Is it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy.
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6/16/22
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Every book ever written is about the pandemic — at least that’s what I’m discovering after trying to escape the here and now through fiction.
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1/27/22
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Spies and spying have been a fascination among even the most conventional among us for generations. The intrigue has no boundaries of timeline or locale: Witness the popularity of Bond movies, the FX series “The Americans,” “Mission Impossible” — the TV series and the movies — and more recently, “Turn: Washington’s Spies.” But it is rare that viewers can say they live where Revolutionary War spying took place, except in the case of “Turn,” in which some members of the Culper Spy Ring lived in the hamlet of Oyster Bay and Setauket.
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By Laura Lane
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5/31/21
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George Washington’s spy, Robert Townsend, will be making an appearance in Seaford this week, in one of the first programs offered at the newly renovated Seaford Historical Museum.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/4/15
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The Unsound Pro surf competition returned to the Lincoln Boulevard beach for its 18th year last week, as 48 surfers battled it out from Sept. 1 to 5.
The competition also featured a vending …
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By Matthew Ern
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9/10/15
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“The waves are here — you guys out here in New York are known for being hardcore surfers,” said professional surfer Jeremy Johnston, of Florida, just after he finished third in the 2014 Volcom …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky
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9/24/14
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When he’s not working as a camp director at Skudin Surf school, or doing volunteer work with children with special needs for the nonprofit Surf for All, professional surfer TJ Gumiela is training, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/13/14
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In observance of Women’s History Month, we thought it fitting to highlight some notable women who were instrumental in shaping present-day Long Island.
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3/20/14
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After more than six months of investigations and controversy surrounding U.S. surveillance policies, President Obama delivered highly anticipated remarks . . .
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1/23/14
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The best surfers on the East Coast will come together in Long Beach this week during the 15th annual Unsound Surf Pro competition, the first major professional surfing contest to take place in the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/5/13
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