Save these dates: Come celebrate America 250 with us and hear some great music –for FREE! Each show will be preceded by semiquincentennial events; all are at the MIFD HQ on RT25 at 31 Arnold Dr in Middle Island, gates open at 4:30pm, concerts are from 6-8pm, and admission is free! Sat, June 13th: The …
Read More →A very rainy Memorial Day weekend ended on a high note as showers ended and the sun almost peeked though the clouds at Bartlett Pond Park on Monday, May 25 at 11am. Organizers of the 18th Annual Longwood Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony had thought an abbreviated session might be needed, but the full program was …
Read More →Many thanks to the Town of Brookhaven Parks Department and our MI Civic planting group for the red, white and blue flowers at Bartlett Pond Park and Artist Lake. Kathy Stuck, Judy Cumiskey, Lydia Fusco and Gail Lynch-Bailey got all 18 pots planted on Friday! Check things out at our 18th Annual Memorial Day Remembrance …
Read More →Many thanks to all who attended our 13th annual Pearl Harbor Day Patriotic Tree Lighting Ceremony at Bartlett Pond Park on Sunday, December 7th, 2025, the 84th anniversary of the Date which will Live in Infamy. We displayed Jim Eagle’s burial flag – Jim’s story of surviving Pearl Harbor, as told to Longwood students a …
Read More →Please join us on Sunday, December 7th, 2025 at Bartlett Pond Park for our 13th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Patriotic Holiday Tree Lighting. Start time is 12:30pm. We will recount the Day of Infamy and how the story of one man’s survival inspired the Longwood Veterans Project. That man is Jim Eagle; his burial flag …
Read More →Many thanks to all who braved the wind, chill and SNOW to participate in our 2025 Veterans Day Ceremony at Bartlett Pond Park on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Scout Troops 560 and 433 presented the colors, LHS HS Seal of Civics students explained and hoisted the SAR flag procured by MICA, our FD members placed …
Read More →Please join us for our 17th annual Veterans Day Commemoration on Tuesday, November 11th at 11am at Bartlett Pond Park.
Read More →Many thanks to all who participated in our ninth annual Gold Star Families Day Recognition Ceremony on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at Bartlett Pond Park in Middle Island. This is one of the few Gold Star ceremonies held on Long Island. Community members gathered near the Gold Star monument for songs, prayers, readings, remarks, wreath …
Read More →24 hour rain delay, The Longwood Alliance, Legislator Chad Lennon’s reps Quentin Everett Palifka and Kayla Jayde, and hosts the Middle Island Fire Department welcomed the amazing group Streetfighter to the MIFD HQ on Sunday September 7th. With a creative positioning of the SC show mobile and the roomy fire house bays empty of fire …
Read More →Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and this evening, so we are postponing the Streetfighter concert until tomorrow, Sunday, September 7th. Same location and times: MIFD HQ picnic area, gates at 5pm, show from 6-8pm. See you then!
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