Meet the Candidates Running for Town of Oyster Bay Clerk

Incumbent Republican Steve Labriola is facing challenger Democrat John Capobianco in the race for Town of Oyster Bay Clerk. Both candidates were asked the same questions regarding their campaign to compile the following profiles. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Six Vie for Three Spots on Oyster Bay Town Board

The same questions were asked of all candidates running for the Town of Oyster Bay Board, which is a four-year term. In the event a council member leaves office prior to completion of a full term, the town board appoints a replacement. That person serves until the next regularly scheduled election, at which time the voters elect an individual to serve the remainder of the term. There is no limit to the number of terms council members may serve.

Incumbent Republican councilmembers Chris J. Coschignano, Elizabeth A. Faughnan and Joseph G. Pinto are being challenged by Democrats Matt Meng, Erin Reilley and Doug Watson. Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Their stories appear below in alphabetical order.

Jack’s Last Call Performance on Kerouac Anniversary

Play to Be Staged at the Bar Where the Action Takes Place

This month will see more action on the Kerouac front as Jack’s Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac, the original play about Jack Kerouac’s last night on Long Island, will be performed at Gunther’s Tap Room in Northport.

This performance of the play, written by Massapequa resident Patrick Fenton, promises to be a special one. In fact, the play itself is set in Gunther’s, a place where Kerouac once drank and played pool during his time on Long Island in the early 1960s. It will be staged on Saturday, Oct. 24, almost 40 years to the date of Kerouac’s death, which took place on Oct. 21, 1969.

Residents Protest Proposed Rate Increase

Suggest Aqua-NY Merge With Massapequa Water District

A proposed rate increase by Aqua-New York, one that would affect customers in the Massapequa area, was the topic of public meetings held last weekend by Legislator Dave Mejias.

The legislator held meetings at both the Berner Middle School and at the Massapequa Public Library. The Friday night meeting at the middle school was attended by up to 60 people, while on Saturday, up to 30 people jammed their way into a room at the library.

Remembering a Pioneering Attorney

Rising Through the Ranks of the Legal Profession

A longtime reader from Albany wants to share memories of her mother, Carolyn Barteau Dissoway, a groundbreaking Long Island attorney.

Recently, Carolyn Liz Dissoway came across a June 29, 1915 story about her mother, one that appeared in The New York Evening Sun, a long-lost afternoon New York City newspaper.

TOB Hosts September 11 Memorial Ceremony

Town of Oyster Bay residents gathered at the town’s 9/11 Memorial at Tobay Beach on the evening of Sept. 10 for the 2009 September 11 Memorial Ceremony. The somber event included readings and prayers, musical selections and a candlelight ceremony.

Tea Party Meeting on Health Care

Local Resident Critiques Legislation; Calls for ‘Self Responsibility’

Last spring, up to 1,500 people gathered at the Massapequa Long Island Rail Road station to hold a “Tea Party” rally. The event was part of a nationwide movement, dubbed “National Tea Party Day.”

Robbery at Twin Lakes Preserve

Suspect Used ‘What Appeared’ to Be Machete

The First Squad reports the details of a robbery that occurred in Wantagh on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1:50 p.m.

According to detectives, five teenage male victims, report that while they were in Twin Lakes Preserve, three male suspects, at least one armed with what appeared to be a machete approached them and demanded that they empty their pockets.

Robbery Arrest Ends Crime Spree

The Robbery Squad reports the details of the arrest of an Amityville teen for a robbery that occurred on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 8:10 p.m. in Massapequa.

The arrest ended an alleged crime spree by the defendant in the Massapequa area, one that saw two other attempted robberies at earlier dates in September.

Remembering the Massapequa Zoo

The Story of the Legendary Frank Bucks

How many residents who live in the Massapequas know that during the 1930s and ‘40s there was a zoo located on Sunrise Highway? Yes, it’s true. Frank Buck of Bring ‘Em Back Alive fame had an award-winning zoo with a menagerie of his prize collection of “bring ‘em back alive” wild animals, birds and reptiles.

It all happened shortly after the building of the new Sunrise Highway and railroad trestle by the current Westfield Mall. My father was a carpenter and worked on the trestle construction. Back then the land where the mall now stands was thickly wooded, vacant and owned by a New York water company.