10.18.2026 News Gavyn’s Favorite 5K brings runners to Orient for epilepsy research More than 100 runners and walkers turned out Sunday for the first annual Gavyn’s Favorite 5K at Orient Beach State Park. Under brilliant sunshine and temperatures in the 50s,...
09.22.2026 News ‘Gavyn’s Favorite 5K’ turns Mattituck teen’s passion into a lasting legacy Gavyn Drago used to love running in Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital’s annual Walk to Recovery 5K in Orient. He loved the course, how flat it was, and...
12.29.2025 Outdoors State parks offer to start 2026 offline with ‘First Day Hike’ program The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Canal Corporation are once again inviting New Yorkers to kick off...
11.28.2025 Community North Fork drives to give back to this holiday season ‘Tis the season of giving, and Northforkers can give back to their community through a host of toy, coat and food drives. Below are some of them: ‘Stuff the...
10.29.2025 Outdoors Lantern Walk illuminates Orient Beach on Nov. 2 On Sunday, Nov. 2, the second annual Lantern Walk at Orient Beach State Park takes place on the shore of Gardiners Bay. Starting at 4 p.m., environmental educators will...
05.01.2025 Outdoors Celebrate ‘I Love My Park Day’ on the North Fork Saturday, May 3, is I Love My Park Day, New York State’s largest single-day volunteer event, and you can spend it giving back to your choice of the North...
04.04.2024 Environment Where to watch Monday’s solar eclipse On Monday, April 8 the moon will perfectly align with the sun, casting a massive shadow across the Earth. And although such solar eclipses occur at least twice each...
03.26.2024 Community Photos: 2024 Spring Egg Hunt at Orient Beach State Park “Pure joy” is how organizer Suzanne Horton described the scene of the annual Spring Egg Hunt at Orient Beach State Park on Sunday, March 24. Roughly 10,000 eggs were...
03.18.2024 Community Annual Spring Egg Hunt at Orient Beach State Park returns on March 23 What started out as a small Easter egg hunt has transformed into a massive undertaking, with roughly 10,000 eggs scattered across Orient Beach State Park annually for hundreds of...
08.30.2023 Environment Local state parks to stay open for super blue moon and Saturn viewing Super blue moon watchers can see it and Saturn at local state parks this week. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced in a...
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