After Proposed Ban in County Parks, Skateboarding Comes to Church Street
Lake Ronkonkoma, New York – July 16, 2007 – When residents of Lake Ronkonkoma were informed by Brookhaven Councilman Tim Mazzei (R-CD#5) that the construction of a skateboard ramp was imminent for Waltess Estates Park, the outcry was swift. A petition immediately began circulating and [...]

FEMA Public Assistance Grants Top $1 Million In New York’s Suffolk County 
ALBANY, N.Y. – More than $1 Million in grants has been approved for Suffolk County, under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program. 
Suffolk was one of 13 counties approved for PA grants for disaster-related damage from the April nor’easter. The program [...]

Local Retailers Can “Go Green” by Keeping Store Doors Closed When AC is Running
Southampton, NY-July 11, 2007-”With energy demands on Long Island hitting record highs last summer, and with new records possible for this summer, conserving energy, becoming more-energy efficient and “going green” have taken on added importance as the demand for energy Island-wide has [...]

LIPA Has Adequate Resources to Meet Demand
Customers Should Use Electricity Efficiently to Keep Bills Down as the Heat Goes Up
Garden City, NY – July 9, 2007 – As Long Island enters a two-day period of high temperatures and humidity, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) reminds its customers to use electricity efficiently as a way [...]

Over 50 Hamptons Artists to Open Their Studios to the Public 
Tour Benefits the Artists Alliance of East Hampton
Special Preview Reception July 6    Tour Set for July 12, 13 and 14 
For over two decades, the annual Artists Alliance Studio Tour has provided art lovers and collectors with the unique opportunity to view the creative work spaces [...]

Historic Southampton Church Celebrates
100th Anniversary of Cornerstone Laying
Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Church’s
Annual Tent Party has Special Meaning This Year 
Parish Grounds, 168 Hill Street, July 28, 2007
 
Always one of the most festive events of summer, the Annual Tent Party on the grounds of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church in Southampton has a [...]

New Studies: Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Increase Use; Weak Marijuana Works as Well as High-Dose THC Pills
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two just-published scientific studies provide further evidence that medical marijuana laws do not increase marijuana use, and that even weak marijuana works as well as (and in some ways better than) high-dose Marinol, the THC pill [...]

50 Smithtown Residents and Taxpayers Band Together
July 2, 2007– (Smithtown, NY) After just one week of campaigning, nearly 50 Smithtown residents and taxpayers have banded together to express their dissatisfaction with the Town of Smithtown’s dismal efforts to fix broken curbs in front of their homes.
According to James P. Lamb, a local private investigator-turned-community-activist who [...]