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.

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.