Eastport News

Did you know that there is a Long Island-based company that makes and sells vegan marshmallows? Sweet & Sara, whose headquarters are in Long Island City, makes Marshmallow Meltaways that are 100 percent vegan.

The sun decided to shine brightly on the Eastport South Manor High School class of 2009 on Saturday, June 27.

WHERE Thursday night at 10 on WLIW/21 REASON TO WATCH An incredible journey, indeed.

To a young son reeling from the unexpected death of his father, his mother says she offers a simple consolation to the boy's broken heart: Dad's in heaven.

Flags at two Suffolk police departments flew at half-staff after car crashes killed two sworn officers, both former U.S. military personnel, and cast the police forces and the men's families into mourning.

If you ever went to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden then you must remember those little lights you could buy.

An off-duty Quogue Village Police Department officer and a passenger in his Ferrari were killed Sunday after the speeding car struck a tree in Eastport, and both men were ejected from the vehicle, police said.

There is so much to report this week that I'm just going to jump right in. There have been all sorts of fun doings at Remsenburg/Speonk Elementary School this month, including a charity event, a talent show and lots of fantastic and educational trips.

I see a lot of my Dad in my children now. In my oldest son, I see my father's patience and kindness.

The Eastport South Manor School Board is expected to approve a $12.3 million green energy project later this month that officials said will lower the district's utility bills by about $700,000 per year.

Though, technically, it is not summer yet - the solstice occurs on Sunday, June 21, this year, which is also Father's Day - it seems that the season is officially underway here on the East End.

A recent trip to the North Fork yielded many of my favorite things, including Godiva chocolates and coffee, a sharp cheddar and triple cream cheese from the Mattituck Cheese Shop, fresh, local strawberries, homemade donuts, a pie and some homemade ice cream, a few cracked lobster claws, some spring merlot, Polish pottery and a near-empty wallet! If ...

I followed the Eastport South Manor High School marching band from the Eastport Elementary School to Greenwood Village in Manorville on Memorial Day.

OMG! The birds start singing early in the morning these days! At around 4:30 a.m., they start with their morning songs.

I have been obsessed with lobster rolls all week long after reading the Dining Out in The Press on the Trackside Cafe in Speonk.

Due to the advent of performance simulation video games like "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero," heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are once again appealing to teenagers, according to Thomas Peterson, the owner of the Eastport Music Scene in Eastport.

Someone told me that Memorial Day comes early this year and Labor Day comes late, which I guess means summer will be longer this year.

When Ron Michne's father, Peter Michne, graduated from what was then known as Eastport School in 1927, his class was three times the size of the class of 1924, and school officials knew that the overcrowded building would soon have to be replaced.

It is hard to believe that we have just one more week - and change - until Memorial Day weekend.

The other night my son who was upstairs texted my son who was downstairs to ask him to ask me to bring up some water when I came up.