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Locust Valley High School’s football team have lost their biggest and most boisterous fan, Louis Philip Savinetti. The lifelong Locust Valley resident, who was 95, died of natural causes on June 6.
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By Laura Lane
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6/18/23
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The Locust Valley Central School District will soon welcome its new superintendent, Kristen Turnow, as she begins her tenure on July 1. Turnow has had a long and varied career that began in catering and eventually took her to Stony Brook University, where she was an adjunct professor. She said she was looking forward to spending the rest of her working years in Locust Valley.
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By Will Sheeline
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6/18/23
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Painting outdoors has long been considered one of the highest forms of art, from the grand landscapes of the Hudson River School artists to the Impressionist depictions of the European countryside. Now a program developed by Graham Nickson, dean of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, offers artists of all skill levels the chance to learn to paint with him at the historic Old Westbury Gardens.
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By Will Sheeline
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6/18/23
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Flags were flying and faces were full of cheer at the Life Enrichment Center at Oyster Bay’s annual Memorial Day Luncheon. The event saw dozens of veterans from every service branch and numerous wars eating, chatting and honoring the memories of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
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By Will Sheeline
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6/11/23
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Fred Zeilberger was just 14 when he was ordered to stack the bodies of dead fellow prisoners like firewood at a makeshift concentration camp outside Riga, Latvia, during World War II. He was among …
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By Laura Lane
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6/11/23
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Seniors are expressing their disappointment in the Town of Oyster Bay’s new beach sticker policy. Several have spoken out and said they believe the new stickers, which clearly display the word “senior” at the top, could make them a target for car thieves and that the town could have found a better solution to the issue.
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By Will Sheeline
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6/11/23
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, many food pantries and soup kitchens closed as people working in places that traditionally provided for the food insecure were afraid to continue. This was before there were Covid vaccines, with doctors working around the clock to understand the virus that was killing thousands of people.
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By Laura Lane
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6/4/23
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People turn to religion for comfort and hope in times of crisis and uncertainty — and March 2020, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and the resulting lockdowns — certainly was among such times.
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By Roksana Amid
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6/4/23
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, Long Island senior centers had more than the virus to worry about.
Many seniors were immune-compromised and unable to gather. As a result, …
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By Will Sheeline
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6/4/23
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Oyster Bay residents came out in force to celebrate Memorial Day on Monday. Members of local fire departments, veterans’ organizations, scout troops, and museums joined in the parade through the …
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6/4/23
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