Fire Island News

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Fire Island Dance Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary edition July 18-20, 2014, with artistry, gravity-defying movement, romance and remembrance, raising a record-shattering $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

A Suffolk legislative committee voted Monday to join New York State and the federal government in constructing 30 miles of protective dunes and restoring beaches between Smith Point County Park and Robert Moses State Park.

July 21, 2014 - Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing effort to control adult mosquitoes.

A park ranger explains what remains at the wreck of the Bessie White, an early 1900's shipwreck uncovered by Hurricane Sandy near Watch Hill, NY, July 19 2014.

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2014: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 18, 2014 * NYNY1407.18 - Birds mentioned EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE + White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Cory's Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel AMERICAN AVOCET Willet WHIMBREL Western Sandpiper ... (more)

RICHARD HAKE, news host: Now in its 20th year, The Fire Island Dance Festival benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and has turned into a must-see event on Long Island's Fire Island Pines.

In Merrick road construction. two lanes closed on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Meadowbrook Pky and Main St in Freeport In Merrick road construction.

Investigators were trying to determine Friday if a head found in a suburban New York yard matches other body parts found in the area.

The 20th anniversary of Fire Island's most anticipated event of the season, FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL, returns July 18-20, 2014.

Parents, siblings, wives and husbands, extended family and friends, all made their way to the black granite memorial at Smith Point County Park on Fire Island on Thursday, July 17, 2014, to remember those they lost 18 summers ago as TWA Flight 800 exploded, plunging to the sea off East Moriches.

In Massapequa road construction. left lane closed on Seaford-Oyster Bay Expwy/Rt-135 SB between Rt-107/X5 and Rt-105/X3 in Seaford In Massapequa road construction.

In Medford accident on Horse Block Rd/Portion Rd/Smithtown Blvd/Terry Rd/CR-16 WB between CO Hwy 101/Patchogue Yaphank Rd and before Manor Rd In Medford accident on Horse Block Rd/Portion Rd/Smithtown Blvd/Terry Rd/CR-16 WB between CO Hwy 101/Patchogue Yaphank Rd and before Manor Rd In Roslyn Heights road construction.

Caring for fish can be a terrific class project. In our classroom, our teacher, Constance Krauss, and two high school teachers, Brad Sajeski and Thomas McCarthy, set up a 25-gallon saltwater fish tank.

Dredging for Fire Island's new dunes -- part of a federal storm-protection project -- is now planned to start in September, about six weeks sooner than expected, officials said Tuesday.

Scented soap? Gold-plated faucets? Marble floors? Guests at the Margarita Villas in Kismet know not to expect such luxuries with their overnight stay on Fire Island.

July 15, 2014 - Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes.

Fire Island has often been referred to as "a sandbar off the coast of reality," where on any given summer weekend between its two gay communities you can expect to spot a celebrity or two, rub elbows with some of the gay community's biggest movers and shakers and see more beautiful bodies than you thought ever existed - you just have to travel on ... (more)

Chinelle Latoya Browne, 27, of Brownsville, pictured left an image from her Facebook page, was reported missing to the New York City police, sources say.

July 10, 2014 - Islip Town Councilman John Cochrane Jr. and Long Island Road Commuter Council President Mark Epstein will join LIRR commuters and officials from the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce at a press conference, Friday July 11, 2014 at 11:00 am, Ronkonkoma LIRR station, to discuss the economic impact of the threatened LIRR strike .