Community Corner

What's On The Blogs?

A look at local voices and opinions in and around your community.

Long Island is not only known for its cultural diversity, but its diversity of opinions. That fact is proven every week on Patch as we host community voices in our blog space. Here’s a look at some of the latest blogs posted on our sites across the region. Click on the headlines to read the blogs in their entirety.

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The Patchogue-Medford Public Library continues its series “For Adult Eyes Only” with a review of “The Best of Punk Magazine.” Punk magazine ran from 1975 to 1979 with eighteen issues. Though before the blogger’s time, read what the book uncovers about this particular piece of rock n’ roll history.

Sachem

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America’s Music At The Library

The Sachem Public Library was one of fifty sites nationwide selected to receive a $2,500 grant to host a six-week series featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of 20th century American popular music. Check out this blog entry from the library to read its latest installment.

The Daily REP takes critical aim at a television informercial touting the latest workout craze, which the segment dubbed “Focus Interval Training” (F.I.T.). Find out what this health-conscious blogger has to say about “FIT” training and let the buyer beware.

Port Jefferson

Snapshots - Port Jefferson

Victoria Kaplan contributed to our open blog “Snapshots” with these awesome photos of the Port Jefferson harbor and a rainbow that stretched over the village after a sun shower last. Feel free to contribute your own photos of Port Jefferson on this open blog post.

Miller Place-Rocky Point

North Shore Youth Center Presents ‘Preventative Care Package 2013’

Mason Storm weighs in with information about a "Preventative Care Package 2013," which is a package designed to assist parents in the Miller Place, Rocky Point, Shoreham-Wading River, and Mount Sinai Communities. The package assists parents in relation to substance abuse including resource information for outside help. If you know anyone dealing with substance abuse issues, click on this blog post to find out more.


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