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The Milleridge Inn dates back to 1672, when it began as a two-room house with a central fireplace. That first house is still part of the current structure.

The owner of Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park has come to the rescue of the Milleridge Inn in Jericho. Workers there, who were given pink slips, were saved from year-end layoffs when they were told … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/2/15

Chef Chris Seidl sweats the New England clam chowder base, while the Manhattan base bubbles in the pot behind.

The secret is Peter’s clams

The restaurants on Freeport’s Miracle Mile recently held a clam chowder cooking competition. Butch Yamali has the first-place trophy won by his restaurant, Hudson’s on the Mile. There’s a … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 11/18/15

Award recipient Butch Yamali came into the Nassau County Firemen’s Museum with his wife Leida, his mother Dorothy and his Aunt Sally Morton.

Yamali gets firefighters courage award

The Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center hosted its Annual Badge of Courage Gala on Oct. 9. Civic leader Butch Yamali, President of The Dover Group was presented the Firefighters … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 10/14/15

Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty, center, learned the finer points of high-volume clam eating from Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, right, as Peter’s Clam Bar owner Butch Yamali, standing at left, and Hempstead Town Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, second from right, watched. Jarvis ate 36 clams in 60 seconds. (Penny Frondelli/Herald)

Devouring clams for a good cause

They came from all over Long Island to compete in the second annual Clam Eating Contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/19/15

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, champion eater Takeru Kobayashi and Peter’s Clam Bar owner Butch Yamali watched as contestants consumed large quantities of clams last year. (Courtesy Peter’s Clam Bar)

Contest to benefit firehouses damaged by Sandy

World champion competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will coach members of the Island Park, Long Beach, Lakeview, Baldwin, Point Lookout and East Rockaway fire departments on the finer points of clam ingestion as they compete for thousands in cash prizes at the second annual Long Island Clam Eating Contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park on Aug. 16. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/12/15

Left to right: Island Park Village Deputy Mayor Steve D’Esposito, Village Mayor Michael McGinty, Village Trustee Joseph Annarella, Island Park Fire Chief Anthony D’Esposito, Linda Yamali, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Peter’s owner Butch Yamali, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, former owners Peter and Anne Costalas, Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford.

Celebrating 75 years as an Island Park landmark

It has been an Island Park landmark for 75 years, the first thing you see when you cross over the water onto Barnum Island. Built in 1939 and opened in Summer of 1940, Peter’s Clam Bar is one of … more

5/20/15

Reconstructed and renovated Peter’s opens

“It was a mess, in bad shape,” is how Butch Yamali described Peter’s Clam Bar when he took it over. “I had to renovate the electric, put in new windows, a new roof and I’m not done yet.” more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/29/15

Merrick Spanish teachers Toni Allen, left, and Jacki Geltman posed outside Allen’s classroom door. A sign on the door reads, “¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!” Translation: “Welcome to Spanish class!”

Merrick board agrees to keep Spanish

The Merrick School District administration reversed course last Tuesday on a recent recommendation to cut Spanish from the curriculum, citing the importance of foreign language in the elementary school, or FLES, and pledging to keep and improve Merrick’s Spanish program. more

By Brian Racow | 2/10/15

The Merrick School District administration has proposed eliminating the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary School, or FLES, program. Above, Levy-Lakeside Elementary School students who won the National Foreign Languages Week essay and poster contest in 2012.

Merrick proposes cutting Spanish

Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.” more

By Brian Racow | 1/28/15

Peter’s Clam Bar sold these Thanksgiving-inspired rolls.

Thanksgiving in a sushi roll

Most Thanksgiving meals do not include sushi — except at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. For the week of Thanksgiving, Peter’s Clam Bar served a Thanksgiving sushi roll. The roll is made … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 12/3/14

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