The days are growing shorter, and the first cool breezes of fall are upon us. Parents are celebrating, while kids mourn the end of summer and face the inevitable back-to-school season. Within Long Island’s 124 school districts, a handful qualify as micro districts. Remsenburg-Speonk, Sagaponack, Fisher Island, and Fire Island have fewer than 200 students […]

The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has increased its cash reward offering to $3,000 for anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the intentional drowning of a turtle in Geiger Park Lake, located in the hamlet of Deer Park […]

On August 22, the CM Performing Arts Center (CMPAC) at 931 Montauk Highway in Oakdale celebrated the opening night of Rocky: The Musical. After a brief Broadway run in 2014, Rocky: The Musical was rarely staged; this is the first time Long Island audiences can experience the story in their own neighborhood.   Fifty years […]

In our last issue of Fire Island News, our cover art featured an image of Davis Park Ferry’s vessel, Kiki, arriving at shore on Fire Island. In this issue, a painting of Kiki shows the vessel departing Fire Island and heading back across the Great South Bay. Victoria Schneps, Founder of Schneps Media, personally chose […]

Saturday, September 5 (8:30 a.m.) Ocean Beach Fishing Club Annual Kids’ Catch & Release Fishing Contest The Incorporated Village of Ocean Beach and the Ocean Beach Fishing Club will host the Annual Catch & Release Fishing Contest on the dock at the Ocean Beach Marina, by the playground. Children ages 14 and younger are welcome […]

Fifty-three-year-old John Kennedy, a resident of St. James and art teacher at Bay Shore High School, was arrested by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) on Sept. 3 for the alleged stalking of an 18-year-old woman who had been a former student of his. The woman noticed Kennedy following her from her house to a […]

That’s a wrap! We have had a busy and productive summer, but all things must pass. Our Sept. 4 issue of Fire Island News marks the end of the season with farewells, a touch of nostalgia, and stays on point with current, relevant topics. In the world of farewells: Our community columnists, Brett Brubaker, Lisa […]

As a longtime journalist and author, Linda Leuzzi has always had an eye for the telling detail, the barely noticeable tidbit that makes a story memorable. Leuzzi’s latest novel, Car Dogs, published in June by Solstice Publishing, is set in and around Bayport-Blue Point, and Leuzzi sprinkles in a host of landmarks South Shore readers […]

Just because summer is coming to a close does not mean you should leave the beach. The annual Monarch butterfly migration is the prime time to witness on Fire Island throughout the month of October. Stop by the shore and gaze at hundreds, if not thousands, of butterflies resting, feeding, and fluttering in the ocean […]

Beyond the Break is a group art exhibition honoring Bunger Surf Shop, currently on view at the Christensen Gallery in Babylon through September 5. Featuring works by 28 artists, the exhibition brings together paintings, photographs, and sculptures that tell the story of Bunger Surf’s legacy and its founder, Charlie Bunger. Located just down the road […]

At 24, Heather Arnold is our youngest cover artist to date, and this editor was taken by surprise because the quality of the woodblock print would lead one to believe it was produced by someone further along in their artistic career. The bold-colored graphic depicts two birds on the pilings—one black, the other white—possibly a […]