The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce News

The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce News


Dec 13, 2024

Port Jefferson Chamber rep. on lantern tour, 'We're excited to bring it back online'

After a nine-year hiatus, the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce is bringing back its Lantern Light House Tour on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Sep 13, 2024

Port Jefferson Chamber rep on Dragon Boat Race Festival: 'It's the 10th year...it's very special'

Port Jefferson is celebrating 10 years of tradition with the Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Festival to be held on Saturday, Sept. 14.

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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk

The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.


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History Comes Alive at Military Museum

The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.


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Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before