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Mostly Cloudy ARPA funding made available to veterans organizations
A March 2022 amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 has finally made veterans organizations like the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars eligible for coronavirus relief …
Flower begins dredging Mill Neck Creek
Frank M. Flower & Sons began hydraulically dredging Mill Neck Creek on June 23, transplanting clams from an area it leases to another part of Oyster Bay with an employee of the Department of …
Oyster Bay seniors say farewell to high school
Oyster Bay High School’s Class of 2022 marked the end of their high school careers on June 25 during their commencement ceremony. The 128 seniors made their way down the steps of the high …
Hats off to the L.V. High School Class of 2022
Blue skies and sunshine flooded the new turf field at Locust Valley High School on June 25 as the Class of 2022 prepared to mark the end of their time in the Locust Valley Central School District. …
Tom Suozzi trounced by Hochul, loses the primary
Hometown favorite Glen Cove’s Tom Suozzi lost by a wide margin in his bid to represent Democrats on the ballot for governor, receiving only 12.8 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary. …
A picnic to benefit Ukraine
Ten Ukrainian police officers, trained in combat, ran for their lives near Lugansk in May as a Russian drone followed them. A helmet worn by one had already been shot off by the enemy as they dodged …
Roosevelt would’ve been proud of these dedicated officers
It was a regular night on patrol for Nassau County Police Department 4th Precinct Officer Douglas M. Bedell in February of 2018, when he came across something unusual. It wasn’t a mugging, a …
Oyster Bay United FC, winners in so many ways
Oyster Bay United FC moved to just one step from their goal of taking home silverware as champions of the UPSL Northeast Conference on June 18, when 300 passionate and boisterous fans cheered on the …
OBHS Valedictorian Kevin Biggiani Cornell bound
Kevin Biggiani is the sort of student who was always at the top of his class. So, being named the valedictorian for the Oyster Bay High School class of 2022 wasn’t surprising, but what others may …
Meet Bridget Zahradnik, OBHS’s salutatorian
Bridget Zahradnik, a lifelong East Norwich resident, with a weighted average of 112.09 is Oyster Bay High School’s salutatorian for 2022. She will attend Vanderbilt University in the …
Steve Minicozzi is Bayville’s new mayor
The results are in for the Village of Bayville’s election indicating that Steve Minicozzi won his bid for mayor against John Taylor by a large margin. On top in each of the five districts, …
O.B. High School graduate battling rare form of cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a term few people know, and even fewer can pronounce. But for the Martorella family of Oyster Bay, the word has become all too familiar. Tricia and Damien Martorella’s oldest …
Jerry Kremer
Map-making is a cruel business
Politics is generally of little interest to the average citizen. Getting to and from work, taking care of family needs and trying to have a little joy is much more important.
Randi Kreiss
Is our democracy becoming a royal pain?
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.
Editorial
Fight school violence with a unified voice
There is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing.
Op-Ed
Why must we risk our lives to go to school?
Our country mourned the tragic events of a school massacre — again. But the day after the shooting in Uvalde . . .