It came as a surprise to opponents, that the East Norwich Commons site plan was approved by the Oyster Bay Town Board on Feb. 5. The project had been before the board last year, and the resolution was tabled. It was not listed on the regular calendar on Feb. 5, but was an add-on resolution. "It was taken off the table," was the way a town hall spokesperson explained the action. FULL STORY

The East Norwich Civic Association has several concerns that should bring residents to their meeting on March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chelsea Center in East Norwich. The news that the East Norwich Commons is a fait accompli, in spite of concerns about traffic and sewage, and the proposed St. Dominic Campus South - the playing fields- will be items on their agenda. FULL STORY

The annual meeting of the Youth and Family Counseling Agency of Oyster Bay-East Norwich gave a picture of how interconnected the village is and how the strongest ties are between those who have banded together to better the lives of their fellow residents. FULL STORY

Yes, village hall will soon have its own nursery in a presently unoccupied room upstairs. Mayor Siegel has found a sensible solution to a problem which crops up in more and more workplaces - what to do when employees decide to have babies. When Maria Alfano-Hardy, our village clerk/treasurer, announced her adoption plans, the mayor acted fast. FULL STORY

It's a case, repeated time and again in the more affluent of local communities, of dollars earned on Wall Street transforming the local countryside according to the vision of the individual investor. FULL STORY