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Suffolk PAL to host youth fishing trips
Photo credit: Ursula Moore, 2012
The Suffolk County Police Athletic League is hosting fishing trips for children on the Great South Bay.
The outings will be held at the Captree Boat Basin in Babylon every Wednesday from July 10 to Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $15 per child and includes poles and bait, plus cleaning of fish.
Children will be supervised by PAL officers and the staff of the boat, the Taryn-Ann....
Read more »East Rockaway Stars and Stripes Festival perseveres despite challenges
Photo credit: Jackie Salo
With local businesses still adjusting post-Sandy, the Village Foundation of East Rockaway knew it would be a challenge to organize the annual three-day Stars and Stripes Festival along the Main Street waterfront.
The festival relies heavily on donations to the nonprofit foundation, and president Harold Messerschmidt admitted that fundraising had been “an uphill battle."
Despite...
Read more »Sea Faire festival debuts to highlight Glen Cove waterfront
Photo credit: Brittany Wait
Four-year-old Ryder Brennan wore a pirate costume as he helped other children pull a covered treasure chest onto a ship with a rope.
“We got the buried treasure! We found it!” Ryder exclaimed.
The Glen Cove boy and friend Andon Esteves, 5, were among 15 children who were invited by Kings of the Coast pirates to partake in a scavenger hunt for treasure at the inaugural Sea Faire...
Read more »Summer concert series under way in Cedarhurst
Photo credit: Brittany Wait
The Village of Cedarhurst’s 17th annual summer concert series has begun and will continue every Tuesday through Aug. 27.
The concerts, which began July 2, are held at Andrew J. Parise Park and begin at 7 p.m. with a preshow performance. The main act takes the stage at 8 p.m.
“Sounds of music and rainfall filled our park in our first concert of the summer. ... Every Tuesday until the...
Read more »Groups announce Furman Film Series docket
North Hempstead Town and the Great Neck Arts Center have announced the 2013 Furman Film Series, a round of screenings followed by discussions with filmmakers.
The center recently partnered with the Town of North Hempstead, and the series is marketed as a lead-in to the group’s marquis event, the Gold Coast International Film Festival, which is held in October.
In May, the town board...
Read more »Kings Park School Board to elect president
Photo credit: Fran Berkman
The Kings Park School Board will have its annual organizational meeting Tuesday to elect a president and vice president and appoint other positions for the 2013-2014 school year.
The oath of office will be administered to board members Tom Locascio and Liz Barrett, who were re-elected in May, as well as to Superintendent Susan Agruso and those elected board president and vice president at...
Read more »Shelter Island working toward modified 'dark skies' vote
Photo credit: Randee Daddona, 2011
The Shelter Island town board will likely vote on a modified version of a “dark skies” law when it meets later this month.
The board held a lengthy public hearing last month on a proposal to restrict outdoor lighting, with outdoor fixtures shielded so that any light is focused toward the ground and does not cross over a neighbor’s property line.
Nearly three dozen people spoke at the...
Read more »Upcoming community events in Smithtown, East End
Summer events for middle-school youth The Smithtown Youth Bureau is offering a pool party and classes on leadership and effective parenting.
The bureau’s annual “Safe Summer Nights” program plans to hold its first pool party at 6 p.m. on July 15, at the Smithtown Landing Country Club, and will have a scavenger hunt at 6 p.m. on July 30 at Hoyt Farm in Commack.
The free programs are open...
Read more »Riverhead's Suffolk Theater makes July 4 encore
Photo credit: Brittany Wait
Wearing a vintage Dixieland hat, Bob Spiotto looked out over the audience, grabbed his microphone, prompted the swing bang GI Jivesters to begin playing and began to sing.
Kicking off the night in front of 200 of his guests, Spiotto, executive director of the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, sang the 1902 jazz standard “Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey.”
Guests danced, drank and ate for...
Read more »Bellmore community runs for fallen 'Captain America'
Photo credit: Jackie Salo
Stephen Clifford had planned to run in his first half-marathon last April.
The Bellmore native, 24, was two days away from the race when he was struck and killed by an off-duty New Jersey police officer while walking home to his Jersey City apartment.
On Thursday, his family and friends set out to achieve that goal for Clifford by signing up for the annual Independence Day 4-mile run...
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