What a delightful lady Eileen Browne is. She is the owner of Irish Imports on Willis Avenue, Williston Park. She has gifts from every part of the Emerald Isle from Donegal to Cork, from the Aran Islands to Dublin and all parts in between. Eileen's shop is full of merchandise and if she doesn't have it, she will get just what you are looking for.

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While out in Greenport we met Dan and Faye Kelleher, who used to live on Marcellus Road. For the past 13 years they have been residing in Mattituck. Dan was born in Mineola and Faye was born in Mattituck. One of their daughters, Maureen, still lives in Mineola at the Richlee Garden Apartments. Some may remember Dan's dad, Charlie, who was president of the First National Bank of Mineola 50 years ago. That was the first bank in the village and was located across from what is now Fox's.

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Did you know that the English shire Sussex was originally a contraction of South Suffolk and Wessex was West Suffolk and Essex East Suffolk?

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Susan and Jim Gibbons of Bauer Place spend their summers in Sag Harbor. No, he is not related to the author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Longtime Mineola residents Maynard and Mary McNally were up from Florida for a visit.

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Tom and Joanne DeKanchuk of Wardwell Road visited Lillian and Bill Gully of White Road.

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The former Reese Buick property, which is supposed to be sold to CVS, has been on hold because of purchase price negotiations between Fred Reese and the drug company.

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The geese that were so numerous in the park apparently didn't like our comments in this column. Seems they got mad and have completely left Memorial Park.

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Wally Pipp told Yankee Manager Muller Huggins that he couldn't play first base on a summer day in 1925 because of a headache. Huggins replaced him with Lou Gehrig. Pipp never came back as Gehrig played first base every day for the next 14 years, 2,130 consecutive games.

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Troy Matlof, formerly of Columbus Parkway, is the fellow you see all over town washing windows of many stores.

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Beebe Road held a block party recently with a DJ, prizes and entertainment. Those we had a chance to say hello to included: Irene, Gavin, Cody and Tyge Duffy; Chris, Mike and Logan Taylor; Cathy and Bessie David; Peter and Karen Smith; Vera and Vincent Parisi; Nicholas Dolce; Nugent and Maryann Cantileno; Cathy, John, Patricia, Cathleen, Christine, Kelly, John Jr., Sean, Daniel, Briana, Michaela, James and Kiernan Dougherty; Tony, Debbie, James, Chris and Gina Valente; Eddie, Karen Stephanie and Joseph Calabro; Brigitte, Chris and Kimmy Wallitsch; John, Nicholas, Kathy and Maryann Buttino; Trina, Tony, Anthony and Lauren Pucci and Grandpa Pat Pucci; Nugent, Debbie, Gabrielle and Nugent Cantileno; Karen and Vinnie Modica; and Kevin and Chris Duffy.