| Ocean Beach PD: Bar fights and blaring beats |
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BAYPORT Annie's Pantry Deli (Montauk Highway at Bayport Commons) 7-11 (Montauk Highway) Friendly Bagels (Montauk Highway) The Fish Store (Montauk Highway) BAY SHORE Stop & Shop (Montauk Highway) Shop Rite (Sunrise Highway) Frank and Maria's Pork Store Garden Gate Gallery (29 E. Main St.) Chowder Bar (Maple Avenue) Nicky's (Maple Avenue) BLUE POINT Blue Point Diner (Montauk Highway) Blue Point Deli (Montauk Highway) BOHEMIA IGA Supermarket (Sunrise Highway) PATCHOGUE California Din ... Read More >> |
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| School budget passes, no increase sought |
It came as little surprise voters approved the Woodhull School’s budget by a 144-26 margin on May 18, considering it features a zero percent tax increase from the previous. In addition, voters returned two incumbent board of education members to office in a three-way race. ... Read More >> |
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| A talk with Supt. stresses stewardship |

Almost anyone would welcome the opportunity to work on the beach. But storms, budgets, upgrading and maintaining facilities and day-to-day operations are among the everyday realities that have kept Chris Soller busy during his first full-year as FINS superintendent. ... Read More >> |
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| Shop offers a Fire Island lifestyle experience |

When Ocean Beach resident Lindsey Patrick began working at Flair House almost a decade ago, she had a vision. She knew that someday she wanted to have her own shop in Ocean Beach. Her parents, Bob and Ilene Patrick were able to buy one of Lucille Stretch’s buildings in April, and the rest is history. ... Read More >> |
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| New ferry terminal and arts on OB agenda |
In what proved to be a relatively low key and briefer-than-usual Ocean Beach trustee meeting, the board settled on a firm that will design the new ferry terminal while Mayor Joseph Loeffler, Jr., reflected on his time at the helm of the village. ... Read More >> |
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| Post office delivers another day |
In spite of growing fears last summer the United States Post Office was going to end mail delivery on Fire Island as part of cost-cutting measures, the beach’s beloved post offices have survived the chopping block. ... Read More >> |
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| From fireworks to infrastructure, upcoming OB election is largest race in years |
Ocean Beach voters will go to the polls next month to choose their next mayor and three trustees. This election will bring sweeping political change to the village as it prepares for a $3.2 million ferry terminal project and negotiations on two critical contracts. And with Mayor Joseph Loeffler, Jr., not running for re-election, trustees James Mallott and Steven Einig are campaigning to replace him. ... Read More >> |
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| Saltaire voters to elect new government |
For a village where an incumbent’s only challenger is usually Pal, a dead dog who is a write-in candidate, for there to be both a mayoral and two trustee contests in Saltaire is pretty exciting. Throw in a pair of candidates for each job who are running on a platform of dissolving the village; and this combination makes for a particularly spicy race not typically found in this sleepy sliver of beach. ... Read More >> |
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| Fire Island twice declared federal disaster area |

Fire Islanders certainly don’t need a meteorologist (or a government bureaucrat) to tell them this past winter was a real doozy, but two federal disaster declarations during the off-season confirm what most beach residents already know. ... Read More >> |
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| While you were away: Weather, fires and pre-election campaigns oh my! |

Every Memorial Day issue, the staff of the Fire Island News fans out across the island (or at least picks up the phone) and talks to folks about the winter in their community. Here is a taste of what we found. Brrrrr! ... Read More >> |
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| Trio purchases Pines prop. for reported $21 mil |

In the largest real estate transaction in Fire Island history, three local men purchased the majority of the Fire Island Pines commercial properties in a deal valued at a reported $21 million. ... Read More >> |
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| 11th hour deal spares Grove's 2 a.m. ferry |
 A proposal to eliminate the last ferry Sunday at 2 a.m. from Cherry Grove to Sayville this summer had drawn sharp criticism from local businesses that argued the move would adversely affect their bottom line, but the concerned parties reached an agreement on Saturday, May 22, to spare the boat. ... Read More >> |
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