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Village Cheese Merchant Pivots Its Way To 5th Anniversary

Joseph Kellard March 15, 2022

As Chris O'Mara celebrates the fifth anniversary of her gourmet shop Village Cheese Merchant, she is preparing more new additions to keep growing the small business.

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In News Tags Village Cheese Merchant, cheese, cheese shop, Rockville Centre, Rockville Centre NY, Chris O'Mara, Tom Paolillo, gourmet food, gourmet cheese, Patrick Ambrosio, small business
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Lindbergh Flight Liftoff Recognition Starts To Soar

Joseph Kellard March 14, 2022

On an unmarked, pothole-riddled road that abuts parking lots and the back of commercial buildings lies a monument that is equally unassuming, given the significance of the event it memorializes. The approximately 5.5 x 8.5-foot concrete relief sculpture marks where Charles Lindbergh and his plane, christened the Spirit of St. Louis, first went airborne en route to Paris, the first nonstop transAtlantic flight in 1927.

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In Events, News Tags Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh's flight, Samanea New York, Samanea, Source Mall, Mall at the Source, Westbury, Westbury New York, Roosevelt Field, Roosevelt Field mall, Garden City, Garden City NY, Adam Sackowitz, Richard Panchyk, Roosevelt Field airfield, Hempstead Plains, Long Island, Long Island NY, American history, aviation, aviation history, Roosevelt Raceway, Fortunoff, Orbach's
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RVC Works Weathers Pandemic Woes To Foster Connection

Joseph Kellard March 14, 2022

After riding a proverbial roller coaster the past two years due to fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, RVC Works now has a wide range of members working from the co-working space.

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In Business, News Tags RVC Works, coworking, coworking space, Rockville Centre, Rockville Centre NY, small business, entrepreneurship
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Q&A: Hofstra's Mitch Tobol Urges Businesses To 'Buckle Up'

Joseph Kellard March 13, 2022

Patch recently caught up with Mitch Tobol—an owner of the Amityville-based CGT Marketing and a program instructor at Hofstra University’s Entrepreneurship Assistance Center—to get a pulse on all things marketing, from the rise of influencers to Generations Z-ers as the next largest demographic to consumers' greater expectations since the pandemic.

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Tags Mitch Tobol, CGT Marketing, marketing, advertising, Hofstra University, Hofstra, Generation Z, Millennials, Entrepreneurship Assistance Center, influencers, Generation Y
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Jazz Band Makes Sounds Of Love At East Meadow Library

Joseph Kellard March 13, 2022

The town's public library was rich with the sounds of love songs on Valentine's Day. The Paul Joseph Trio returned to the newly renovated library Monday to perform a program of tunes by Richard Rodgers, emphasizing the American composer's romantic-themed numbers.

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In Art, News Tags Paul Joseph, jazz band, jazz, East Meadow Library, East Meadow NY, Valentine's Day, love songs
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​ Samanea New York To Debut Multiple New Tenants In 2022

Joseph Kellard February 6, 2022

Samanea New York is gearing up for a busy 2022, with multiple new tenants poised to open for business during the first half of the year and beyond.

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In Business, News Tags Samanea, mall, Source Mall, Westbury, Westbury New York, Westbury Long Island
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Insieme Wines is a wine-making facility with a tasting room that opened in Oceanside's industrial zone in December 2021. (Photo: The Marketry)

Industrial Winery in Oceanside Brings Variety to Long Island

Joseph Kellard January 25, 2022

Located on the edge of Oceanside's industrial zone, Insieme Wines was abuzz Sunday afternoon with patrons sipping reds and whites while seated at high-top tables lined alongside oak barrels stacked on racks.

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In Business, News Tags winery, industrial winery, wine, Oceanside NY, Oceanside Long Island, Insieme Wines, Massimo DeVellis, Joe Divino, wine lovers
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Series on Roosevelt Field and Simon Property Group

Joseph Kellard December 13, 2021

My four-part series on the strategies that Roosevelt Field, one of the top-tier malls in the nation on Long Island, and its owner Simon Property Group, the largest owner of U.S. malls, have adopted to compete in general and in the age of Amazon in particular.

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In News, Business Tags Roosevelt Field, Roosevelt Field mall, Simon Property Group, Simon, mall, malls, shopping center, shopping centers, Long Island, ecommerce, online shopping, restaurant, restaurants
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A five-time martial arts champion, Christian Defiris strikes a pose in ECF Elite Martial Arts & Fitness in Oceanside, his gym that he relocated from Lynbrook in August. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Martial Arts Gym Owner Fights Through Pandemic Woes

Joseph Kellard November 7, 2021

After absorbing a financial gut punch from the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdowns at his martial arts gym in Lynbrook, Christian Defiris dusted himself off and personally built a new facility in Oceanside.

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In News, Business, Sports Tags Christian Defiris, ECF Elite Martial Arts & Fitness, Mixed Martial Arts, MMA, MMA fighter, Oceanside, Oceanside NY, Oceanside Long Island, Lynbrook, Lynbrook NY, Lynbrook Long Island, Muay Thai kickboxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, gym, kickboxing, boxing
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Mo Cassara, a CBS Sports analyst and former Hofstra men's basketball coach, and his wife Elisa DiStefano, the entertainment director for News 12 Long Island, announced on Instagram earlier this month that their renamed establishment, The Point, will reopen in April. (Photo: Courtesy Mo Cassara/Siobhan Becker)

Long Island Media Couple To Reopen Restaurant Come Spring

Joseph Kellard October 28, 2021

A Long Island media couple will wait to reopen their newly renovated restaurant in Point Lookout until exactly two years after shuttering it amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In News Tags The Point, Point Lookout, Mo Cassara, Elisa DiStefano, CBS Sports, News 12 Long Island, Long Island, MO'NELISA, COVID-19, shuttdown, COVID-19 pandemic
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The East Meadow Library opened on Sept. 23 after a major reconstruction at the building on Front Street. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)

The East Meadow Library opened on Sept. 23 after a major reconstruction at the building on Front Street. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Renovated East Meadow Library Holds 'Soft' Opening

Joseph Kellard October 16, 2021

A ground-floor community room, a reconfigured entrance hall and basement, and a reading garden are among the new features of the East Meadow Library.

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In News Tags East Meadow Library, East Meadow, East Meadow NY, East Meadow Long Island, Long Island, Long Island New York, library, libraries
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Tap Room Taps Rockville Centre For Next Tavern

Joseph Kellard October 5, 2021

The owners of Tap Room will open a fourth tavern in Rockville Centre and celebrate an anniversary of their original Patchogue establishment in the coming weeks.

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Tags Tap Room, Rockville Centre, Patchogue, James Bananno, Long Island, restaurant, tavern, pub, Bango Bowls
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Glen Cove Resident Swings Into History Books

Joseph Kellard June 19, 2018

Glen Cove resident Ashley Harding discovered she is the first golfer at Kellenberg Memorial High School to win an individual state championship after reading about her achievement on the school’s website.

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In Sports Tags golf, golfer, Glen Cove, Long Island, Kellenberg, Kellenberg Memorial High School, Catholic High School Athletic Association, Glen Cove Golf Course, Mal Galletta III, Keith Doran
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Congressman Tom Suozzi, left, News 12 anchor and Grand Marshal Carol Silva and Congressman Peter King marched down Main Street in Farmingdale during the village's annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 11, 2018. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)&nbs…

Congressman Tom Suozzi, left, News 12 anchor and Grand Marshal Carol Silva and Congressman Peter King marched down Main Street in Farmingdale during the village's annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 11, 2018. (Photo: Joseph Kellard) 

News 12's Carol Silva Has 'Fabulous' Farmingdale Grand Marshal Day

Joseph Kellard March 15, 2018

Carol Silva is no stranger to parades. The longtime News 12 Long Island anchor used to stand along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan with her Irish mother for many St. Patrick’s Day parades while growing up in Hicksville. As a mother she’s participated as a Girl Scout leader and soccer coach. She even took part in a homecoming parade for gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes in Great Neck after her 2002 Winter Olympics win.

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In Events, News Tags Carol Silva, News 12 Long Island, News 12, news anchor, Farmingdale NY, Long Island, St. Patrick's Day Parade, St. Patrick's Day, St. Paddy's Day, parade
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Sports talk radio legend Mike Francesa grew up on Oswego Avenue in East Atlantic Beach and attended Long Beach Catholic Regional School, where he played CYO basketball. (Photo: John Filo/CBS)

Sports talk radio legend Mike Francesa grew up on Oswego Avenue in East Atlantic Beach and attended Long Beach Catholic Regional School, where he played CYO basketball. (Photo: John Filo/CBS)

Mike Francesa Remembers His Long Beach Roots

Joseph Kellard November 28, 2017

Rick Evrard’s enduring childhood memories of Mike Francesa are the outside jump shots the future radio star repeatedly hit on basketball courts at Nevada and Brookline avenues.

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In Sports, News Tags Mike Francesa, Francesa, sports, sports talk, sports talk radio, WFAN, Mike and the Mad Dog, radio personality
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Former Equity Trader Ian Linde Finds Happiness in Rock Memorabilia

Joseph Kellard October 24, 2017

Fresh from the “I Worked on Wall Street But It Left Me Unfulfilled” file, meet Ian Linde, late of the $40 billion Jeffries Group and a successful equity trader with Lehman Brothers-Barclays before that.

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In Business, News Tags Ian Linde, Wall Street, Jeffries Group, Lehman Brothers-Barclays, Collectionzz, Syosset, Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Nirvana, Melville, Long Island, memorabilia, collectibles, collector, Alice in Chains, Yankees, Derek Jeter, Mickey Mantle, Slash of Guns N’ Roses, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Vedder, Cream, The Who, Joe DiMaggio
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Students perform research in a lab at the Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center at New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Students perform research in a lab at the Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center at New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Tech Incubators Hatching Startups Across Long Island

Joseph Kellard October 24, 2017

The state’s Start-Up NY program may be a bit of a dud, but that hasn’t slowed the pace of other university-based programs that seek to support and commercialize innovation from students, staff and the region’s sundry entrepreneurs.

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In Business, News Tags technology, business, Hofstra University, Stony Brook University, Start-Up NY, Long Island, Long Island University’, I-DIME, Center for Entrepreneurship, NYIT, Andium, tech incubator, New York Open for Business
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The Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. image: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, The Museum of Modern Art, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

Unpacking Frank Lloyd Wright’s Archive at MoMA →

Joseph Kellard July 10, 2017

Shortly after his Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was completed in 1923, Frank Lloyd Wright published a book with photographs and plans of the lodge. Though it was demolished in 1963, the building has made a resurgence as the centerpiece for a major exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art.

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In Art, Events Tags Frank Lloyd Wright, FLW150, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, architecture, art, museum, exhibit, New York, New York City
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Grace Brandt, left, and her twin, Alice Brandt, at their prom in Syosset June 21, 2017. Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Grace Brandt, left, and her twin, Alice Brandt, at their prom in Syosset June 21, 2017. Photo: Joseph Kellard)

Floral Park Twins Celebrate as Champs at Prom

Joseph Kellard June 27, 2017

Floral Park Memorial High School’s prom Wednesday night capped a memorable senior year for identical twins Alice and Grace Brandt. The siblings have played volleyball together on the same teams since fifth grade, a lengthy journey that culminated in winning a county championship with the girls varsity team last November.

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Tags Alice Brandt, Grace Brandt, Floral Park, Long Island, volleyball, sports, prom
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Kevin Duke of Oyster Bay High School, who has enrolled in the ROTC program for college, with his guidance counselor Deanna Cali, at the prom at Woodbury Country Club on June 22, 2017. Photo Credit: Joseph Kellard

Kevin Duke of Oyster Bay High School, who has enrolled in the ROTC program for college, with his guidance counselor Deanna Cali, at the prom at Woodbury Country Club on June 22, 2017. Photo Credit: Joseph Kellard

Oyster Bay High School Teen Enjoys Prom as College ROTC Awaits

Joseph Kellard June 27, 2017

Oyster Bay High School’s Kevin Duke spent his senior year knowing his career path. The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in September granted Duke a full four-year scholarship to attend North Carolina State University that requires him to serve in the U.S. Navy for at least five years after graduation.

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Tags Kevin Duke, ROTC, Oyster Bay, Long Island, US Navy, Navy ROTC
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