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On Thursday, Aug. 15, Tico’s Empanadas, located on Montauk Highway in Blue Point, celebrated their one-year anniversary with an empanada-eating contest. The winner (pictured left in both … ...

Lincoln Avenue Elementary School was recently named a 2023-25 School of Excellence by the National PTA. Lincoln is one of 19 schools statewide and 319 nationwide to receive this distinction. To earn … ...

One thing is for sure. People love their pets and want to show them off. So owners did just that with about 100 that were carried, carted, or led by leash down Main Street to Rotary Park during the … ...

The South Shore’s consummate health-oriented grocer, Cornucopia, announced a second location to open in the Station Yards complex in Ronkonkoma. “We were approached by TRITEC’s real estate … ...

On Aug. 3, Oakdale community leader Mike Burke alerted the Idle Hour area that a historical pillar on the corner of Chateau and Connetquot Road had been defaced with scrawling graffiti incoherently … ...

Los Angeles Angels’ catcher Logan O’Hoppe, who grew up in Sayville and attended St. John the Baptist High School, is thriving in his third major league season. He has 94 hits in 101 games … The T-Bird ...

The Pride Performing Arts theater hosted four showings of “Peter and the Star Catcher” as part of their summer repertory this past weekend on Aug. 9, 10, and 11. Located in the rear … The Greater ...

The Oakdale Historical Society held their annual “March of the Scarecrows” contest for community members to design their most creative interpretations of straw bodies to put on display … ...