For the past decade Rabbi Shimon Stillerman, Co-Founder and Director of the Chabad of Islip Township has been bringing people together on South Shore Long Island and serving as a resource for its Jewish residents, community leaders and local school districts. Their policy of welcome is extended to those of secular lifestyle and interfaith relationships […]

“Trouble in Mind,” runs until April 21, 2024, at the intimate BAACA Center in Lindenhurst. This drama was written almost 70 years ago by Alice Childress, the first Black woman to have a play professionally produced in the United States. Childress directed the first production of “Trouble in Mind” at the Greenwich Mews Theatre in […]

  Mystery maestro, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times author of 35 novels, the creator and executive producer of several Netflix television dramas and, I am honored to report, the first interviewee for my inaugural column, Cake or Pie? “Think Twice,” his first Myron Bolitar novel in eight years, comes out in May. […]

  The place to be on Mother’s Day is the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport for a spectacular event co-hosted by Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern. The afternoon features a one-woman autobiographical play by Bellina Logan, “Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child,” directed by Maggie Soboil. This May 12 fundraiser is a Mother’s Day gift to […]

The educational opportunity was not missed by Fire Island School District (FIUFSD), who arranged an “eclipse club,” weeks in advance of the predicted celestial event, in which students, staff and parents alike were invited to say past dismissal time to witness it together.   While not falling within the range of totality, Long Islanders a […]

The dearly departed Bay Shore restaurant Roto is making its triumphant return to Bay Shore this summer, at the Shoregate apartment complex on 4th Avenue. The restaurant’s owners, Jack Monahan and Islip native Brock Ferraro, signed a release for one of Shoregate’s storefronts with TRITEC, the East Setauket-based real estate company who built the apartments. […]

Fire Island National Seashore boardwalk renovations are underway as the South Shore of Long Island has seen a myriad of severe storms and persistent erosion over a devastating fall and winter that have pounded many walkways, boardwalks and beach access overpasses on Fire Island. Storm damages have forced many FINS locations to close temporarily. Sunken […]

Fire Island rounded a corner in the quest for beach replenishment as the release of “extreme storm” funding for coastal repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was announced in late March. However, relief is now also available for Fire Island businesses and residents directly impacted by the January 9 and10, 2024 flooding events […]

Plans to convert Fire Island National Seashore’s Sunken Forest into an alpaca farm is one step closer to reality after approvals were obtained from the National Interior Department of Parks (NIDP) at a special Easter Day meeting held on Sunday March 31, 2024.   “We believe this is a win/win for Fire Island and Long […]

Easter and early spring on Long Island mean a few things to those who call it home. Possibly the most important is that the beloved summer season is almost here. Long nights, shorts and t-shirts, and of course, enjoying the Great South Bay. Whether you love the beach, boating, fishing, or all three, the fact […]

Perhaps the most exiting change taking place in downtown Ocean Beach this season is the rebranding of Ocean Beach Trading. The grocery store, conveniently located across the street from Police Headquarters in the Cleggs Hotel, floundered these last few years with sparsely stocked shelves and little in the way of variety. That is all about […]