Over a dozen students aged 11 to 14 are learning vital water safety and lifesaving lessons through Islip Town’s Junior Lifeguard program. The course introduces participants to the duties …

The Village of Brightwaters will be hosting their annual Mayor Joseph McNulty Ice Cream Social and Band Concert on Sunday, Aug. 6. Hosted at Wohseepee Park in Brightwaters, guests will be enjoying a …

First named in 1927 after Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, and later renamed in honor of Maggie Fischer in 1999, after her devastating death the day before she …

If you’ve experienced the passion of a summer romance, you know the intensity of the emotions. Falling in love in a perfectly dreamy vacation setting, then at summer’s end having to leave …

The third annual Brightwaters Cocktails on the Canal event was an enjoyable night for all who attended. Guests enjoyed live music, cold beer, light fare, and delectable wine on Friday, July 14, from …

On Wednesday, July 12, the Parks Foundation of Islip Town broke ground on its first project—the Serenity Garden at Brookwood Hall, in East Islip. The Parks Foundation of Islip Town is an …

Michael Hansen has been named the new principal of East Islip Middle School, replacing the retiring Bill Brennen, effective July 1. For the last year, Hansen served as the East Islip School …

As we all know on the wheel of life, sometimes we’re up, and sometimes we’re down, and for first-grade teacher and union president of the Islip Teacher’s Association, Robert Le Vien, fate was …