Tag: Patchogue
Patchogue ( /ˈpætʃoʊɡ/ or /ˈpætʃɒɡ/) is a village on the south shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 11,798 at the time of the 2010 census. The village is named after the Native American Patchogue Tribe, which once inhabited the area.
Patchogue is part of the town of Brookhaven, on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining Great South Bay.
Patchogue, which is approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan, became incorporated in 1893. A natural riverfront and harbor are resources that the village has utilized for the past 100 years, to become a modern and largely self-contained community.
The current mayor of Patchogue, Paul Pontieri, was a vice-principal of the neighboring South Country School District’s Bellport High School for many years and served as a vice-principal at Ward Melville High School, in Three Village School District. He was elected in March, 2004 to a four year term, then re-elected in 2008, and again in 2012. Despite a crowded…
