Fire Island News

Everyone needs some R&R. Summer is right around the corner and brings with it the perfect time for LGBT travelers on both coasts to leave the stress and strain of the city behind and hit the beach, pitch a tent or watch the whales.

FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. - Those who want to hit one of the areas most popular beaches may have to find somewhere else to go this weekend.

LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR AIRPORT In RONKONKOMA delays on VETS HIGHWAY/RT-454 WB between ORVILLE DR N and CR-93/LAKELAND AVE in BOHEMIA For the protection of motorists, a single travel lane in each direction is now closed to motorists around-the-clock on the Horseblock Road Bridge over the Long Island Expressway in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk ... (more)

In BROOKHAVEN accident on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB approaching CR-16/HORSEBLOCK RD/X57. Slow traffic from STATION RD/X56 in BELLPORT In BROOKHAVEN accident on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB approaching CR-16/HORSEBLOCK RD/X57. Slow traffic from STATION RD/X56 in BELLPORT For the protection of motorists, a single travel lane in each direction is now closed ... (more)

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, facing a hefty budget deficit of $530 million, is working to identify potential new revenue, cost-cutting manuevers and part of the effort includes at least one new 'one-shot' tax idea.

When it comes to getting 'away' without going too far from Sayville or Bayport the Sunken Forest on Fire Island seems to be the top favorite 'staycation' destination for local residents.

Katja Novitskova and Timur Si-Qin,A Installation view at the Center for Curatorial Studies: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY I'm going to imagine a time in which post-internet megabucks are really rolling in, and I'm equipped with a private Rhizome Vistajet .