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5 Blogs for West Islip Residents to Follow in 2014

Patch bloggers tackle everything from sports to education.


Patch has a rich and engaging blog community where local residents offer up expertise, knowledge, insight, experience and most of all, their opinion, on everything from politics to sports.

Make it a resolution to delve into Patch a bit deeper in 2014 and get to know some of the great bloggers and what they’re focused on.

Here’s a starting list of five that might prove interesting:

Joe Knows Football

Frank talk about the Giants, Jets and the rest of the NFL.

North Shore-LIJ Health System's Blog

With 16 hospitals, long term care facilities and nearly 400 ambulatory physician practices, North Shore-LIJ serves about seven million people across Long Island, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. 

Vegan American Princess

Learn to live a vegan lifestyle- recipes, restaurant reviews, articles, style & beauty tips, activism- anything related to veganism! 

Coffee Blog with Lise Marinelli

Need a light-hearted story to start your day? Well grab a cup of joe and settle in for some irreverent humor about me and my eccentric family. 

Mark Greenstein's Blog

Mark Greenstein's thoughts and ruminations on educational issues from SAT prep and other testing topics.

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