Shop windows along South Country Road in downtown Bellport are filled with T-shirts and trinkets bearing the name of Ho Hum Beach. Village residents refer to the wind-swept stretch of Fire Island as, ...

This week, an idyllic beach on Fire Island was the site of a populist coup: Long an exclusive area for residents of the affluent nearby village of Bellport, Ho-Hum Beach was suddenly opened to ...

Brookhaven is allowing all town residents to visit Ho-Hum Beach on Fire Island — where for years only Bellport Village residents were allowed — in a bid to reverse a policy town officials said ...

People are getting fired up over a Fire Island beach dispute — and there is nothing ho-hum about the accusations being lodged regarding Ho-Hum Beach. The Long Island beach is only accessibly by boat ...

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico wants to make a Fire Island beach more accessible to residents. While Ho Hum Beach is part of the Fire Island National Seashore, this public beach is mainly ...

A popular Bellport beach will allow swimming again starting Friday after a handful of lifeguards walked off the job last week. Ho-Hum Beach was closed to swimmers after the Village of Bellport ...

This story was updated on July 24, 2015, at 6:08 p.m. BELLPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) --A Long Island beach that was closed to swimming last week over a dispute with lifeguards is scheduled to reopen ...