (291+ words) Neighbors, friends and strangers alike are opening their wallets for an Oakdale family navigating a real-life nightmare. Michael Schmid, 51, remains in critical condition after a car accident left him facing multiple surgeries — and neighbors are stepping up for his wife…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (224+ words) A towering new tribute to Oyster Bay’s baymen has spent its first summer overlooking the harbor where generations have made their living casting rods and raking the bay bottoms for oysters and clams. The Baymen’s Memorial Monument was unveiled in…...