Bay Shore Patch

10/07/2025

Suffolk County health officials have closed a Long Island beach for bathing due to excessive bacterial contamination.

10/07/2025

Also: Daughter of "monster" shark hunter on "Jaws" / Prison for Santos / Teacher mourned / Harry Chapin tribute / Electric scooter crash: PD

10/07/2025

It's National Kitten Day, and one Long Island animal shelter has 60 adoptable kittens waiting to find their forever homes.

10/07/2025

Kia Wright, Copiauge High's girls basketball team coach, who was adored by players and parents alike, has been let go, Newsday reports.

10/07/2025

A new Pilates studio is opening this summer in a charming, waterfront village on Long Island's South Shore.

10/07/2025

Local musicians will perform Harry Chapin songs. People are asked to support Chapin's charity, Long Island Cares, with food donations.

10/07/2025

The disgraced ex-congressman wrote on X that if anything happens to him in prison, "so there’s no confusion. I did not kill myself."

The disgraced ex-congressman wrote on X that if anything happens to him in prison, "so there's no confusion. I did not kill myself."

10/07/2025

Frank Mundus, forever immortalized in Hollywood lore as the inspiration for Quint in "Jaws," spent later life focused on shark conservation.

Frank Mundus, immortalized in Hollywood lore as inspiration for Quint in "Jaws," was later focused on shark conservation, daughter says.

10/07/2025

Also: ICE agents organize at LI firehouse / Massive ghost gun seizure: DA / Merchants raise funds for cancer research / Resident mourned

09/07/2025

West Islip is getting greener, thanks to a successful new recycling pilot program that's boosted recycling in just 5 weeks, the town says.

09/07/2025

"The loss is tremendous, a life cut short but lived to the fullest. Lenore squeezed everything out of every day." - BBP Chamber of Commerce.