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Christopher Verga

Christopher Verga

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Columnist, Fire Island News

Bay Shore

Biography

Researcher and writer. Local History Columnist for Greater Long Island Media, Fire Island News, Great South Bay News, Dan’s Papers NYC, Adjunct at Suffolk Community College and instructor at John Jay College. Published works include: “Ferguson Brothers Lynching” (History Press, 2022), “Saving Fire Island from Robert Moses” (History Press, 2017), and “Civil Rights on Long Island” ( Image of America Series, Arcadia, 2016).

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If it is not sports, I am not touching it

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Total articles 49

  • Affordable Homeownership on Long Island » Fire Island News & Great South Bay News

    By Christopher Verga, Shoshanna McCollum Verified

    Apr. 14, 2025

  • Oakdale’s Idle Hour Artist Colony » Fire Island News & Great South Bay News

    By Christopher Verga, Shoshanna McCollum Verified

    Mar. 13, 2025

  • Local Surfer Legend Eric Eastman: 1946-2025 » Fire Island News & Great South Bay News

    By Christopher Verga, Shoshanna McCollum Verified

    Mar. 10, 2025

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Fire Island News

Welcome to Fire Island News, Fire Island New York's longest running newspaper publishing since 1957, and your source for South Shore Long Island news. A seasonal publication, the Fire Island News is available on a bi-weekly basis, publishing from late May to early September. You can find articles from our year round website, fireislandnews.com or posted to Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/finews/. Print editions are available at over 140 locations on the island and mainland, and can be located on our map, https://fireislandnews.com/distribution/. The paper features contributed photos of our beautiful island home and surrounding locals; as well as shared news articles that we aggregate from other sources and believe to be of relevance and interest to our readership. As an independently owned local newspaper, we are a strong believer in healthy discourse and freedom of expression.

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Founded: 1956