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The First Mercantile (1740) & the Lake Grove General Store (c.1880)
By Ellyn Okvist, B.Sc.
This column will take us back to the very first General Store in our area, then called The Mercantile and the...
The Necessary Standard for American Education: The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Nearly a century after the end of the Civil War, civil rights violations still occurred, predominantly in the post-Reconstruction South. The exceptionally dark time...
Garbarino Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Qualified Immunity for Local Law Enforcement
Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport), in partnership with Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R, NY-24), has reintroduced the Local Law Enforcement Protection Act, a federal bill aimed...
House Passes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” in Major Legislative Win
In a narrow but consequential 215–214 vote last week, the House of Representatives approved President Donald Trump’s (R-FL) signature legislative package, dubbed the One...
Progressive ‘Reform’ Bills Will Result in Release of Thousands of Violent Criminals, Put All...
By District Attorney Ray Tierney
With the budget fight over, New York’s progressive legislators are now pushing a trio of bills—the Second Look Act, Elder...
‘Look to the Past’: Ronkonkoma Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony
Cover photo: Wreaths laid at the Raynor Park monument (Credit - Matt Meduri)
As Suffolk County’s communities dotted the landscape with parades and solemn remembrance...
Sal Formica Kicks Off Legislature Campaign
Cover photo: Legislature Candidate Sal Formica (R-Commack) (Credit - Formica for Legislature)
There are two open seats in the eighteen-member Suffolk County Legislature: the Babylon-based...
L.I.’s First Special Needs Smart Home Launched in Shirley
Cover photo: Residents of the ‘smart’ house cut the ribbon on their new home (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Despite the drawbacks of a highly technological...
Central Islip Juniors Recognized for Water Quality Research
Cover photo: C.I. H.S. Juniors Heisel Fuentes Delgado and Allyson Saravia (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Two Central Islip High School juniors were recognized last week...
LaLota Secures Major SALT Deduction Victory in House-Passed Bill
Long Island families struggling under the weight of high property taxes may soon see long-awaited relief thanks to a provision championed by Congressman Nick...
Four Fatal Crashes, 36 Hours
Suffolk County’s roads turned deadly over the weekend, with four lives lost and others injured in a series of separate traffic incidents. What these...
A Closer Look at Suffolk County’s Sales Tax Extension and the Road Ahead
There are few things more permanent in government than a “temporary” tax. Suffolk County’s 1% sales tax increase, first introduced in 2001 as a...
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