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Historic Marker Designates Islip Second Town Hall

LIMG September 8, 2023

Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined with members of the Historical Society of Islip Hamlet and Kurt and Michael Bohlsen, for the installation of an historic marker at the Bohlsen Restaurant Group Headquarters site on Main St. in Islip. The historic designation of the BRG Headquarters

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Senior Get Creative At Local Centers

LIMG September 8, 2023

Come and practice your creativity at any one of the Town of Islip’s Senior Centers. Recently, seniors enjoyed making tin can planters at the Caesar Trunzo Senior Center in Brentwood. The program, “Center Craft Creations” is offered at Oakdale; Ronkonkoma; Caesar Trunzo; Joyce Fitzpatrick and West Islip. Sign up at your local center and join […]

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Physical Therapy And Rehabilitation Facility Joins Business Community

LIMG September 5, 2023

Professional Care Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation opened its doors on Islip Avenue in Islip recently. Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter was on hand to cut the ceremonial ribbon, officially welcoming the 3 in 1 PT facility to the community. Inside the new 11,000 sf space, clients will find ProCare Occupational Therapy; ProCare Athletic Performance (PCAP) […]

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International Overdose Awareness Day Solemnized By Tree Lighting

LIMG September 5, 2023

Families, community leaders, civic organizations and town and county officials came together to pay tribute to the lives lost to overdose by lighting the Bayport Blue Point Library tree purple Thursday. The gathering marked International Overdose Awareness Day, while offering Narcan/Harm Reduction Training; “Shed the Meds;” along with mental health resources. On Wednesday,

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Supervisor Carpenter, DA Tierney Host Financial Exploitation Prevention Seminar

LIMG August 24, 2023

Angie Carpenter, Islip Town Supervisor invited Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, along with ADAs and Detectives from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Financial Crimes Bureau and the Suffolk County PD Financial Crimes Unit to the Joyce Fitzpatrick Senior Center in East Islip, for a seminar on how to prevent identity theft. Participants learned

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Ockers Senior Club Celebrates Dot’s 90th Birthday!

LIMG August 17, 2023

Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined with members of Ockers Senior Club to celebrate Dorothy Oliveri’s 90th Birthday! Dorothy “Dot” Oliveri was born on August 4, 1933 in Mastic, NY. Growing up, she spent her summers at her grandfather’s farm before graduating Center Moriches High School in 1951. Upon graduating, she married Earl Rowland and […]

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Jr. Lifeguard Program Prepares Lifeguards Of Tomorrow

LIMG July 25, 2023

Over a dozen students age 11 to 14 are learning vital water safety and life-saving lessons through the Town’s Junior Lifeguard Program. The program helps provide students with the necessary training to complete the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Course offered to ages 15+, and will further them on the path to become one of our […]

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NYS And Local Experts Address Swimming And Ocean Safety Amidst Recent String Of Shark Encounters

LIMG July 7, 2023

Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter was joined by town officials, a veteran ocean lifeguard and a NYS DEC marine biologist at a press conference to address the recent shark encounters that took place during the 4th of July holiday weekend on Fire Island and at surrounding beaches. “It’s days like today that really make you […]