September 17th, 2021 – Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for Luxe Blow Dry Bar in Bay Shore. Luxe offers a variety of services including eyelash extensions, haircuts and coloring, hair extensions, skin treatments, styling, make-up services and bridal events.
September 16th, 2021 – Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined officials from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip for a groundbreaking ceremony, making way for the law school’s newest academic center. The facility will house classrooms, offices and the William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center.
September 2nd, 2021 –Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Councilman John Cochrane, Jr., Councilwoman Mary Kate Mullen, and advocates throughout the community came together Wednesday to kick off the third annual month-long Islip Goes Purple campaign to raise awareness of Opioid and Heroin addiction and recovery.
September 2nd, 2021 – Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined with Tim Mare, Executive Director of the Town of Islip Youth Bureau and its staff, to welcome donations to the Youth Bureau’s annual school supply drive.
August 30th, 2021 –Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter is inviting residents to show their support of the Christina Renna Foundation and the fight against childhood cancers through the month of September by donning a gold ribbon. Since 1997, the American Childhood Cancer Organization has used the gold ribbon to symbolize that like gold, children’s lives are irreplaceable and treasured. The holiday tree outside Islip Town Hall will be adorned in gold ribbons during the month of September, in support of the Christina Renna Foundation and the fight against childhood cancers.
In the United States, childhood cancer remains the leading cause of disease related death for children and adolescence; each year 15,780 children aged 0-19 are diagnosed with cancer, and 1 in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed before their 20th birthday.
"At any given time, an average of 40,000 children in the United States are actively receiving cancer treatment. Cancer research and awareness are pivotal in the fight against the disease. Show your support, and bring awareness to childhood cancer this September by displaying a gold ribbon," said Islip Supervisor, Angie Carpenter.
August 24th, 2021 – September is National Recovery Month. In memory of the lives lost, those in recovery and the Islip families affected by the Opioid/Heroin crisis, the Islip Town Hall Cupola, along with merchants and businesses throughout the Town, will be illuminated in purple during the month of September.
August 27th, 2021 –Hundreds of families from all over the Town of Islip turned out Thursday to celebrate the official opening and ribbon cutting of the Roberto Clemente Spray Park in Brentwood. Pool goers found respite from extreme heat under water fountains, slides, a can shower, rain and mist sprays, as well as by swimming in the new Olympic size swimming pool.
