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QuackerJack was named the best Team Mascot on Long Island for the second consecutive year at the top of this month. Not long after that, the Flock announced they were signing 4-year MLB veteran,...

Friends and volunteers gathered to say their farewells to Robert Weisberg, a Commack Volunteer firefighter who heroically volunteered and risked his life on September 11, 2001, to support the Fire Department of New York...

‘Local Snapshots’ are intended to be your look into what local government is doing for you, with updates on projects, issues and more. Hopefully, they will give you a quick, up-close glimpse at your...

“Once it’s gone, you can’t get it back.” Well over 100 residents from across St. James and the surrounding hamlets filled the second-floor meeting room of the St. James Fire Department on Route 25A to...

The number referenced in the title is the total amount of solid waste produced per day on Long Island. And with the Brookhaven Landfill’s impending closure, combined with the State of New York’s utter...

The Smithtown Bay Yacht Club was the site of the Smithtown Children’s Foundation’s Polar Plunge to benefit the not-for-profit on March 4. Founded in 2003, the Foundation works with the Smithtown Central School District and...

National Last week, on February 28, incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) lost re-election, becoming the first incumbent to do so since the 1980s.  Chicago’s mayoral election works similarly to how runoffs work in some states. All...

“You’re from Long Island? You must have been in at least one movie.” While people aren’t saying this today, they might very well be saying it soon. Just as generations of Americans grew up with...

We are very excited to announce that The Messenger has partnered with The Smithtown Children’s Foundation for a charity subscription drive, whereby The Messenger will donate $15 dollars for every subscription bought using the...

It’s not hyperbolic to say that every standout student-athlete has dreamed the dream of becoming a physical education teacher and legend-tier coach for their alma mater.  For forty-plus years, Chris Messina (Class of ‘72) has...

Supervisor Ed Romaine, a political heavyweight, was officially nominated by the Suffolk County Republican Committee at the party’s nominating convention on Thursday, February 23. The nomination marks the first step in a journey Republicans hope...

Tom McCarthy met with The Messenger this week to discuss his upcoming campaign for Town Clerk of Smithtown. As first reported in The Messenger, Thomas D. McCarthy received the endorsement of the Smithtown Republican Committee...