This year's biggest Oyster Festival sponsor is the NY Islanders! Owned by Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar of Computer Associates, their pennant will be flying over the Barque Europa, as she sails into Oyster Bay Harbor the weekend of Oct. 13 and 14. FULL STORY

The Hispanic Cultural Center is actively seeking to recruit community volunteers to teach English as a second language. The HCC is a grass roots non-profit [501 (C)- 3, tax deductible] organization founded in 1997 in Oyster Bay. FULL STORY

Many local residents took part in this year's Red Cross Swim-A-Cross held on Friday, Aug. 17 at Bayville's Centre Island Beach. They include: From Oyster Bay: Christopher and Jessica Beardsley, Elizabeth Bice, Carol Dempster, Andi Emerson, Jay Goldstein, Kristi Hanser Halpern, Matthew Manning, Edward McNamara, Donna I. Meltzer, M.D.; Mary Ellen Meyerdierks, James Norton, Paula Norton, Joseph S. Woodstock, Penn Berens, Danielle Hermann, Janice Hermann, James Townsend, Lawrence Keller. FULL STORY

Bay constable boat prepared for potential emergencies. The swim route was marked by oversized orange bouys. They were later used again the following Sunday for the Triathlon in which Greg competed. - Photo by Gregory Druhak FULL STORY