The Smithtown Messenger

05/11/2023

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05/11/2023

05/03/2023

Attention Smithtown

04/27/2023

With boards of education across our area holding elections soon, it is important to familiarize yourself with the candidates.

For those unaware, boards of education across our area will soon be electing trustees to three-year terms. As always, in contested races of interest within The Messenger’s coverage area, we will endorse candidates that align with the editorial board’s stances on a student-first education— name...

04/14/2023

Congratulations were in abundance as Smithtown’s Greg Watkins Sr. drove down Mark Drive, concluding his 34-year career as a UPS driver on April 6. Unbeknownst to Watkins, the package in his care was part of a fantastical farce arranged by Christine Grazia and Watkins’ supervisor, Frank, to give ...

03/28/2023

The Messenger Papers has teamed up with the Smithtown Children's Foundation to donate $15 for every subscription made using the promo code "SCF" or with the attached form until March 31. Please share this post to help us spread the word.


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03/27/2023

Time is running out to support the Smithtown Children's Foundation. The Messenger Papers will donate $15 for every subscription made using the promo code “SCF” to the Foundation until the end of March. Please share this post!


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03/13/2023

Turn to pages 14 and 15 to see what's happening in your local school districts. Smithtown Central School District Hauppauge Public School District (official) Commack School District Kings Park School District

03/12/2023

Read about village trustee Jeffrey Fischer from Head of the Harbor

‘Local Snapshots’ are intended to be your look into what local government is doing for you, with updates on projects, issues and more. Hopefully, they will give you a quick, up-close glimpse at your local officials. Background: Jeffrey Fischer, 66, is the owner of an IT Managed Services and Cybe...

03/11/2023

03/11/2023

Read about the Smithtown Children's Foundation Polar Plunge at the Smithtown Bay Yacht Club

The Smithtown Bay Yacht Club was the site of the Smithtown Children’s Foundation’s Polar Plunge to benefit the not-for-profit on March 4. Founded in 2003, the Foundation works with the Smithtown Central School District and families in the area to provide services to those in need. Many of the pa...

03/10/2023

Pick up a copy of this week's paper to read about Robert Weisberg's six-month trip to benefit Paws of War

Friends and volunteers gathered to say their farewells to Robert Weisberg, a Commack Volunteer firefighter who heroically volunteered and risked his life on September 11, 2001, to support the Fire Department of New York as he prepared to make an arduous six[1]month journey on the Appalachian Trail t...

03/09/2023

From the editorial board…

The number referenced in the title is the total amount of solid waste produced per day on Long Island. And with the Brookhaven Landfill’s impending closure, combined with the State of New York’s utter abdication of regional assistance, it is up to municipal governments and the private sector to ...

03/03/2023

Congratulations to Chris Messina from Hauppauge Public School District (official)

It’s not hyperbolic to say that every standout student-athlete has dreamed the dream of becoming a physical education teacher and legend-tier coach for their alma mater.  For forty-plus years, Chris Messina (Class of ‘72) has lived out this exact dream in the halls and within the walls of Haupp...

03/03/2023

From the Editorial Board...

We are very excited to announce that The Messenger has partnered with The Smithtown Children’s Foundation for a charity subscription drive, whereby The Messenger will donate $15 dollars for every subscription bought using the promo code ‘SCF’ or with the attached form. For those who do not kno...

03/02/2023

02/27/2023

By Lisa Scott | President, League of Women Voters of Suffolk County Several weeks ago, NYS Gov. Hochul released a $227 billion budget proposal. It is now being negotiated with the NYS Senate and Assembly, potentially exposing more disagreement between progressive legislators and a more fiscally prag...

02/24/2023

Two Local Standouts and an MLB Vet to Rep Team Italy in World Baseball Classic

Nick Fanti (Hauppauge ‘15), Stephen Woods Jr. (Half Hollow Hills East ‘13) and Former New York Met ace Matt Harvey are taking their talents internationally— and have a cutting-edge Hauppauge instruction house to thank. Matt Harvey “I was kind of shocked [when Team Italy called me for the Wor...

02/24/2023

In case you missed it...

https://messengerpapers.com/2023/02/11th-annual-rhapsody-in-smithtown-blue-raises-record-amount/

Smithtown Central School District

A play on words from possibly George Gershwin’s most iconic composition (Rhapsody in Blue) and Smithtown High School West’s signature shade of dark blue, Rhapsody in Smithtown Blue owes itself to the charity of a then-student, Emily Doveala. Rhapsody in Blue is an annual ‘pops concert’ featu...

02/21/2023

Hi Everyone, we are collecting funds for Osman Diaz and his family. On Februar… Akropolis Restaurant needs your support for Osman Diaz’s Brain Aneurysm Fund

02/16/2023

Looking for something fun to do this coming Friday evening… Please see below. The WTRMS Jazz Band will also be performing!