It is sometimes amazing how the articles in the newspaper seem to be linked together. This issue of the Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot could be looked on as a boating edition. It all happened by chance.

The story about the visitors to the Christeen began in January and needed further information that was obtained via the Internet, and with the help of Tom Kuehhas, Denise Evans was contacted.

Then it just meant setting aside enough time to finish it off, and to make it timely. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Venditto helped make the story timely with his visit and the up-coming television show about the Christeen.

Making the story even more relevant, Denise Woodin, the new executive director of Friends of the Bay has worked with the ClearWater. That schooner is a major part of the stories about the Christeen visitors and the mystery of whether David Carll of Oyster bay is connected to the City Island shipyard.

The story about the Ernestina is the start of many about the Oyster Festival that we are looking forward to doing.

The story about the St. Dominic hearing on March 22 before the Muttontown Planning Board is still in the works. We have told the story many times in different forms, but there are still a few things we want to add to the story before putting it into print.

Last Thursday, it was interesting being a reporter listening to the discussion at the Oyster Bay Cove board meeting.

This reporter asked if Mr. O'Neill's position and power as a trustee wasn't being abrogated by not reading the letter aloud as he requested. Often at a school board meeting a trustee has expressed a dissenting opinion and it always seems to be considered an opinion. Letters have often been given to a board to be read in someone's absence. It didn't seem such an unusual request. In this case the word "litigation" seemed to be the issue.

Not reading the letter just made me wonder what it contained. It really made a better mystery this way. So, why should we complain. We love a good mystery!

- DFK