It was like a marriage made in Heaven, Well, actually a pharmacy. Pat Kostynick has worked at Franwin Pharmacy for 18 years and Joe Gregson is one of their druggists. They met, dated, fell in love and were married April 26 at St. Boniface Church in Sea Cliff. A wonderful reception was held at the Sans Souci. The happy couple honeymooned in the Hawaiian Islands. Pat lived most of her life in our village. Good luck to a wonderful couple. They now reside in Roslyn.

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Stephan Freitas has worked for the past 10 years in the circulation department of The New York Times which is located in its new facility in College Point. He and his wife Dorothy live on Grant Avenue.

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State Senator Mike Balboni can often be found having breakfast at the Jericho Diner. Mike is usually with several friends and aides mapping strategy.

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Recently talked with Walter and Grace Weismantel who live in Florida. Walter used to own that wonderful bakery located some 50 years across from what was then the village hall on Jericho Turnpike. Walter, who once ran for village trustee, was a member of the Pool Board for some 15 years. He and Grace are still very alive as they swim almost everyday. Walter has become a pretty fair actor with a group called the Pelican Players. He also works as a teacher's aide and both he and Grace volunteer at the local hospital. Grace, the former Grace Cunningham, was born in Williston Park. By the way, she was a classmate of Charlie Munder who owns the hardware store.

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Sorry to learn of the death of Tom Bencivenga of Mineola who worked at the post office for most of his life. In fact for some 10 years he was our mailman.

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A record crowd of over 500 people attended that wonderful breakfast held on Palm Sunday by the Portuguese Lions Club.

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Lino Ferreira has been maitre d' at the Davenport Press restaurant for 21 years. He and his wife live on Schuster Avenue.

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Mineola Mayor Jack Martins and Town Councilman Tom Dwyer had breakfast at our favorite diner.

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Tom and Margaret Clark of Nassau Boulevard will mark their 50th anniversary June 27. Tom used to own an exterminating business and is now retired. He and Margaret work as cooks at Our Lady of Grace Retreat Center in Manhasset. If you have ever eaten there with the Sisters you know how delectable their food is. Margaret by the way is a customer of Cuttin Club on Hillside Avenue.

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To the woman who wrote me the anonymous letter complaining about her neighbors: As you know, we can do nothing with unsigned letters. I suggest if your claims are true you obtain a witness and go to the police.

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I met four attractive young women from our village dining at the Jericho. Kathy Clingo, Allie Harvey, Sera Harris and Betty Cerulli are good friends and enjoy getting together.

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Rose Cutrone of Jackson Avenue said to me, "This was the longest winter I can ever remember." A lot of people felt the same way.

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Vera Barrick of Mineola enjoyed breakfast at you know where.

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Joe Iaffaldano won that handsome giant Easter Egg raffled off at Ceriello's. The winning ticket was drawn by Ariana Arraldo.

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We recently visited Scranton, PA where our daughter Sr. Annmarie is stationed and stayed at the Radisson Hotel. The hotel was formerly the train station of the long gone Lackawanna Railroad. The huge reception area has the high ceilings similar to those of waiting rooms found in places such as Grand Central Station. Throughout the hotel are those long benches familiar to anyone who has spent time in RR waiting rooms. The Carlton Hotel in Binghamton was also an old Lackawanna station. There seems to be a trend to utilize these old stations in a similar manner. Our daughter will be moving in June to a new position and be residing in Silver Spring, MD.

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Those overused laugh tracks can really be annoying. We occasionally like to watch a sitcom. A joke that might cause a person to smile is greeted by uproarious laughter. I guess they think we are too stupid to know when to laugh.