What’s on the ballot this November

There’s only a month until Election Day and your hometown newspapers will be publishing profiles on local races throughout October. Here’s what’s on the ballot across the South Shore of Suffolk …

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Bellport Village held their bimonthly trustee board meeting on Monday, Sept. 28. All trustees were present as were the mayor Maureen Veitch and deputy mayor Nathan Rohrmeier. The meeting began …

A furniture and design architect debuts his new book

Architect David Miller with studio artist David Ebner. Miller will give a talk with Ebner on his new book, “Art & Furniture: An Oral History of the American Furniture Movement,” at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Museum on Oct. 3.

Architect Dennis Miller, who founded DM New York, showcasing artist and architect-created furniture embodying modern design, will be discussing his new book, “Art & Furniture: An Oral History …

Isabella Rossellini celebrates her father’s films and St. Francis

Isabella Rossellini will give a talk about her father’s films at Plaza Cinema this Saturday.

“If someone like St. Francis lived today, would we recognize his sainthood, or view him as eccentric?” That profound question was asked by Isabella Rossellini during an interview about St. …

Nor’easter floods coastal communities, leaves thousands without power

Friday night before the storm at Corey Beach. This photo was taken on Sept. 25.

A nor’easter struck the region last weekend, bringing high rainfall, wind gusts, and flooding. From Friday, Sept. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 27, inches of rain poured down on communities and wind …

Youthful Bellport focused on development

Senior four-year starter Caitlin Maragioglio scored the Clippers’ first goal of 2026.

After boasting a senior-dominant roster last season, Bellport’s girls soccer program is in a transition year with first-year head coach Chuck Maragioglio, who served as an assistant for the past …

Bellport Village

Don’t miss these fall events

The villages of Patchogue and Bellport are gearing up for a month-long celebration of fall. If you seek crisp air, pumpkins and decorating, look no further. Also, due to the predicted storm …

A South Bay Art Association Student Scholarship in Dwight Trujillo’s name has been proposed by the Bellport Chamber. Some of the many friends who knew him include (left to right) Jim and LuAnn Thompson, John DiNaro, Pamela Lerner, David Ebner and Tom Lerner. Trujillo’s 9/11 Memorial, produced with Jim Thompson, is in the rear.

Remembering Dwight with an art scholarship

When Dwight Trujillo, 83, owner and artisan of The Village Silversmith, died on Aug. 25 at his home in East Moriches, it was as if a light among the Bellport Main Street businesses went out. …

CRIME

Arrest made at high school

Suffolk County Police Department officers were dispatched to Bellport High School on Thursday, Sept. 10, and Friday Sept. 11. A student was arrested after a domestic incident on Thursday. The …

The Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association held its annual Labor Day Regatta last weekend at Bellport Bay Yacht Club. A total of 15 sailboats took to the water on Sunday, Sept. 6, for the Queen of …

Former mayor Frank Trotta with South Country Lions Club former president John Albin beside the Bellport clock on Main Street, a South Country Lions Club project.

How a Bellport landmark came to be

The iconic Bellport clock arrived at its present location in 1985 with quite a backstory, including a 600-pound base, part of a former gas streetlamp used until the start of the 20th century. …

Bellport Garden Club member Mary Elizabeth Kana with twin sisters Yvonne and Martha Skorpanich.

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Bellport Garden Club member Mary Elizabeth Kana and Bellport residents, twin sisters Yvonne and Martha Skorpanich, helped restore the natural beauty of the Brooke Bennington Heins memorial on …

School News

Building usage analysis aimed to be available before December

“The superintendent’s report today is going to be about a very serious and long overdue topic. It’s one that has been discussed. People have opinions and ideas, but as this board has made clear …