Bernadette Castro, commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation urged the Town of Oyster Bay to become a Certified Local Government (CLG) as she spoke on April 13 at a meeting of the Main Street Association held in the Doubleday Babcock Senior Center. Commissioner Castro is very involved with preservation and has been active in working with the Long Island North Shore Heritage Area planning commission. Attending the meeting was LINSHA co-chair Lori Bahnik. Ms. Castro said "LINSHA is creating a common thread, a wonderful story line that runs through the 64 municipalities on the North Shore of Long Island. We are currently contacting all 64 municipalities about the plan. They have to approve it. It's voluntary and is for preserving the heritage of Long Island. It has ideas for those communities who want them: ideas that are offered by professional planners. The plan comes with potential grant money for municipalities along the heritage area." FULL STORY

Gay Vietske, superintendent of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, the home of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, introduced their new General Management Plan (GMP) at the April 13 meeting of the Oyster Bay Main Street Association. She said a brochure was mailed out to local residents so that they will be able to read about, and consider, the renovation plans for Sagamore Hill. Their input is being sought by the Sagamore Hill GMP planners. FULL STORY

Can you imagine what it would feel like to have an elephant sit on your chest? This is how one little boy recently described his asthma attack. You can make a difference for this boy and other children and adults like him by joining hundreds of walkers at Belmont State Lake Park on Nov. 5 in an effort to raise money to help find a cure for this life threatening disease. FULL STORY

12th Annual Golf Tournament - to benefit the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will be held on Tuesday, June 14 at the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley. FULL STORY