Islip, NY News – LI Press

HIA-LI trade show and conference 2025

Business

HIA-LI trade show signs of strong economy despite uncertainty

By Claude Sonlik

Long Islanders voted Karver's Grille the Best Onion Rings in the 2025 FourLeaf Best of Long Island contest.

Karver’s Grille: Inside the 2025 Best Onion Rings on Long Island

By Abby Gibson

Farmers markets have the freshest, locally-grown produce on the Island. Here are all the upcoming dates and locations for ones popping up near you.

Long Island Guides

Long Island farmers markets: Summer 2025 guide to dates, locations and fresh produce

By Ashna Balroop

Harrow International School New York’s Oakdale Campus

Education

Harrow International: Oakdale’s new school

By Antonio Schoenhardt

Carmine Simpson, an ex-NYPD cop, was sentenced for sexually exploiting children.

Ex-NYPD cop from LI sentenced for sexually exploiting children

By Timothy Bolger

Feces and urine covered the walls and floors of the Bohemia home where 69 cats were found alive and more than 20 dead kittens were found in a freezer.

Dead kittens in freezer, 69 cats living in ‘alarming conditions’ found in man’s Bohemia home

By Nicole Formisano

After he was allegedly stabbed, the police officer's hand appeared bloody in his body cam footage.

Man stabs officer in groin after fleeing theft, cops say

By Nicole Formisano

U.S. Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler toured GSE Dynamics to highlight U.S. manufacturing.

Business

SBA chief touts Made in America in LI visit to GSE Dynamics

By Claude Solnik

New York Label & Box Works President Steven Haedrich

Business

How one family business found longevity by thinking ‘outside the box’

By Claude Solnik

Chirs Phelan, David Anderson and Christie Phelan (L. to R.) at the Thursday, April 17, Corey's Promise Softball Tournament fundraiser

Sports

Charity softball tournament raises almost $12K for Corey’s Promise

By Hannah Devlin

A Bay Shore man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for impregnating a girl after sexually assaulting her for a decade, the DA says.

Bay Shore man imprisoned for raping, impregnating 15-year-old: DA

By Nicole Formisano

Fairfield Properties Ballpark, home of the Long Island Ducks.

Sports

Long Island Ducks prep for 25th anniversary season with new fan experiences, ballpark upgrades

by Nick Mongiovi

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Fire Island News

The First Long Island Seafood Trail has been Announced

Health

Northwell South Shore nurses union ratify tentative agreement, avert strike

By Isabella Gallo

Health

Long Island nurses will strike on March 17 if no contract

By Isabella Gallo

March 8 hit and run Bay Shore

Fire Island News

One Dead in Bay Shore Main Street Hit and Run

SCPD suffolk county police department police car

Islip murder-suicide reported days after Ridge case

By Timothy Bolger

cold case

How police cracked a 2003 North Bay Shore cold case murder

By Timothy Bolger

Newly crowned 2025 Miss Connecticut Jenna Hofmann, right, and 2025 Miss Connecticut Teen USA Daviana Plaza.

Community Events

West Islip native crowned Miss Connecticut 2025

By Jenna Hofmann

Long Island produced more than a third of the musicians accepted into the elite All-State Winter Conference.

Education

300 student musicians perform in elite All-State Winter Conference

By Nicole Formisano

Family and Children's Association CEO Jeffrey Reynolds said the federal funding freeze would have slashed a quarter of the organization's budget

Politics

Federal funding freeze threat looms over Long Island organizations

By Cameryn Oakes

Photo of Eric Gerwatowski, of New Hyde Park, at Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. Gerwatowski was potentially one of the Long Islanders pardoned by President Donald Trump

Jan. 6 pardons potentially include 11 Long Islanders

By Cameryn Oakes

Carole Trottere hugging a woman who made a rock dedicated to a lost loved one

Health

Turning pain into purpose: Mother takes OD prevention into own hands after son’s death

By Cameryn Oakes

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her fourth State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday, Jan. 14

Politics

State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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