By Leonard Feigenblatt That’s the question Broadway fans have been asking for months. Broadway closed down on March 12, 2020, and originally canceled performances until mid-April. Soon it became apparent that the closure was going to last much longer. Now … Full Story
Long Island History Chronicled by Bill Bleyer
By Rebecca Hoey Pulitzer Prize winning Bill Bleyer, former staff writer for Newsday, college professor, inductee into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame, has become a prolific in recent years with four in-print titles published since 2015, with another … Full Story
Feds Sued to Force Them to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Vessel Strikes
Conservation groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to respond to two rulemaking petitions to protect critically endangered right whales from being run over and killed by ships and boats in U.S. waters. The groups are calling … Full Story
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Raising Awareness of Retaining Wall in Ocean Beach
The Inc. Village of Ocean Beach is planning on installing a retaining wall along several blocks of street-facing dune on the east side of town. This is a huge, old, established dune with lots of trees and shrubs that provides … Full Story
2020: Issue 4
2020 Issue 4
Intermission
Leonard Feigenblatt ~ On March 12, Broadway’s light went out to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time Broadway shut down was after 9/11, and that was only for two days. Though this was a necessary step … Full Story
INTERVIEW: Karen McCutcheon, Fire Island Pines Community Manager
By Laura Schmidt ~ Karen McCutcheon is the first community manager of Fire Island Pines – an employment position still dominated by men in most of the Fire Island communities. While the first year on the job threw her some … Full Story
NPS in Distress: COVID-19 and its Effects on Our National Parks
By Mariana Dominguez ~ When the National Park Service (NPS) was established in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson its intended purpose was “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for … Full Story
VOWS: Terry Wisun and David Hamel
By Rebecca Hoey ~ Terry Wisun and David Hamel of Northampton, Vermont, were married on March 18, 2020, after eloping to Burlington, Vermont. Fate proved that nothing could stand in the couple’s way, not even the pandemic. Wisun, 71, is … Full Story
From the Publisher’s Desk
When we first started planning for the 2020 summer publishing season of the Fire Island News back in January, COVID was that virus only in China, the economy was humming at a record pace and city streets were calm at … Full Story