St. James Episcopal Church and the Brookhaven Village Association will sponsor a blood drive on Thursday, August 25th from 2:00pm-8:00pm at St. James Episcopal Church, 360 Beaver Dam Road in Brookhaven. The BVA Virginia Brown Scholarship Fund will donate $10 worth of school supplies for each of the first 40 blood donors who sign up in advance. Email bvamail@brookhavenvillageassociation.org to register today!
Check out this beautiful, lakefront, 4 bed/3 bath pool house in Riverwalk - one of the most sought-after gated communities in West Palm Beach, listed by Anthony Marinelli, Palm Beach Realtor. Click here for more information.
The South Country Education Foundation's grant applications for the 2022/23 school year are now available on their website. Completed applications are due back October 14, 2022. Awardees will be announced on October 28, 2022. Click here for more information.
Land Ho! The Brookhaven Village Association invites you to save the date for the return of the Squassux Fair on Saturday, October 1st (raindate: October 2nd). Mayhem marina ahead! More information coming soon!
This home is now under contract to two former Bellport residents! Summer is the time to buy in West Palm Beach! Check out this outstanding, lakefront home in the upscale gated community of Riverwalk, listed by Anthony Marinelli, Palm Beach Realtor. Click here for more information.
New letters to the Editor have been posted. Click here for more information.
CEED and Inspiration Plus are pleased to present
SCULPTURE on the TRAIL … an Art & Nature Exhibition
which will take place on Saturday, August 20th, from
11:00am to 3:00pm at the Center for Environmental
Education and Discovery, the Washington Lodge at 287
South Country Road, Brookhaven, 11719. Seventeen
international artists will have their sculptures
installed on a one-half-mile trail through Suffolk
County forest preserve north of Brookhaven’s Washington
Lodge. The theme of the exhibition is encapsulated in
the letter Y, which evokes organic branching in nature,
in tandem with the eternal questions we ask ourselves,
“why.” This event is free and open to the public.
Click here for more
information.
There will also be a reception
to meet and celebrate the artists, with music by jazz
band Natural Causes from 3:30pm-5:00pm with a
contribution of $25/person (children under 12 attend for
free.) Registration is required for the reception, and
can be made at
www.ceedli.org.
The Post-Morrow Foundation invites you to join them for a 1920's garden party on Saturday, September 10th from 3:00pm-6:00pm to celebrate their house built on Bay Road built in 1922 for Elisabeth Post and Tom Morrow. The evening will feature bubby and signature cocktails, delectable appetizers, and live music by the Jazz Loft Trio. Period costume is welcome! Click here for more information.
Attention parents! Registration is now open for Fall programs at the Bellport Methodist Preschool. Though a part of Bellport Methodist Church, they are a secular preschool where every child is welcome! They offer programs for children from 18 months to those who have not yet started kindergarten. With daily options to pick-up at 11:30am, 1:00pm or 2:30pm, the Preschool offers many choices for each families' needs! Click here for more information.
We continue to update our Coronavirus section on Bellport.com
weekly with:
• CDC vaccination rates, by
zip code
• Counts for Laboratory-Confirmed
Breakthrough Cases of COVID in NY State
• Daily COVID
testing in Suffolk County (number of daily tests and %
positivity)
• Hospitalizations and Hospital Capacity
Updates for Suffolk
• Fatalities to Date in Suffolk
County
• Additional links and information related to
COVID
When is enough going to be enough? Does someone have to die before the Mayor and Trustees do something about the speeding in Bellport Village? Click here to read our latest Editorial.
The South Country Central School District is hiring. The following positions are anticipated: call-in substitute teachers, call-in teaching assistants, probationary teaching assistants, permanent substitute teachers (five days/week), call-in custodial workers, call-in office assistant, call-in special education aides, call-in school monitors, call-in guard/responders and call-in registered school nurses. Click here for more information.
The gate at Mother's Beach has always been a manual gate. Over the years, Village employees were not available to open and close the gate during the winter months. Luckily, the Bellport Village Program Fund has solved this problem! Click here for more information.
A new Classified has been posted for a FREE Computer Desk. Click here for more information.
A new classified ad has been posted for a Kayak for sale. Click here for more information.
Eileen Green Realty has posted several homes and property for sale in Brookhaven Hamlet and East Patchogue! If you, or someone you know, are in the market for a new home, be sure to check them out! Click here for more information.
The Brookhaven Free Library seeks a part-time circulation clerk to join their customer service driven team. The ideal candidate enjoys helping community members of all ages and has a knack for detail-oriented tasks. Click here for more information.
Join the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society this summer for their latest exhibition honoring Isabella Rossellini. "Celebrating Isabella" will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am-4:00pm through September 4th at the BBHS exhibition space at 12 Bell Street in Bellport. Click here for more information.
A new classified has been posted for love seats and a claw foot kitchen table for sale in Bellport Village. Click here for more information.
Mama Farm is a 5-acre regenerative farm in Brookhaven that offers weekly food pick ups for their CSA members, ticketed events, a beautiful on-site B&B, cooking classes, and much more. The farm and B&B are also available for rental for weddings & private events. Click here for more information.
The South Country Library continues to offer many services for our community. Family and youth activities, book discussions, adult educational programming and more! Click here for their latest newsletter and to see what the South Country Library has been up to!
A new Classified has been posted for "Barrister." Click here for more information.
A couple is looking for a rental in the Brookhaven, Bellport or East Patchogue areas for September/October through Memorial Day. Click here for more information.
We received the following information from Nancy Marr
with the League of Women Voters:
The NYS and
Suffolk County Boards of Elections are alerting voters
that if an individual submits an application requesting
an Absentee Ballot, whether or not it is received, and
whether or not it is marked and returned, that
individual cannot cast a vote on a voting machine.
However, they can vote on an affidavit ballot. At
polling locations, election workers at check-in use an
electronic tablet. Their tablet screens note requests
for Absentee Ballots, as well as other important
information. If you have requested an Absentee Ballot,
but intend to cast a vote in person, be sure to ask for
an affidavit ballot at check-in and cast your vote in
that manner. Do not leave the polling place without
casting a ballot.
Lighthouse Mission is Long Island’s largest mobile
food pantry. This means that they rely on trucks to pick
up and distribute food across Long Island each day. As
fuel prices hit an all time high, the number of people
in need has gone way up (2,200 per week) and the
donations continue to go down.
Lighthouse
Mission is struggling to fuel their trucks, and if funds
do not improve, the Mission may have to reduce their ten
food distribution locations. This change could leave
upwards of 1,000 people with no chance to get the food
and clothing on which they desperately rely. If you
would like to make a donation to help the Lighthouse
Mission,
click here.
With the warm days and the increasing sunshine hours, South Country Concerts is very pleased to offer a new concert season for your enjoyment. South Country Concerts was founded by two internationally known Bellport musicians, soprano Deborah Birnbaum and cellist Laurinel Owen, with the mission to provide the highest quality concerts to South Shore residents. Featuring an eclectic mix of classical repertoire in an intimate and informal setting, the series has an outreach to music lovers of all ages. All concerts will be held at Christ Episcopal Church in Bellport. Click here for more information.
The weather is finally getting nicer which means we can spend more time outside! Luckily, we have many suggestions about places to go for a great day in the outdoors! Did you know that there are several audio historical walking tours around Bellport Village and Brookhaven Hamlet? If hiking is more your style, we have a ton of suggestions for walks and hikes around Long Island!
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posting a photo of a beagle and our request for a
sitter. We received many calls and found a lovely couple
in Bellport Village to care for our beagle Molly. Many
thanks and you can now remove the posting under pet
sitting." - Mary and Tom
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efforts. This time we placed an ad for help in caring
for our garden. Once again bellport.com made it a
successful move. So please discontinue our ad. What
would we ever do without you?" Best regards, Elaine
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