Oyster Bay, NY

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• From the archives: History of Bayville

  to Fame: Besides its popular beaches, Bayville is known for the firm of Frank M. Flower & Sons, founded in 1887. The company is the last remaining Long Island oyster and clam dredging company. It also cultivates oysters at its hatchery. Run-in With The Master 34 m ago Read more »

• Partial ruling issued on petition to stall sale of Oyster Bay Town site

  Justice Dana Winslow has ruled that more than enough valid signatures have been submitted to require a referendum on Oyster Bay Town's plan to sell its public works complex in Syosset to a company opposed to a mall on an adjacent property.In state supreme   Read more »

• Oyster Bay OKs Centre Island Beach South restroom building

  Oyster Bay Town Board yesterday 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   Read more »

• Letter: Water rescue capability lags

  air sources for rescuers and victims.I don't want anyone else to endure the loss my family and I have. Joy Treanor, Westbury Editor's note: The writer is the mother of 11-year-old Harlie Treanor, who died in a boating accident on Oyster Bay last year.   Read more »

• Wrong-way-facing stop sign in Massapequa

  stop signs, Kane said; today, new shopping centers must submit site plans that outline traffic flow and sign placement.Oyster Bay residents with traffic sign concerns on town roads can call the public works department at 516-677-5935. -- MICHAEL R. EBERT Broken   Read more »

Around the web

• Events on Long Island

  with 28 performers at various locations. Through July 14. Free. Oyster Bay Historical Society, 20 Summit Street. oysterbaymusicfestival.com ; (516) 922-5032. PORT JEFFERSON The Fast Lane, an Eagles tribute, and Copperline, a James Taylor tribute. July 14 at   from The New York Times Read more »

• LIRR is Your Ticket to Summer Getaways on Long Island

  attractions such as Billy Joel’s 20th Century Motorcycle Museum, Oyster Bay Railroad Museum, Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay Historical Society’s Wightman House and many others. Adults: $33 Children: $10 LI Wine Country (July 13, August 10, Escorted) Your   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Letter: Oyster Bay Referendum

  they want the land sale to go through or not. If the majority of residents vote no, they can stop the sale of the land to Oyster Bay Realty LLC. At a meeting in May, the Oyster Bay Town Board chose to sell 54-acres of town land to Oyster Bay Realty LLC through   from Syosset Jericho Tribune Read more »

• Through July and August: Classic Car Cruise Nights held on Fridays

  Bay Town Councilman Joseph Pinto encourages residents to come out for the return of “Classic Car Cruise Nights,” held on Friday evenings throughout the months of July and August, at the LIRR train station parking lot on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa. Beginning   from The Massapequa Post Read more »

• theHicksvilleIllustratedNews.com Calendar

  Services, Inc. (www.centralnassau.org), of Hicksville, will be holding its 14th Annual Golf Outing at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course, 1 Southwoods Road, in Woodbury. The golf outing will begin at noon with registration and lunch, followed by a 1 p.m. tee-off   from Hicksville Illustrated News Read more »