The new director of Raynham Hall, Andrew Batten comes with connections to Long Island and Raynham Hall. He grew up a few towns away in Port Washington and left his job in Rye, New York at a house museum. FULL STORY

Locomotive No. 35 is one stop closer to getting to its new home/Railroad Museum in Oyster Bay. The Town of Oyster Bay held a public hearing on Jan. 19 to consider making the Long Island Rail Road Station and the LIRR Turntable in Oyster Bay, town landmarks. FULL STORY

The Oyster Bay High School Varsity Fencing team has a long history at the school, having started their 31st continuous year this past December. OBHS was among only six original schools in Nassau County to have a team, which began with Coach John Halasz, who retired after 30 years as the school's fencing coach. FULL STORY

Often, the glory in basketball goes to the highest scorer, or the person making the seemingly impossible buzzer-beating jump shot. But in the Metro Swoosh League there is more to basketball than scoring, there's also being a role model. FULL STORY