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Day 1 in Bayville: Exploring Bayville and meeting its characters
Photo credit: Tara Conry
Good morning and greetings from Bayville!
Today kicks off Newsday’s five-day “Town Focus” in the waterfront village of Bayville. Although Bayville may be small — only 1.5 square miles in size and home to roughly 6,600 residents — there is plenty to see and do here, and there are quite a few characters.
I met one of Bayville’s biggest characters Saturday night. Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling...
Read more »Bayville is heaven on earth for Jackie 'The Jokeman' Martling
Photo credit: Tara Conry
Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling, 65, is a stand-up comedian, radio host, actor and a former writer and radio personality for “The Howard Stern Show.” Martling, a native of East Norwich and a graduate of Oyster Bay High School, has lived in Bayville since 1976. Today he hosts his own radio show, “Jackie’s Joke Hunt,” on Sirius XM Howard 101, performs live and can be seen in the new mobster film, “Send...
Read more »Coming up: Town Focus in Bayville
Photo credit: Tara Conry
Sandy beaches, stunning views of the Long Island Sound, and an amusement park. This is how I will be spending the next week. No, I won’t be cashing in any vacations days, but rather I’ll be working in a place just about 30 minutes from Newsday’s Melville office: Bayville.
The village of Bayville is only 1.5 square miles and it’s almost completely surrounded by water, so as you can imagine...
Read more »Oyster Bay OKs Centre Island Beach South restroom building
Photo credit: JC Cherubini
The Oyster Bay Town Board Tuesday approved construction of a new restroom building at Centre Island Beach South in Bayville.
The board approved a $294,550 contract for Laser Industries of Ridge. The company plans to erect a prefabricated building by the basketball courts and park lot. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-August and be competed in the fall.
The new facility will...
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