Cake or Pie? with Zibby Owens

Cake or Pie? With Zibby Owens

Meet the incomparable “bookfluencer,” Zibby Owens! One woman, so many hats––best-selling author, publisher, award-winning podcaster, CEO of Zibby Media, bookstore owner, and mom of four! For her latest feat, Zibby has edited a collection of deeply moving essays by 75  Jewish authors (myself proudly included) titled “On Being Jewish Now,” with all profits supporting Artists […]

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Woodhull School Students Get a Lesson in Baking Tradition

Rachel Doering at Fire Island School

Woodhull School students in the Fire Island School District had the unique opportunity to learn about and participate in making challah bread with local Ocean Beach residents and Rachel’s Restaurant and Bakery owner Rachel Doering. With all the ingredients prepared, each student could knead, shape, and braid a loaf of this traditional bread. Doering explained […]

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South Shore University Hospital Hold Steel Topping-Off Ceremony for New Pavilion

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South Shore University Hospital (SSUH) has reached a significant milestone in its campus expansion with the steel topping-off ceremony for its new state-of-the-art pavilion. The ceremonial placement of the final steel beam marks a substantial step toward the completion of the six-story, 190,000-square-foot inpatient bed tower. Hospital leadership, the design and construction teams, and critical […]

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Michael Joseph Horton (1958- 2024)

Michael Joseph Horton

My brother, Michael Joseph Horton (Mike) was born in South Side Hospital in Bay Shore on October 6, 1958. He was the fourth child of Virginia and Terry Horton. In the early 1950s, they lived in Oakleyville, a small hamlet east of Point O’ Woods. They later built a house and moved to Ocean Bay […]

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Gil Neary (1957-2024)

Gil Neary

Mark Gil Neary was a sincere and good friend to me and many others who knew him personally. He was kind, thoughtful, generous, and always smiling with great spirit. He loved his exotic icon status life on Fire Island.   Sadly, he lost his life in a car accident while driving in Hollowell, Maine, on […]

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National Park Service-Sam Wood Lawsuit Settled

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A lawsuit between prominent Kismet contractor and business leader Sam Wood and the National Park Service (NPS) has ended with a settlement. The settlement ended the almost year-long legal dispute between Wood and the NPS fought over a 30-day March 2023 suspension of Wood’s essential services business driving permit. Wood launched the lawsuit on August […]

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