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The True Story of the Amityville Horror
Since 1977, a lake house in Amityville, New York, has been the subject of multiple books, television programs, and almost 15 movies. However, the real story of the "Amityville Horror" is rarely told in the films, which focus more on a fiction based around the Lutz family and their alleged haunting. One of the most interesting facts about the Amityville case is that the hauntings have been debunked numerous times. The defense lawyer who initially represented mass murderer Ronald Defeo, Jr. has stated in multiple court documents that the entire haunting was a hoax. Still, the mythology of the Amityville home lives on.
Oyster Garden Built At The Town Dock
Town of North Hempstead Councilmember Mariann Dalimonte, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, Residents Forward, and Girl Scout Nicole Maliagros, has built an oyster garden adjacent to the Town Dock in Manhasset Bay. The project follows the successful oyster garden pilot program led by the Coalition to...
Fire Island Film Festival 2024
Yes, you can still catch a good movie at the Ocean Beach Community House. Now in its fourth year, the young Jesse Ray Sheps is maturing and attending Yale University, but he still devotes himself to the Fire Island Film Festival. Some are saying this is one of the best ones yet. Thoughtful, compelling cinema is still out there and being made, for many more stories are yet to be told. Outlets like this give them an audience.
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL at John W. Engeman Theater
Omigod, you guys! Once again, the John W. Engeman Theater of Northport delivers an outstanding production with their latest offering of Tony-nominee Legally Blonde, The Musical. Running until August 25th at the exquisite Long Island venue, Trey Compton's direction shines in this high-energy production. Based on the novel and film,...
TALKERS 2024: Radio and Beyond “The Big Picture” Panel Discussion Video Posted
One of the many video highlights from TALKERS 2024: Radio and Beyond – “The Big Picture” – is now posted on the brand-new TALKERS MEDIA YouTube channel. The presentation took place at the 27th annual installment of the talk media industry’s longest running national gathering held at Hofstra University on Long Island this past June 7. The event, which took place at Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, was presented by TALKERS in association with the university’s multi-award winning WRHU-FM/WRHU.org. The session, which is an annual highlight of the TALKERS conference, featured a stellar line up that included (in alphabetical order): Kraig T. Kitchin, CEO, Sound Mind, LLC; Chad Lopez, president, WABC, New York/Red Apple Audio Network; Chris Oliviero, market president, Audacy New York; Deborah Parenti, publisher Radio Ink/RBR+TVBR; Tavis Smiley, host/owner, KBLA, Los Angeles/Smiley AudioMedia; and Lisa Wexler, host, WICC, Bridgeport. The session was introduced by Rich Valdes, host, Westwood One; and moderated by Michael Harrison, publisher, TALKERS. The session tackled the broad strokes issues and challenges facing talk radio in the wake of enormous changes in the wider talk media landscape including demographic shifts, new technology, and an analysis of the very definition of the term, “radio.” To see the video, please click here.
Gwen Stefani concert raises $3.6M to support medical innovation
Grammy award-winning, multi platinum-selling singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani headlined the 19th annual Feinstein Summer Concert at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury on Thursday, July 11,. The event raised $3.6 million for Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. The Feinstein Summer Concert supports Northwell’s ‘Outpacing the Impossible’ campaign, a...
Seeing Differently: Creativity Through Unique Perspectives
The Helen Keller National Center and The Art Guild have collaborated on a new exhibit called Seeing Differently: Creativity Through Unique Perspectives. The Helen Keller National Center is a national non-profit working with individuals who are blind, have low vision, are deaf-blind and/or have combined hearing-vision loss to live, work and thrive.
Baldwin High School, Plaza Elementary School communicate through art
During the past school year, Baldwin High School’s advanced placement Art students and Plaza Elementary School’s kindergarten class were sending art journals back and forth to each other since the fall. Similar to traditional “pen pals” the young artists introduced themselves and communicated with artwork. “We...
Stop & Shop to be replaced in Greenvale
The grocery chain Stop & Shop has confirmed that it will close seven underperforming stores in New York state, including its location at Wheatly Plaza in Greenvale, which many North Shore residents rely on. It has also been confirmed that Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace will replace the Stop & Shop at...
Village museum looking for former academy students
The Sea Cliff Village Museum is reaching out to former students of Harold Ransom Stevenson and his wife Alma Gallanos Stevenson, renowned artists and founders of the Stevenson Academy of Traditional Painting. The museum is preparing for a September exhibit titled “Harold Ransom Stevenson: An American Realist in Sea Cliff” and is keen to include stories, artwork, and memorabilia from those who studied under the Stevensons.
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