East Islip News

WFAN's Craig Carton gave West Islip some more love on Friday. During the "Boomer and Carton" show, the co-host donned a blue and gold West Islip Football T-shirt, which could be seen by the program's many television viewers on MSG Network.

Babylon Elementary School used a $5,000 donation from Babylon resident Theresa Santmann to purchase a new Skutt Automatic Kiln that will be enjoyed for years to come by Babylon art students.

In NASSAU blocked due to fallen power cables on MERRICK RD WB between MERRICK AVE and CENTRAL BLVD in MERRICK After 20 years of battling epilepsy , Michael Sganga has received an implanted neurostimulator that prevents seizures by sending mild, continuous pulses of electrical energy to his brain.

A longtime rivalry with East Islip led to West Islip getting some major exposure on a popular New York sports talk radio show.

Recent LI plane incidents A small plane made an emergency landing at Heckscher State Park in East Islip just before 4 p.m. Sunday, state park police said.No one was injured either on the plane or on the ground, police said.The 1977 Cessna was being piloted by David J. Jensen, along with a student pilot, state park police said in a release.