Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Amy Hagedorn, president of the Hagedorn Foundation, and co-founder and past president of Sustainable Long Island, will be the honored guest and principal speaker at the annual fall fundraising lunch hosted by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset on Sunday, Nov. 22. The LWV event will take place at the Sands Point Village Club Mansion at 11:30 a.m.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

The subject of the health, welfare and safety of Port Washington residents ignited a hot debate during Manorhaven’s town hall meeting held Oct. 22. More than 100 angry and incredulous residents packed the village headquarters to express their extreme displeasure regarding the installation of a cell phone tower on Pequot Avenue. Residents stated that their attempts to communicate with officials have fallen on deaf ears.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Did it get any better than last Saturday afternoon as the varsity football team ended their season with a 33-0 victory over Hempstead…the cheerleaders dressing in Halloween costumes added a festive touch to a great afternoon of football…girls volleyball played a thrilling first round playoff game last Thursday as they defeated an impressive Uniondale team 27-25 in the final heart-pounding game…at press time the team was moving on to the quarterfinals away at East Meadow…the team that keeps on going is the cross country team which competed in the Conference championships last weekend…Marco Bertolotti was the Conference 1 champion with Jacob Levine coming in third…Sid Kakkar and Taylor Titcomb were named All Conference as was Meghan Byrnes..they will represent Port in the county championship this weekend…Do I hear basketballs bouncing?...the season is still 2 weeks away but there will be a big fundraiser on Nov. 13 in the Schreiber gym at 7 p.m…The Battle of the Buildings will have the faculty and staff of the elementary schools playing against the faculty and staff of Weber and Schreiber…all the money will go to updating the scorers table and adding chairs to the sidelines for our teams. We are looking to raise over $6,000 so come on out, have some fun and it will all go to giving our sidelines a much needed overhaul….See you around!

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

This week the Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda, BVI is hosting the Pro Am regatta. The reason this column is mentioning this event is not to make all of us jealous of the consistent trade winds between 10-15 knots, sunny skies and temps in the 80s both day and night, not to mention the cool drinks at this lush vacation spot – though that might be a by-product. It just so happens that a local racer from Port Washington YC is down in the BVI racing against the likes of Paul Cayard, Ken Read, Zach Riley (the kid who won medal at the Olympics), Anna Tunnicliffe (also a medal winner at the Olympics, to name a few. The lucky sailor is none other than Craig Albrecht. How did he come to be included in such illustrious company? Granted, we can all agree he is one fine racer, having won his division at the 2009 Block Island Race Week. Because of that feat, his name was entered with all the other division winners and he won the rights to duke it out with some of the best in the world of racing. This is the first time this invitation has been extended to a non-pro, so this should be very interesting. This goes a long way in making the event and the Bitter End Yacht Club is what sailing is all about … FUN. Good luck to Craig and his team.