When her three children were young, Regina Crawford would take them to beaches in Shirley, Patchogue and East Islip, each about 20 minutes from their North Bellport home. They would never make the ...

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico wants to make a Fire Island beach more accessible to residents. While Ho Hum Beach is part of the Fire Island National Seashore, this public beach is mainly ...

Brookhaven is allowing all town residents to visit Ho-Hum Beach on Fire Island — where for years only Bellport Village residents were allowed — in a bid to reverse a policy town officials said ...

This week, an idyllic beach on Fire Island was the site of a populist coup: Long an exclusive area for residents of the affluent nearby village of Bellport, Ho-Hum Beach was suddenly opened to ...

People are getting fired up over a Fire Island beach dispute — and there is nothing ho-hum about the accusations being lodged regarding Ho-Hum Beach. The Long Island beach is only accessibly by boat ...