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Cassidy Hill Farms Lavender Festival Delights Manorville Community
Over the weekend, Manorville was abuzz with the vibrant sights and sounds of the Cassidy Hill Farms Lavender Festival. This eagerly anticipated event, held at Cassidy Hill Farms, drew crowds from across Long Island to immerse themselves in a day of wholesome family fun and rural charm. The festival, nestled...
Main Prospect Brings Stand-up Comedy Back on Fridays in Southampton
A funny thing happened on the way to Southampton. Comedy is back for an encore this summer at Main Prospect. The bar and restaurant started weekly comedic showcases last year, bringing funny folks from New York City out to their main stage. Long Island’s own Tom Kelly helped open this season last week.
Riverhead school board elects new president and vice president: July 2 meeting wrap-up
Trustee James Scudder was elected president of the Riverhead Board of Education and Trustee Virginia Healy was elected vice president for the 2024-25 school year during the board’s reorganizational meeting Tuesday night. Scudder, of Aquebogue, is a music teacher in the Bayport-Blue Point School District and joined the school...
Fireworks, parades and lots of live music for this July Fourth weekend
(Photo credit: Jeremy Garretson) It’s here everyone. Fourth of July marks one of the busiest times of year here on the East End and for most, the day of the week Independence Day falls upon this year is a blessing (can you say four-day weekend!?) in and of itself.
Riverhead BIDMA has two new directors, with three returning, after election
The Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association has two new directors and three returning directors after a crowded election and tie breaking vote by its board of directors last month. The Business Improvement District’s membership elected Mark McLaughlin, Assembly Member Jodi Giglio’s district manager, and Linda Lombardi of M&T Bank...
Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Hosts Silent Summer Soiree
Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard in Calverton (2114 Sound Avenue) is celebrating the season with a special Silent Summer Soirée on Friday, July 19 from 7–11 p.m. The event will bring together all the fun of a silent disco with the vineyard’s delicious wines, cocktails, local libations from around the region and tasty eats for an unforgettable night of dancing and good times.
Real Estate Roundtable: Beating the Heat and Still Closing Deals
Get In-Depth Insights and Exclusive Content Delivered Direct to You. Summer 2024 is likely to be one of the hottest on record in the United States, according to meteorologists. Widespread heat began even before summer officially began with above-average temperatures hitting the East Coast. When temps rise, we wonder how agents stay calm, cool and collected in the summer heat. In between running around to open houses to contending with the extra heavy summer traffic and the regular rigors of the East End real estate market, we ask some of the busiest agents: What’s your best advice for staying cool?
Plan your Fourth of July Weekend on the North Fork
The Fourth of July Parade in Southold. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Parades? Check. Fireworks? Check. Live music? Check!. Enjoy Fourth of July Weekend on the North Fork with this handy list of events. July 4. 32nd Annual Fourth of July Parade | Tuthill Road, New Suffolk. The parade lines up at...
Schumer announces $40M to make I-90 a 'semiconductor superhighway'
New Yorkers can start call I-90 the "semiconductor superhighway." Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer already is after announcing a $40 million investment through the CHIPS Act that is coming to the state. “In a few years, a quarter of all the chips manufactured in the United States will be along...
Downtown fireworks at Alive on 25 and other pyrotechnics displays this holiday weekend
The Alive on 25 summer street festival will present a fireworks display in downtown Riverhead Friday evening in downtown Riverhead. The fireworks will begin at about 9 p.m. The street festival, sponsored by the Riverhead Business Improvement District, begins at 5:30 p.m. and offers live music, street vendors, craft beverages, restaurants, food trucks, artists, street performers and activities for kids.
Town Board OKs lawsuit for injunction against operation of go-kart track at Scott’s Pointe
The Riverhead Town Board yesterday authorized a legal action against Island Water Park in State Supreme Court to stop “the illegal use and occupancy” of its Scott’s Pointe property in Calverton. A resolution passed unanimously by the board (4-0 with Council Member Ken Rothwell absent) authorized Town...
Look Out World, 12-year-old ‘Progidy’Graduates from High School and Heads to College for Double Major
12-year-old Suborno Bari has graduated from high school, completing just grades 10 and 12 when all was said and done, skipping 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 11th grades in the process. He is the youngest-ever scholar to graduate from Malverne High School in Malverne, New York, but despite his stratospheric...
‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ set to spit fire at Long Island club bashes July 13-14
Greater Long Beach coverage is funded in part by Toast Coffee + Kitchen, now open in Long Beach. Click here to visit the website. In news that may make you want to clear your throat, social media darling Hailey Welch — aka “Hawk Tuah Girl” — is coming to Long Island July 13 and 14 to host two weekend parties.
Long Island residents demand FAA action as JFK flight noise soars
LONG ISLAND - Homeowners in Floral Park are demanding action from the FAA due to noise from planes making their final descent into JFK Airport. Residents who live within 5 miles of the airport say the frequency with which planes fly over their homes is just plain wrong. Now, they...
Oyster Bay Named Winner of Best Regional Harbor in America
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board are thrilled to announce that Oyster Bay Harbor has been designated as ‘Best Harbor’ winner for the Mid-Atlantic region by the US Harbors organization for 2024. “US Harbors asked the public to vote for their favorite harbor out...
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