Centuries later, the Town of Islip is always on the move
By TOM MARINER // As I prepare to board a Long Island Rail Road train at Ronkonkoma Station for a quick journey into the city and another hot-button pharmaceutical conference,…
Angie Carpenter
Pandemic may be over, but Safe at Home’s mission isn’t
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading regional nonprofit is continuing to find innovative ways to assist at-risk Long Island seniors living alone. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, its effects…
For 65 years, community and class have marked SCCC
By TOM MARINER // Nassau and Suffolk counties lost more than 110,000 residents between 2017 and 2022, thanks largely to the regional “brain drain.” Our leaders are looking for solutions…
In government, an age-old issue with no easy solution
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // John F. Kennedy was 43 when he said in his 1961 inaugural address that the “torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.”…
At SCCC, a $21M STEM center with a real future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Suffolk County Community College has officially opened its Renewable Energy STEM Center, with a host of scientific disciplines and innovative workforce-development initiatives in play. Dedicated to…
Through the years, skies with innovative East/West
By TOM MARINER // You’re three-and-a-half miles up in the sky, carrying three-dozen soldiers in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook – the fastest helicopter in the U.S. fleet – at 200…
The Debrief: Opportunities converge at Midway Crossing
On an island where grandiose project proposals (commercial/residential megalopolises, indoor ski mountains, etc.) come and go, Midway Crossing gives pause. Not for its projected price, which is considerable ($2.8…
Rapidly expanding airline helps answer LIMA’s prayers
By GREGORY ZELLER // Traveling through Long Island MacArthur Airport will be a bit more of a breeze in 2022, when a new airline touches down. Breeze Airways, founded by…
Planes, trains, autos: Wheels up on LIMA ‘ground hub’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A key component of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council’s strategic investment has taken flight – actually, broken ground – at Long Island MacArthur Airport….
Central Islip snags $10M prize in Albany’s annual DRI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Following wins by Westbury in 2016 and Hicksville in 2017, Central Islip has earned the nod – and the $10 million prize – as the Long…
In Holtsville, a crowning clean-gen achievement
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s food-and-beverage king has completed an ambitious solar installation promising royal benefits – for itself, and for the regional power grid. Along with its partners…