Shana Braff is a freelance reporter and resides in the Sachem area.  In addition to writing for Patchogue, Sachem, Sayville and Bayport-Blue Point Patch, she also contributes her unique brand of in-depth reportage to the South Shore Press and Sayville.com.  Ms. Braff covers a wide variety of diverse subject matter, ranging from local politics to philanthropic organizations and the arts.

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” -Abraham Lincoln

"Be yourself.  Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish." —John Jakes

 “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw