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OPINION EDITORIAL The South Shore village can serve as a model for other Long Island communities. The story of Patchogue began with factories and mills, shipbuilding and fishing. Then the iconic Swezey’s store showed up in the late 1800s and, in the decades that followed, theaters and small shops began to shape the downtown. Decades of… …Continue Reading
 

A study by the Long Island Regional Planning Council touted Patchogue’s revitalization and found it accounted for $693.3 million in economic growth. The report, released Thursday at an event at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, said that from 2000 to 2017, the village’s transit-oriented developments and other smart-growth projects have helped boost downtown… …Continue Reading
 

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Theresa E. Sanders has been a C-Suite Executive for over twenty years.  As President and CEO of Urban League of Long Island, Sanders has developed direct service programs that help infuse millions of dollars into the regional economy, by empowering individuals to become economically self-sufficient and socially conscience community members.

John Cameron is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP.  The multi-disciplined consulting planning and engineering firm is completing its 34th year of business.  

Long Island’s history and culture are so connected to its shellfish that the first people to live on New York’s coast called it the “Island of Shells”. Jutting into the Atlantic from New York Harbor, the island draws residents and visitors alike to its beaches, fishing and famously good clams and oysters. Equally famous, however,… …Continue Reading