By Barbara Gaby Placilla Summer is officially here and the pace is picking up in Ocean Bay Park. The summer party season was kicked off with a surprise birthday party for Adrienne Ratuszny, given by Erin Flynn, Jill Gibbs and … Full Story

By Barbara Gaby Placilla The assembled crowd at Hurricanes, in the Fire Island Hotel, witnessed history being made on June 6, 2015. And in case you were on another planet, that was the day that American Pharoah won the Triple … Full Story

by Barbara Placilla The annual Ocean Bay Park FD Auxiliary Plant Sale was held on Saturday, May 17. This fundraising event held the weekend before Memorial Day, follows the FD Spaghetti Dinner and signals the start of the season for … Full Story

By Barbara Gaby Placilla Welcome back to all my old friends and the new ones I hope to make. It’s a new season, a new column and over the course of the summer we’ll all get to know Ocean Bay … Full Story