A 2023 Farmingdale High School crash led to New York mandating seat belts in charter buses law, but enforcement remains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FARMINGDALE, NY — "Resilient" is a word used by Farmingdale Superintendent Paul Defendini to describe the indomitable spirit of ...

Farmingdale High School performed at the 2025 Newsday Marching Band Festival on Oct. 22. Credit: Johnny MIlano/JOHNNY MILANO Farmingdale High School performs on day three of the 2025 annual Newsday ...

Farmingdale High School’s marching band has kickstarted preparations for the upcoming season, gearing up for another year of halftime shows and parades. The band is one of the most populated on Long ...

Nearly 300 ‘Dalers embarked on the journey back to Pine Forest from Sept. 12-15 for band camp, one year after the tragic bus accident took the lives of band leader Gina Pellettiere and chaperone ...

The Free Players Drum Corps is gearing up to perform at the Memorial Day parade in Farmingdale. "We really got to build up our band muscles for the upcoming parade," explained band member Rachel ...

Two streets by Farmingdale High School are now renamed in honor of Gina Pellettiere and Beatrice Ferrari. Pellettiere, the high school's band director and Ferrari, a retired teacher and band chaperone ...