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Oppenheimer

People

J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Bomb Builder

By Annie Wilkinson

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Long Island’s Joe Mele on his rise to TikTok fame and staying grounded

Rodney Dangerfield

People

Rodney Dangerfield: The Winning Loser

By Annie Wilkinson

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People

Nora Ephron: Making A Little Trouble On The East End

By Annie Wilkinson

People

Mary Cooper: A Long Island Colonial Mother’s Journal

By Annie Wilkinson

Hedy Lamarr

People

Hedy Lamarr: Not Just A Pretty Face

By Annie Wilkinson

Harry Belafonte

People

Harry Belafonte: Civil Rights Activist and Calypso King

By Annie Wilkinson

Old Field

People

Old Field Point Light Station In Setauket Nominated For State And National Register of Historic Places

By Michael Malaszczyk

Prohibition

People

How Long Island Women Helped End Prohibition

By Annie Wilkinson

Benjamin Britten

People

Benjamin Britten: The Music Of Peace

By Annie Wilkinson

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Oyster Bay

Pat Ladew: The Cat Rescuer of Oyster Bay

By Annie Wilkinson

Halloween

People

A Halloween Memory: Nightfall In A Mansion

By Annie Wilkinson

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Montauk

The Lure Of The Light: East End Pastoral

By Annie Wilkinson

Truman Capote

Truman Capote: The Crime of Truth In His 42 Year Career

By Vincent Anthony

Allan Sherman

People

Folk Singer and Satirist Allan Sherman Was Bigger Than The Beatles

By Annie Wilkinson

christine jorgensen

People

Early Transgender Icon Christine Jorgensen Settled on Long Island After Undergoing Country’s First Gender Confirmation Surgery

By Annie Wilkinson

Amelia Earhart

People

Amelia Earhart and Her Courageous Flights Had Long Island Ties

By Annie Wilkinson

DDT Art Cooley

People

Art Cooley’s Crusade Against DDT Made Him a Long Island Champion of the Earth

By Annie Wilkinson

Havemeyer

People

Louisine Havemeyer: Long Island Suffragist Made Women’s History

By Annie Wilkinson

la amistad

People

La Amistad: How the U.S.’s First Civil Rights Case Sparked in Montauk

By Annie Wilkinson

black history langston hughes

People

5 Powerful Stories of Black History on Long Island

By Annie Wilkinson

james bond

People

From Broccoli Farmer to James Bond Producer: Albert “Cubby” Broccoli’s Long Island Beginnings

By Annie Wilkinson

guy lombardo

People

Freeport’s Guy Lombardo Was the Original “Mr. New Year’s Eve”

By Annie Wilkinson

kennedy

People

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Man Who Would Be President’s Time on Long Island

By Annie Wilkinson

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