News by Tom Barton

News by Tom Barton on South Shore Press


Sep 30, 2025

SWR Field Hockey continue to roll

The Shoreham-Wading River girls’ field hockey team is off to a fantastic start to the 2025 season, combining a stifling defense with an explosive offense to establish themselves as one of Suffolk County’s top contenders.

Sep 30, 2025

Tunnel 2 Towers run brings out the best of the best

This week, FDNY members, New Yorkers, and thousands of visitors from across the country came together to participate in the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk in New York City.

Sep 29, 2025

Stony Brook inducts their 2025 hall of fame class

This weekend Stony Brook University proudly inducted four exceptional Seawolves into the Rita & Kurt Eppenstein Athletics Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at Stony Brook Arena, where the Class of 2025 was honored for their outstanding contributions to Stony Brook Athletics.

Sep 29, 2025

Green leads Rocky Point

The Rocky Point boys cross country team traveled to Wappingers Falls this weekend and turned in a strong performance against some of the top competition in the state.

Sep 28, 2025

Bayport-Blue Point score 70 as their offense shines

It’s not every day you go to a football game and see over 100 points scored, especially in high school. It’s even rarer to see one team put up 70 points, but with Bayport-Blue Point, it somehow doesn’t feel all that shocking.

Sep 28, 2025

Rocky Point wins their Salute to Service game

Rocky Point held its annual Salute to Service game under the lights Friday night, and the team looked inspired after honoring local heroes on the field beforehand. The Eagles rode that energy to a dominant 44-19 win over Amityville.

Sep 28, 2025

Pat-Med holds on against C.I.

Patchogue-Medford earned a hard-fought win this weekend on their home field, something their fans had not witnessed in quite some time.

Sep 28, 2025

Ward Melville's offense continues to impress

Ward Melville’s offense continued to shine this weekend, making a very strong case as the best in Suffolk County.

Sep 28, 2025

William Floyd only needs one half to dominate

William Floyd needed only one half of football this weekend to prove its dominance — and for Sachem East, that was one half too many.

Sep 27, 2025

Rocky Point at the Ryder Cup

This weekend marked the start of the 45th edition of the Ryder Cup, and some are calling it the biggest one yet. For golf fans and players alike, it is a must-watch and must-attend event.

Sep 27, 2025

Your dynasty fantasy season is just beginning

So that’s it—the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season is over. Now you can finally breathe and relax, right? Wrong! Not if you play dynasty or keeper league fantasy baseball. For you, this is just the beginning.

Sep 26, 2025

The Jets will honor a Suffolk police hero

The New York Jets will be honoring a true hero when they honor Suffolk County Police Officer Matias Ferreira as their Veteran of the Game. The recognition will take place when they take on the Dallas Cowboys on October 5.

Sep 26, 2025

MVP odds are a joke

The American League MVP odds have been moving all over the place for much of the year, but it hit a fever pitch this week.

Sep 24, 2025

The game we love is being destroyed

This week, Major League Baseball announced that beginning in 2026 it will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes after the league’s competition committee voted to usher in the era of robot umpiring.

Sep 24, 2025

William Floyd is perfect on the season

The William Floyd girls’ varsity tennis team came into the season with high hopes and possibly just as high expectations, but they have surpassed every expectation thus far this year.

Sep 24, 2025

SWR to host the Gilmore Game

The Shoreham-Wading River school district lost a member of their family, and the district is determined to make sure that coach Adrian Gilmore's legacy will live on and thrive.

Sep 23, 2025

Ducks close out successful 25th season

The Long Island Ducks have completed yet another successful season and this one was a little more special because it marked the team's 25th Anniversary Season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Sep 23, 2025

New York Rangers 2025 season preview

Entering last season, the Rangers had high hopes throughout the organization and there were more than a few people picking this team to lift the Stanley Cup when all was said and done. That came crashing down and now it might be possible that they are being overlooked.

Sep 23, 2025

New York Islanders 2025 preview

The New York Islanders open up the 2025 season with many of the same questions that they had during seemingly every season in recent memory.

Sep 22, 2025

Scoring early and often pushes the Patriots past Bay Shore

This past Saturday was a day for big plays when Ward Melville met up with Bay Shore, but unfortunately for Bay Shore all of those big plays were made by Ward Melville, in all three phases of the game.

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Local

Brookhaven to shutter Holtsville Hal’s longtime zoo

Holtsville Hal and friends will be located as town looks to close animal preserve.


Things To Do

Event organizer Kane on SouthamptonFest: 'A gathering of old friends and new friends’

The annual SouthamptonFest, a fall tradition for 13 years, returns to the Village of Southampton from Friday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 5, with family-friendly activities.