By Fr. Francis Pizzarelli As the New Year begins, we are still a polarized nation because of our politics and profoundly disrespectful rhetoric. Racial hatred...

By Rebecca Anzel The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts is currently gearing up for the second show of its 15th anniversary season, the...

“We are now safer than we have ever been before in Suffolk County and that’s because of the hard work of the men and...

Reviewed by Rita J. Egan When Richard Specht lost his son Richard Edwin-Ehmer (Rees) in a tragic drowning accident in 2012, he asked his aunt...

MAKING THE SEASON BRIGHT Over 70 members of the Centerport Garden Club gathered at the Harborfields Public Library in Greenlawn before the holidays to make...

The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook recently announced that its collections committee voted to approve the acquisition of an original oil painting by...

By Ellen Barcel Sometimes we just plunge into gardening and sometimes, especially if it snows outside, we’re staring at a beautiful fire in the...

By Barbara Beltrami If ever there was a culinary invention that deserved the prize for simplicity, nutrition, versatility, economy and popularity, it’s got to be...

HAPPY NEW YEAR Nature photographer Jay Gammill of East Setauket captured this image of a red-tailed hawk eyeing his backyard feeder and its visitors...