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Hochul should sign the Birds and Bees Protection Act
If we are going to save the planet, we need to start by saving the bees. Bees and other pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food we eat . . . more
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Writers will tell the story of our times
In honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” more
George Strifas, the owner of the Colony Diner, said he was excited to be able to serve more customers with the maximum capacity increase set by the state.
Increased capacity is big help for restaurants
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on March 19 that the maximum capacity for indoor dining could increase to 75 percent in Nassau County and 50 percent in Manhattan. The announcement was good news for the restaurant owners and managers across East Meadow because they will no longer have to turn away as many potential diners because of capacity guidelines. more
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There were different opportunities at Raynham Hall Museum’s Colonial Day for visitors to learn about what life was like during that period.
Colonial days come alive at Raynham Hall
Excited children and adults travelled back to the 1700’s on Sunday, courtesy of Raynham Hall Museum. Museum staff and Huntington Militia volunteers joined together to create a family friendly, … more
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Claire Bellerjeau found newspaper clippings confirming that New Yorkers celebrated Thanksgiving when New York was a colony.
Unearthing holiday’s roots at Raynham Hall in Oyster Bay
The mention of the first Thanksgiving in New York has been discovered in a historic diary of an Oyster Bay schoolteacher from the 1750s. This artifact was always at Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall … more
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Patricia Roos demonstrated how paper was made in Colonial times at Raynham Hall Museum on Colonial Day.
What life was like during Colonial times
It’s not something you see every day on West Main Street in Oyster Bay — at least not in the 21st century. Two men, dressed in Revolutionary War-era uniforms, loaded their muskets, took aim and … more
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An oil painting on wood, by John Abeel Weekes, of former slave Caesar Foster, born in 1795, from the collection of Raynham Hall Museum. This portrait is the only known image of an Oyster Bay resident who was a former slave. During Colonial times, recently discovered documents indicate 16 percent of Oyster Bay residents were African-American.
Documents confirm large presence of African-Americans in Colonial Oyster Bay
Historian Claire Bellerjeau has been working for the past 14 years to unearth two truths — the life of Oyster Bay’s Townsend family, including that of Revolutionary War spy Robert Townsend, and … more
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More than 50 people gathered outside the entrance of the Oceanside Sanitation Transfer Station on Long Beach Road to protest what they believed to be abuse of a feral cat colony located on the site. The Nassau County SPCA has countered that the colony is being properly cared for.
Protest erupts over alleged abuse of Oceanside cat colony
An alleged dispute between a former Town of Hempstead employee and its leadership culminated in a protest on Saturday over the supposed abuse of a feral cat colony located at the Oceanside Sanitation … more
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Are you now or have you ever been . . .?
It was America, in its earliest days. The settlers were religious and community-minded, good people who cared for their children and worked desperately to survive in a forbidding environment. They were settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . . . more
LBHS alum shines for Hofstra women’s soccer
Long Beach High School graduate Emily Agudelo did not have to travel far to thrive on a national level as a women’s college soccer player. more
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