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For the first time since 2019, East Rockaway hosted the Huckleberry Frolic last Saturday in Memorial Park. Emily Butler, 9, showed off her karate skills.

Return of East Rockaway's Huckleberry Frolic was a rollicking good time

For the first time in three years, residents from across Nassau County flocked to Memorial Park for the Huckleberry Frolic last Saturday. more

By Mike Smollins | 6/16/22

Third-Graders at Glen Head Elementary, looking much more alive than cast in wax, shared what they learned about their heroes.

Posing, wax-like, as their heroes

Glen Head Elementary School was chock-full of historical figures on June 1, when the school’s third-grade students staged their annual Wax Museum for their classmates and families. Titans of … more

By Will Sheeline | 6/9/22

Kevin Santana said he wasn’t really very interested in trains until he attended his first visit to the museum, but after the field trip he thought they were really cool.

Intern paves the way for differently abled youth

The Oyster Bay Rail Road Museum has unveiled a new internship program in partnership with the Center for Developmental Disabilities in Woodbury. Known as the Vocational Internship Program, it has … more

By Will Sheeline | 6/3/22

Linda Barreira with her daughters Katherine, left, and Taylor, changed the Rock Hall Museum forever, introducing new programs and events.

Longtime Rock Hall Museum Director Linda Barreira passes at 67

Linda Barreira cared for and fussed over Lawrence’s Rock Hall Museum for 37 years, 27 of them as its director. She created new programs, and made an 18th-century plantation-turned 20th-century museum into a lively place that attracted children and adults with activities, concerts and an annual two-day Country Fair. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/12/22

Irene Harris, a teacher in the Glen Cove City School District, recently made a generous donation to the North Shore Historical Museum that has allowed the museum to provide free general admissions.

Admission free at the North Shore Historical Museum

Going above and beyond her usual donation, Irene Harris, a former Glen Cove City School District teacher, made the decision this year to give the North Shore Historical Museum $5,000. Because of her … more

By Letisha Dass | 5/12/22

What will happen to U.S.-Russian cooperation in space?

Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine is being felt around the world — and now, even above it. more

By James Bernstein | 4/14/22

Gary Farkash, an Oyster Bay Railroad Museum trustee, stood next to the museum’s turntable, marked in orange spray paint where new tracks will be laid soon.

Farkash ready to lay tracks at Railroad Museum

Gary Farkash has been involved in one way or another for decades at the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum. Now as trustee and corporate secretary for the OBRM, he’s coming up on his 29th year of service … more

By Karina Kovac | 4/12/22

The exhibit includes a history of the steamers that visited Sea Cliff, including the Idlewild, before the dock was destroyed in 1918.

Sea Cliff Village Museum to reopen this weekend

There will be a lot to see when the Sea Cliff Village Museum reopens on Saturday. Considered a village gem by many residents, it has been closed for nine months because of the coronavirus pandemic … more

By Chuyan Jiang | 3/3/22

Town Clerk Rich LaMarca said that using the augmented-reality app at Raynham Hall Museum offers a unique opportunity to learn about Oyster Bay’s storied past.

Learning about the past, from those who were there

High-tech ghosts — polite, articulate, informative and entertaining ghosts — have come to Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall Museum and its education center. Using an augmented-reality app … more

By Laura Lane | 11/26/21

The progressive left’s New York power play

The race to the progressive left is under way in New York state, with word that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is forming an “exploratory committee” and may launch a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul. more

By Ronald J. Rosenberg | 10/14/21

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