April 20th, 2021 – Central Islip HS Senior Twyla Joseph received a Certificate of Recognition from Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter, on behalf of the members of the Town Board recently. Twyla, whose story of the struggles of virtual learning, anxiety and college selection during COVID-19, reflects the story of millions of young students struggling during the pandemic, graced the cover of Time magazine in an April story, "The Lost Year."
Read more: Time Magazine Selects Local High School Senior for Cover
April 7th, 2021 – The memory of NYPD Sgt. James P. Bast was honored at a street renaming in Sayville recently, paying tribute to the fallen officer who died from a 9-11 related illness. Behrendt Ct., in Sayville was renamed Sgt. James P. Bast Way by the Town of Islip.
Read more: Town of Islip Honors Fallen NYPD Sgt. with Street Renaming
April 8th, 2021 – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Aging Committee, stood at the West Islip Senior Center with Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter, and Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO), Chief Executive Officer Joseph M. Delgado to announce a package of three bills to help reduce the cost of prescription drugs, and help ensure that everyone can access the medicine they need.
Read more: Islip Supervisor Joins with Senator Gillibrand to Announce Legislation that would Lower...
March 26th, 2021 – Rabbi Shimon Stillerman showing Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter and his daughter Luba, how to prepare the Seder plate for Passover, which begins Saturday night at sundown.
"May this Holy season be filled with good health and peace to all who celebrate Passover and those whose lives you touch," said Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter.
