Editorial: Note: Precautions for Artificial Turf Use

NYS Senator Carl Marcellino, an environmental advocate sent a newsletter to his constituents about the “Launch of North Shore Medical Group Center for Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health.”

Mystery Picture: December 25, 2009

Gregory Adami Knows Oyster Bay

Gregory Adami identified the mystery picture in the Dec. 17 issue of the Enterprise Pilot. He said, “It’s taken down at Oyster Bay Harbor at Theodore Roosevelt Park, by the cement wall looking straight out at Centre Island. The wall is all fuzzed out, but I walked down to the seawall and took the same picture.”

Editorial: Pierre Brandt: An Oyster Bay Treasure

Pierre Brandt has been a fixture at Dodds & Eder during the Christmas season for many years. A wood carver, he has a great following of customers who appreciate his talent.

Mystery Picture: December 18, 2009

Billy, Marg, Chris and Jessica Know Oyster Bay!

Billy Minicozzi said the Dec. 10 mystery picture was a lot across from the Boys and Girls Club in Oyster Bay. On a sports note he said, “Tiger Woods will be back golfing in the Majors. I’m a big Tiger Woods fan. He will be up and going in April in time for the Majors to win another green jacket!”

Editorial: Three Plus Presents for the Hamlet

Well, I think I can safely say the hamlet is getting three lovely presents this holiday season. The Angela P. Koenig Research and Collections Center is in the works; and the Octagon Hotel is coming along; and the Main Street Association is working with a NYS Main Street grant to restore 39/41, the White House on East Main Street, next to the Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, as well as several other grant projects in the works. They are the “Plus” in the headline.

Mystery Picture: December 11, 2009

Paul Keller Knows Oyster Bay!

Paul Keller of Bayville correctly identified the Dec. 3 mystery picture. He said, “It’s the traffic island on Route 106, opposite the post office on the east side and opposite the East Norwich Deli on the west side.

Editorial: ‘We never arrive. It is a journey.’

The hamlet of Oyster Bay is really coming together. Stores are filling up and while there is a lack of retail, since many of us today have new buying patterns such as malls, online shopping, catalogs, the hamlet appears to becoming a service-oriented cultural center.

Mystery Picture: December 4, 2009

Billy Minicozzi Knows Oyster Bay

Billy Minicozzi said the picture in the Nov. 19 issue was a secondhand store near Taby’s which was an interesting answer because Buckingham’s Variety Store is also the home of the North Shore Community Church Thrift Shop. Their prices are truly a blessing (cheap). He guessed the photo in the Nov. 26 issue was taken at a Bayville school.

Editorial: Editorially Speaking

Editorially speaking, we truly appreciate the views of all of our readers. It takes a lot of good old-fashioned courage to stand up in a community and express your view. It can mean that you divide your audience into those who agree with you and those who disagree with you.

It can be a loaded experience and one not everyone wants to put themselves through, but it is truly worth it for the benefit of the community and we thank all those who stand up and speak.

Mystery Picture: November 27, 2009

Randye Edwin Knows Oyster Bay

Of the mystery picture in the Nov. 19 issue of the Enterprise Pilot, Randye Edwin, said, “It’s Buckingham’s. I know because I go there frequently and you can’t miss it.”