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Back in 2015, Angie Carpenter took over the role of Islip Town supervisor after being appointed to finish Tom Croci’s term when he was elected New York State senator. In March of that year, she was elected to her first ...

Angie Carpenter has served as Islip Town supervisor for little more than one term, taking  office after Tom Croci moved on to the State Senate in 2015. But after she has effectively managed the town’s response to an illegal dumping scandal that occurred on ...

Long Island’s MacArthur Airport will use state and federal grant money to upgrade the main terminal and modernize its infrastructure. The upgrades are part of a multimillion-dollar capital improvement project.  The Ronkonkoma airport will get a new roof for the ...

The Town of Islip says it is planning to restrict where vape stores can set up shop. One day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a Bronx teenager as the first New Yorker to die of a vaping-related illness, Islip officials ...

As part of its continuous attention to improve customer experience, Long Island MacArthur Airport, owned by the Town of Islip, is investing in world-class passenger information systems from IT provider SITA. The new systems will include sophisticated flight information screens and voice ...

Frontier Airlines will continue serving Long Island MacArthur Airport for at least another year. The Islip Town Board held a public hearing on the new contract with the low-cost airline at its Sept. 24 board meeting, though there were no public ...

Town of Islip officials kicked-off “Islip Goes Purple” demonstrating unity in memory of the lives lost, those in recovery, those struggling and families affected by the Opioid/Heroin crisis. More than 100 people gathered for the Sept. 26 inaugural event, including ...

A first-of-its-kind park designed for special-needs’ groups in Islip Town is just a concept now but the people behind the idea can see it. The proposed one-acre park within a park will cater to people who are visually or hearing impaired, are ...

Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone today to announce the Suffolk County Office for the Aging will be on the receiving end of an additional $2.5 million dollars in State funding that was secured in the 2019 ...

The dip in profits in 2018 was partly because MacArthur paid $550,000 more in overtime – $1 million compared with $450,000 in 2017. Long Island MacArthur Airport’s profits dropped 56 percent in 2018 compared with the year before largely because overtime spending surged, ...