Debbie Carpluk Licensed Associate Broker Keller Williams Realty Elite DebbieCarpluk@aol.com  (631) 335-0316 We are often asked, ‘When is the best time to buy or sell real estate?’ and yet there is no one direct answer. Statistically speaking, for my own team’s production year-over-year in 2023 and 2024, our multi-year trends have shown an increase in […]

Carl Chin, age 41, and a resident of Bay Shore, was arrested by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office on September 13 after he attempted to flee a traffic stop and was found in possession of nearly three ounces of fentanyl. Chin was driving westbound on Sunrise Highway, east of exit 51 in Patchogue, at approximately […]

Everybody loves a feel-good success story about a local business. Along the Great South Bay of Long Island, that reigns even more true. Toasted Oysters, a local oyster farm operating from Islip, has been selected to showcase their authentic Blue Point oysters, which are grown right here on the South Shore of Long Island, at […]

The first Fire Island lighthouse was built in 1826. Only 74-feet tall, the octagonal, cream-colored structure would only stand about 30 years, most likely deemed not tall enough for the job it had to do on the barrier beach. Such replacements were not uncommon on Long Island. Old Field Point also had a forerunner to […]

The Fire Island beaches look as beautiful as postcards with plentiful dunes and wide expanses, in part due to massive amounts of sand used to replenish them. And summer winds have been shifting sand back to the beach ever since Super Storm Sandy and other storms took big bites out of the shore. The big […]

Riverhead Building Supply is hosting “Building on the Beach,” a pair of events designed to connect Fire Island residents and trade pros with the latest products, trends, and ideas for coastal living. The dual events give Fire Island homeowners and building professionals two opportunities to discover what’s new in home improvement, without ever leaving the […]

For Mary Gauthier, songwriting goes way beyond conveying her thoughts and emotions. It was also a lifeline when she embraced sobriety back in 1990. Songwriting’s appeal was important enough for Gauthier to swap being an acclaimed chef at a wildly successful Cajun restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood to head to Nashville in her mid-thirties […]

Saturday, September 13 Lightkeepers Behind the Scenes Tour Follow one of the present-day Lighthouse Keepers on their rounds at the Fire Island Lighthouse! This bottom-to-top tour takes you from the auxiliary generator and Light Keepers workshop in the basement of the Keeper’s Quarters to the beacon in the lantern room of the lighthouse tower. The […]

Just because school is back in session and the calendar reads September doesn’t mean that the fun stops on Fire Island. This stretch of time—after the bustle of summer crowds but before you need a coat to leave the house—is often called the “shoulder season,” or, as locals lovingly say, “Local’s Summer.” It’s a period […]

With less than two weeks to go before the autumnal equinox sets in, our September issue of Great South Bay News closes out the summer season for our modest newspaper family with strength and verve, thanks to the contributions of a talented team of Schneps Media writers who have a presence in it. Our cover […]

For over 40 years, LoDuca Associates has been a fixture on Long Island. On Fire Island, some of the projects it has worked on include the construction of the Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy Seal Museum in West Sayville, the Ocean Beach Ferry Terminal on Fire Island, along with numerous residential homes on South Shore […]