Community

While most of Montauk is pretty quiet during the winter, the town sure knows how to host a parade. This year the 51st Annual St. Patrick's Day parade falls on St. Patrick's Day and Montauk School Superintendent Jack Perna will serve as Grand Marshal.

Congressman Tim Bishop hosted an informational meeting open to the public in partnership with Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner and Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker at the Rocky Point Veterans of Foreign Wars Fischer-Hewins Post 6249.

Southampton businessman Rocco A. Carriero hosted a community event at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School in support of local service members currently serving overseas.

Legislator Schneiderman, chair of the Public Works Committee, has successfully secured funding for three dredging projects in the Town of East Hampton over the past two years.

Congressman Tim Bishop along with FEMA and the US Small Business Administration are hosting a FEMA information meeting on Thursday, January 10, at the Rocky Point VFW Post. The meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m.

Congressman Tim Bishop of New York strongly criticized GOP leadership in Congress for not bringing the bipartisan Super Storm Sandy Relief Bill to a vote in the House of Representatives.

Eight Stony Brook University scholars have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They will be honored for their contributions to science and engineering at the Fellows Forum during the AAAS Annual Meeting on February 16, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and the Peconic Land Trust have announced the preservation of an additional 57.1 acres on Shelter Island, increasing the number of acres conserved by Sylvester Manor to more than 105 acres.