The GiGi of GiGi’s Playhouse was there. So was her mom, founder Nancy Gianni. So were 200 people who poured into Southward Ho Country Club to celebrate the one-year anniversary of GiGi’s Playhouse Long Island Down Syndrome Achievement Center in Patchogue. The night was a magical gathering and fundraiser for this not-for-profit that doesn’t charge […]
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Talk about feisty, gutsy women! Ida Gillette was a major business owner, suffragist and Sayville influencer on social issues over 100 years ago. Appropriately her family’s Gillette House overlooking Gillette Park is home to several not for profits headquartered here. Ida finally got a plaque honoring her, now on the Gillette House front door, thanks […]
Hooray for Women’s History Month! Celebrate Bellport Village’s women business owners, of which there are many and find out about their resourcefulness through the pandemic, and even in some cases, how they started a new business. Read more about these amazing women in the story by #LindaLeuzzi in the @liadvance https://www.longislandadvance.net/stories/women-rock-here,90036?
Clap! Clap! Let’s hear it for GiGi’s Playhouse Long Island Down Syndrome Achievement Center. They’ve celebrated one year in its Patchogue headquarters expanding programs, participating family and volunteer numbers and holding a glam fundraiser coming up on March 19 at the Southward Ho Country Club in Bay Shore. Read about it @liadvance, story by #LindaLeuzzi […]
Local activist and kind person James Bertsch recently led the call for #UkrainianDonations that were collected at Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ. A friend involved with the #PeacePoleProject and #PatchoguePeaceProject, contacted him, and Bertsch called on Pastor Ray Bagnuolo for permission to use Fellowship Hall as a drop off space. The clothing and other […]
Cornucopia, Butera’s Restaurant, 7-Eleven and Starbucks are providing food for Sharing A Meal #SayvilleSoupKitchen, which doles out hot meals at Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ’s Fellowship Hall four nights a week. The soup kitchen has offered guests dinners through Covid with a devoted volunteer staff. Those who need a kind word and a warm […]
Wooden boat saviors Josh Herman, Elliot Peper and Sam Sowyrda are currently restoring the Ventura, a 70-foot-long Herreshoff Class Yacht with gorgeous features like a solid mahogany hull, decks made of Indian teak and an American spruce mast. Launched in 1920 as a private duck hunting yacht for rich philanthropist George Baker, it’s now owned […]
The Bayport Civic Association, which just turned 20, saved a 60-acre historic airfield from development, urged a hamlet zoning study passed by the town, and tackled other issues over the years purely with volunteers. They did it with organization, dedication, and moxie. A joyous celebration was recently held at Stella Trattoria & Restaurant. Read about […]
A fast, easy race in a charming village can be yours if you sign up for the Bellport Bay 5K on Sunday, July 10. Walkers are welcome. It starts at The Gateway and ends at Bellport’s picturesque marina. Also, proceeds will fund the Bellport Village Fund, so it’s for a good cause. The course is […]