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Contents 10 Letter from the Publisher
It’s autumn for Port Washington News Magazine By Angela Susan Anton
14 Port Washington: A History
The North Shore town celebrates its 375th anniversary By Joe Scotchie
20 Taking Flight
A look at Port’s aviation history from the ground up By Mike Adams
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28 Back To Nature
Discovering the outdoors at the Guggenheim Preserve By Anthony Murray
34 Pop Culture
Literary giants, musicians and Hollywood abound in Port over the years By Dave Gil de Rubio
38 Bach To Rock
The music school highlights the importance of music and the performing arts for today’s youth By Dave Gil de Rubio
44 Chief Of Office
Dr. Michael Hynes takes the reins as Port Washington’s new superintendent By Christina Claus
48 ESTEAM Engine
STEAM teacher Lisa Conway discusses the importance of critical thinking and creativity for students By Jennifer Fauci
52 Legendary Eats
The oldest restaurants in Port share their secrets for good food and customer service By Christina Claus
57 Fashion Forward
The best fall looks from around town to
keep you cozy this season By Courtney Shapiro
60 On The Calendar
A look at upcoming events in town
62 My Port Washington
Residents share what they love about their town By Christina Claus
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his year finds Port Washington celebrating a significant milestone—the villages’ 375th anniversary. The 5.6-square mile community is nestled on the North Shore, with a gorgeous vista of the Long Island Sound. In this issue of Port Washington News Magazine, we focus the spotlight on the past, present and future while highlighting some of the different components that make Port such a wonderful place to call home. We give a huge nod to Port Washington’s yesteryear throughout the pages of the magazine. Our resident historian Joe Scotchie shares a history piece about the town, and Kimberly Dijkstra and Cathy Bongiorno map out a timeline that dates back to when the area was first settled. Anthony Murray takes readers on a guided tour through the Guggenheim Preserve, while Mike Adams goes on a flight of fancy via a history of aviation in Port that might surprise you. A big part of a community’s spirit can be found in its people. Dave Gil de Rubio’s story on some of Port’s more famous natives include a number of historic figures ranging from March King John Phillip Sousa and folk music queen Jean Ritchie to storied filmmaker John Cassavetes and actor/ artist Burt Young, who is a current resident. Culture has always been an important cornerstone of what makes Port Washington special. On the music side of things, Dave wrote extensively about Bach to Rock, a Port-based music school that drives home the importance of the performing arts for today’s youth. On the food front, Port Washington News editor Christina Claus interviews executive chefs from the community’s oldest restaurants—Sullivan’s Quay and Ayhan’s. For fashion, Courtney Shapiro does a roundup of local stores and shops that will allow your inner fashionista to shine during fall. The schools in this unique North Shore community are second to none. Christina also contributes a profile piece on new superintendent, Dr. Mike Hynes, while Jennifer Fauci traces the rise of STEAM and computer science in the Port Washington school district. We round things out with Jennifer’s calendar of upcoming events in Port Washington while Christina chats with some residents about what makes their community so special as part of a regular feature we include in our magazines called My Port Washington. Angela Susan Anton Publisher
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PORT WASHINGTON The Little Village That Built Mighty Manhattan BY JOE SCOTCHIE
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anhattan Island is one big rock. That is why so many skyscrapers were built there. But the material for building those giant buildings had to come from elsewhere. Fortunately for developers, Port Washington contained an ample supply of sand used to construct world-famous buildings, past, present and future. And that is exactly what happened. From 1865
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to 1930, the New York City area boomed. In 1865, there were 1,174,779 people in the city. By 1930, that number exploded to 6,630,446. By 1920, the nation’s transformation from rural to urban was complete. But farmers in Port Washington made out well. By the middle of the 19th century, local farmers were already finding it profitable to sell land to mining companies. Those companies, in
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turn, used the land to dig for sand and gravel. It worked swimmingly for all parties. The farmer made money, the mining companies sold the sand to construction crews. New York City grew fabulously wealthy. In that 75-year period, 100 million tons of sand from Cow Bay was used for the concrete that built skyscrapers, sidewalks and subways, including the Empire State Building and the
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1849
Execution Rocks Lighthouse, which sits in the Long Island Sound between New Rochelle and Sands Point, was constructed, although it was not lit until 1850. The attached stone keeper’s house has not been inhabited since the light was automated in 1979.
Port Washington Celebrating 375 Years
The Matinecock Indians were the first inhabitants of this area of Long Island before the European settlers came along. They called the town “Sint Sink” or “place of many stones.” In 1643, the Matinecock Indians sold the land to 18 English families in exchange for useful materials and wampum. Until the mid-1800s, the area was called Cow Neck because farming was the main industry.
1886
Atlantic Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 Founded.
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1898 The railroad reaches Port and a significant population increase begins.
1902
Port Washington became an important sand-mining town, providing the essential ingredient for New York City concrete.
Castle Gould is completed on the estate of Howard Gould, in Sands Point.
1870
Sands Point School, more commonly known as the Green Schoolhouse, opens at the top of School Street.
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Little Red School House, the first school in Cow Neck, is built at foot of Pleasant Avenue.
Baxter Estate built.
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Thomas Dodge Homestead is built.
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The Sands-Willets Homestead is constructed.
Sand Pits, Port Washington Port Washington News, Main Street, c. 1911
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The one-room Flower Hill School is founded.
Monfort Cemetery is officially designated as a cemetery.
1781 Adam Mott builds Grist Mill on Cow Bay.
Grist Mill c. 1781 Main Street School c. 1908
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Port Washington Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper
1937
First transatlantic flight departs from Port Washington’s Manhasset Bay.
Eaton Taxi Service, photographed at its location at the corner of Irma Avenue and Main Street, Port Washington, c.1910
1930 Sandy Cay, the grand estate of Vogue publisher Condé Nast, is built in Sands Point. The house burned down in 1954.
1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald immortalizes Port Washington as “East Egg” in The Great Gatsby.
1903 Port Washington News is established.
1907
Knickerbocker Yacht Club moves from Manhattan to Port.
1909 Main Street School is built.
1951 Architect William Landsberg designs and completes the William Landsberg House.
1953 Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School is constructed and named after a former superintendent.
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1966 The John Philip Sousa House, also known as Wild Bank, is declared a National Historic Monument. The bandleader and composer lived there from 1915 to 1932.
1923
Falaise is completed as the luxury home of Harry Guggenheim in Sands Point.
Home of Port Washington Library from 1903-1930
1912
Atlantic Fire Company Truck in front of the Main Street School, c. 1927.
1995
Howard Gould completes Landmark on Main Street, construction of Hempstead a not-for-profit community House and sells the property center, opens in the Main to Daniel Guggenheim. Street School building. The estate later becomes 1998 known as Sands Point Sand mines are redeveloped as Preserve. Harbor Links, a golf course for North Hempstead residents.
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Knickerbocker Yacht Club, Port Washington. Built 1921. Photo taken in the 1940s.
Groundbreaking of Baywalk Park in the Village of Port Washington North.
2017 Baxter House burns down after 324 years.
2019 Morgan’s Park is completed by the Village of Manorhaven.
William Van Nostrand’s General Store, lower Main Street, Port Washington, c.1905 Research by Cathy Bongiorno and Kimberly Dijkstra Timeline by Cathy Bongiorno Photos courtesy of the Port Washington LIbrary
Chrysler Building, the two iconic buildings of the Manhattan skyline. Soon, a middle-class was born and it would populate formerly rural areas as Port Washington, celebrating its 375th birthday this year. Port Washington, named after the nation’s Founding Father, was originally land inhabited by Matinecock tribes. Its first European settlers were Dutch and English, a phenomenon that mirrored the rest of the New York City area. Early families who settled the land migrated from Block Island in Rhode Island, plus more local villages such as Flushing and Southampton. The names of those families still ring out throughout the ages: Sands, Baxters, Motts, Onderdonks and Hewletts. The Onderdonk family, for instance, performed brave and valuable espionage work for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, so much so that when George Washington made his victory tour of Long Island, he made it a point to stop at the Onderdonk residence in Roslyn to pay his respects. Conveniently located on a peninsula and surrounded by Long Island Sound, Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor, the village, in its early centuries, was a haven for shellfishing and shipbuilding. Baymen populated the area and made a good living from the sea. The sand mines were, as noted, even more profitable and by the early 20th century, modern-day Port Washington was being formed. A Long Island Rail Road station was constructed, as were schools, a free library, manufacturing plants and small businesses. Long Island was also legendary for its contributions to aviation history. Port Washington made its own contributions. The village was home to a Pan Am air terminal. During the 1930s, the first “flying boats” to Europe took flight from air fields in the village. Prior to World War II, Long Island was also home to numerous
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estates, making the area a playpen for the rich and famous, while providing jobs for the locals. With its easy commute to Manhattan, all from a bucolic and spread-out rural region, Port Washington was perfect for those who were able to enjoy the best of both country living and city life. Again, the names ring out. The village was home to the Guggenheims, the Astors, the Goulds, the Hearsts, the Pratts and the Whitneys. F. Scott Fitzgerald immortalized the North Shore of the 1920s in his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. Port Washington was dramatized as “East Egg,” complementing the “West Egg” stand-in for Great Neck. During World War II, Port Washington did its part. The village was the base for the manufacture of airplanes by both Grumman and Republic plants. After the war, suburbanization proceeded apace. A major figure from 20th-century Port Washington life was Paul D. Schreiber, a longtime educator in the village’s public schools system. Schreiber was so popular that when a new high school was built in 1953, it was named in honor of the man. Today, the high school is regularly touted as one of the top one-thousand high schools in America, receiving high rankings in Newsweek’s list of top U.S. schools. Several additions were constructed in 1957, 1967 and 2004. Port Washington remains a great place to live and raise a family. Its residents prefer a vibrant main street with shops, restaurants, a bank and a bookstore to jumbo-sized malls. But the past, as the man said, is never past. Port Washington came into its own by providing tons of sand for the Manhattan skyline. In 1998, those sand mines came through again. This time they were redeveloped as Harbor Links, a popular golf course for North Hempstead residents.
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Port Washington is a maritime community at heart—it’s been that way ever since the first European settlers touched the land nearly 400 years ago. Its location on Manhasset Bay gives that much away, as does its scenic waterfront, the abundance of boats off the coast and even the name itself. But there’s an anachronism sitting near the water’s edge: a stone plaque commemorating a moment of global significance that happened right off the coast in the bay. Port Washington was the point of departure for America’s first-ever commercial transatlantic flight, undertaken by Pan American Airways, and the destination of Britain’s first commercial flight across the Atlantic, undertaken by Imperial Airways. Both flights touched down on July 9, 1937, and the era of mass air travel rode in with them. Just a few decades ago, this idyllic waterside village was a major hub of the country’s budding aviation industry. In that nascent era of manned flight, Port Washington was the easternmost bastion of America’s skyways. Ironically, it was the area’s seaside locale that made it an ideal staging ground for aviation. Seaplanes that took off and landed on the water were a frequent fixture in the landscape of the industry before the advent of the jet engine. The busy hub of Manhattan, too cramped for its own airfield, looked to the nearby community to serve as its primary aerial artery.
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John T. McCoy Painting of 1939 Dixie Clipper. This flight had left from Port Washington the day before, captained by Robert Oliver Daniel “Rod” Sullivan, with 22 passengers on board. From Pan American’s “Historic First Flights of Pan American Clippers” series. Photo courtesy of Port Washington Public Library
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Manhasset Bay proved an ideal staging ground for the area’s sea-based air travel. Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss tested gliders and seaplanes in the bay as early as 1922, and the area became a prominent hub of commercial air travel in the 1930s, receiving flights from England and France on a regular basis. “There was, in essence, a nautical runway that existed in Manhasset Bay,” Port Washington North Mayor Robert Weitzner says. “At one point it was commonplace to see planes taking off like that. The same reason you have so many boaters is the same reason people thought they could fly seaplanes out of Manhasset Bay, the fact that the waterfront is as lively as it was.” While LaGuardia Airport was still just a sketch on a drawing board, Pan Am in particular ran its New York-based operations through Port Washington after moving to the area in the mid-’30s. Shortly after, the company made history flying out of the Amelia Earhart’s trophy chest, built by Port Washington cabinetmakers
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harbor all the way to Europe. “There were a couple survey flights to Ireland [out of Port Washington] in ’37 that helped start operations,” Doug Miller, aviation historian and web administrator for the Pan Am Historical Foundation, says. “They opened service to Europe from Port Washington in ‘39.” The image of a seaplane sputtering out of Manhasset Bay was a common sight throughout the 1930s. Hangars lined the coast, and heroic aviators like Amelia Earhart and Chuck Yeager flew out of the community. Earhart’s husband even had Port-based cabinetmakers Albert Wood and Five Sons build her a chest to store her memorabilia in 1935. That chest now sits in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, a wooden monument to the vanished heroine.
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But just as quickly as it came, Port Washington’s aviation boom began to vanish as LaGuardia took prominence following its 1939 dedication. Pan Am relocated to the airport in 1940, leaving its myriad seaside hangars behind to decay over the decades. The community
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As time wore on, and that skyway prominence Port Washington held faded from memory, most people in the area have forgotten their hamlet ever housed something so cutting edge. “The turnover that we see in Port Washington means a lot of people don’t know anything about our history,” Weitzner says. “Who knows about it? The second and third-generation people, but we’ve been trying to refamiliarize people with that rich history.” Still, memories of Port Washington’s days in the clouds live on in the hearts and minds of residents with a passion for the past who ensure it will never be completely forgotten. “I came here from Williamsburg, and I think the thing that made me fall in love with the suburbs was the long history that exists here,” Aleksander Betko, owner of
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the Port Washington restaurant Secrets of Flight, says. “We wanted to bring that back. This is a place that served New York City, this is a place that served commercial empires. All of this incredible American history cannot be lost.” “Aviation is a metaphor for beating the odds,” Betko adds. “Humans have always wanted to fly. It was more than just romance, it was that real can-do attitude.”
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are fostered by connecting Gospel values to all parts of the curriculum, including core academic classes, allowing students at all grade levels to deepen their moral standards and ethics. Students learn about the tenets and meaning of their faith and how to live it joyfully, especially in serving others within the school and greater community. The school day doesn’t end when the last bell rings – St. Mary’s becomes a vibrant after-school community as students at all grade levels participate in a wide range of extracurricular clubs and activities, exploring their talents and skills outside of academia. Middle and high school students gain an appreciation for the arts and develop their creativity through participation in the Fine and Performing Arts Program. By taking classes in art, chorus, band, orchestra, dance or stage performance; performing arts students learn from and work alongside professionals in those fields. The Schools of St. Mary is also proud of its competitive athletic programs at the middle and high school levels, which are highly regarded for both excellent
From early childhood students to their high school seniors, The Schools of St. Mary is preparing inspired thinkers and creative leaders by guiding all students as they develop the character traits of great leaders and skilled team players. This approach includes creativity, flexibility, diligence, perseverance, accountability, and responsibility. At every level, St. Mary’s balances strong academic development with experience to encourage personal growth. Exceptional faculty and staff inspire each student along their educational journey, always promoting the safe and welcoming culture that is one of the hallmarks of the St. Mary’s experience. St. Mary’s welcomes a diverse student body, consisting of students of many different faiths and cultural backgrounds, who come from Nassau and Suffolk Counties and several New York City boroughs including Queens and Brooklyn. For more information on the programs and curriculum at St. Mary’s or to schedule a personal tour, please contact Mrs. Norma Stafford, director of admissions at 516.627.2711 extension 1084 or nstafford@saintmaryshs.org. SAINT MARY’S IS LOCATED AT 1300 NORTHERN BOULEVARD, MANHASSET. CALL TODAY FOR YOUR PERSONAL TOUR. Faculty and administrators at St. Mary’s strive to educate the whole child intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically.
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Guggenheim Preserve proves to be otherworldly By Anthony Murray
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he beautiful Guggenheim Preserve, which dates back to the 1800s, has remained unused from the time of local Native Americans, the colonials, the Guggenheim family, and now, the Port Washington School District, which owns the property. The Guggenheim Preserve and the surrounding area is undoubtedly rich in history. Mining tycoon Daniel Guggenheim came into the picture in the mid-1920s. Guggenheim gave his son Harry 90 acres of the entire estate as a wedding present when Harry got married. Harry then built his home overlooking the Long Island Sound, naming it Falaise, which means cliff in French. Daniel, and his wife, Florence, enjoyed the Gold Coast lifestyle until Daniel’s death in 1930. The woodlands that are part of the preserve contain approximately 400 different types of trees including oak, maple, apple, horse chestnut, walnut and locust. Interestingly enough, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recognizes the forest as a bird breeding area since it is a popular resting and feeding location during bird migration. Some of the birds that can be spotted through the preserve are hawks, falcons, nightingales, orioles, warblers, purple finches, woodpeckers and owls. The eastern cottontail rabbit can also found at the preserve. The rabbits live in the heavy brush, woods and meadow. Foxes, at times, are spotted occasionally. Besides all of the different species of birds, brown bats, which can be observed during dusk during the summer, are also prominent in the area. During the winter months, the bats hibernate in the many trees up Monarch Caterpillar
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The scenic and serene 17-acre Guggenheim Preserve, which is located in Sands Point and adjoins Guggenheim Elementary School, is home to many unique animals, trees and flowers that many would not think were right in their backyard. When walking through the preserve’s woodlands that run along the property, you’ll certainly get the sense that you’re no longer in Sands Point anymore.
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above. The meadow is also home to the wildflower Butterfly Milkweed, a protected species in New York, which can be found in full bloom in August and September. An aquifer critical to the water needs of Port Washington exists under this land. The site is considered an aquifer recharge area where snow and rainwater seep through the uncontaminated soil eventually entering the aquifer as clean water. But not to worry, the Guggenheim Preserve is in good hands thanks to the Port Washington-based nonprofit organization PWGreen. The environmental action group’s mission is to protect natural areas, promote eco-friendly living and provide environmental education. PWGreen works with the Port Washington School District to enhance the preserve’s environmental and educational value while sponsoring education events such as nature walks and participating in community events, like HarborFest, and also initiate local clean ups and remove invasive plants from the area. Additionally, PWGreen works with teachers to create environmental-based learning programs that are in compliance with the state and established an advisory board of recognized experts in botany, ecology and ornithology.
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“Wanted” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Like other waterfront municipalities, Lot Like Christmas.” A posthumous Long Port Washington has a rich and varied Island Music Hall of Fame inductee, Como cultural history dating back to its origins also hosted a pioneering weekly television in the 1870s as an important sand-mining town. Music has proved to be an important show and has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame cornerstone for this community starting for his work in radio, television and music. with John Philip Sousa. Known as “The Folk singer Jean Ritchie called Port American March King,” Sousa called Washington home from 1956 Sands Point home for much of his to 2010. The accomplished life, while penning a number Appalachian dulcimer player of notable compositions was known as the “Mother of including “The Stars and Folk” and served as a bridge Stripes Forever” (National between traditional and March of the United States modern forms of the genre. of America), “Semper Fidelis” Pete Fornatale Along the way, Ritchie was (official march of the United Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster awarded a Fulbright scholarStates Marine Corps), the ship to trace the links between “Salvation Army March” and American ballads and the songs marches for a number of institutions from Britain and Ireland. She was later of higher learning (University of Illinois, inducted into the Long Island Music Hall Marquette University, Kansas State University). Sousa’s legacy lives on in a Port of Fame in 2008 and received the 2002 Washington band shell that bears his name National Heritage Fellowship, which is the United States’ highest honor to this day. Another Sands Point resident in the folk and traditional arts was easy listening crooner Perry Como, and is awarded by the National who spent five decades recording million-selling hits like “Till the End of Time,” Endowment for the Arts. Britishborn jazz pianist/composer/writer “Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes,”
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Marian McPartland also called Port home, where she died of natural causes at the age of 95 on Aug. 20, 2013. The host of Marian McPartland’s Jazz Piano on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011, McPartland was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2000, was given a 2004 Grammy Award for lifetime achievement and inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007. She was later named a member of the Order of the British Empire in 2010. Nowadays, residents are arguably well familiar with Port native Mark Wood, the shaggy-haired electric violinist who is an Emmy-winning composer, a former member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a respected luthier and an in-demand sideman who has played with Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Steve Vai and Lenny Kravitz. Film and television creative types have also called the Port Washington home as well. Storied actor/film director John Cassavetes graduated from Port Washington High School in 1947. He later became a pioneer of American independent film, using money he made from starring in movies like Rosemary’s Baby and The Dirty Dozen to fund his own cinematic projects. Employing a stable of actors that included wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara and Seymour Cassell, Cassavetes was responsible for directing a string of classics including 1970’s Husbands, 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence, 1976’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and 1980’s Gloria. While Cassavetes passed away on February 3, 1989, noted actor/author/painter Burt Young continues to call the village home. Best known for his role of Paulie in the Rocky franchise, Young, who studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, also delivered notable performances in Chinatown, Once Upon a Time in America, Back to School, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Win Win. Broadcasters of various stripes have found their way to this bucolic community on the North Shore of Long Island. Television sportscaster/journalist Len
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Berman was a fixture on WNBC-TV, where he spent 27 years as the lead anchor. He also worked for NBC Sports covering Major League Baseball and the National Football League. Berman was also known for a feature called Spanning the World, a reel of oddball and intriguing sports highlights from the past month. Nowadays, the Port Washington resident has been keeping Len Berman Sports, a blog and daily newsletter since 2008, and co-hosted a morning radio program on WORAM from 6 to 10 a.m. Radio fans still talk about the late Pete Fornatale, a New York City disc jockey considered a pioneer of FM broadcasting who called Port Washington home for many years. He was the first person to host a rock music show on New York City’s FM band, commencing November 21, 1964 on WFUV. Starting out on WOR-FM in 1966, Fornatale was part of the on-air crew at WNEW-FM and K-Rock before returning to his alma mater, Fordham University’s station, WFUV, in 2001. Along the way, the Bronx native was known for his weekly radio shows, Mixed Bag and Mixed Bag Radio, in addition to being the author of a number of books including Radio in the Television Age, The Rock Music Source Book and Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock. Fornatale passed away on April 15, 2012.
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n the 2003 film School of Rock, Jack Black plays a struggling musician who masquerades as a teacher at a prestigious prep school, where he tries to get a group of musically talented fifth-graders into a group that can compete at an upcoming Battle of the Bands. The Port Washington-based Bach To Rock (B2R) musical school takes this concept to another level by teaching aspiring musicians to have fun while sharpening their instrument-learning chops. Founded by franchise owners Glenn Fleischman and Alan Goodstadt six-and-a-half years ago, B2R currently has about 500 students who take classes for
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all ages, levels and instruments. There are even adaptive lessons for individuals with special needs and a program run by an on-staff therapist. For Elana Hayden, the school’s director, students having a good time while learning their craft is at the crux of B2R’s mission statement. “One of the main goals [for us] is for the kids to have fun. For me, it’s very different from what it used to be. There was a time where you used to study lessons in a traditional manner and it wasn’t always fun. Kids would get turned off. For all of us here, music is a passion and we have a deep joy to have music in our lives and to be performers and musicians. I
want the kids to understand that and find the joy in it and not to be stressed out, because it’s not Juilliard,” she explains. “A huge goal for me is to make sure the kids are having fun. I want them to get a well-rounded musical education in whatever capacity that they and their parents want for them and for the kids to be able to perform. It helps build self-confidence. I can’t tell you the changes I’ve seen in some of these kids who are so introverted and shy. They get up on stage, perform and they’re like a different person. It’s such a huge change in their confidence and how they carry themselves. I love that. There’s nothing better than that.”
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While traditional music instruction is usually based on rote learning that tends to stray away from delving into popular musical trends, B2R’s approach is based on the belief that students learn faster playing the music they like, be it rock or Bach, and the technical foundation is the same. In applying special age and skill appropriate arrangements, students soon find themselves playing songs in no time. Early results make these aspiring musicians more motivated to learn thanks to there being an achievable goal. For Hayden, a successful vocalist and performer in her own right who has held this current position for about four and a half years, it’s these kinds of small victories that make her role as a music educator so rewarding. “There is nothing like seeing those kids hit those home runs—to be able to get up on stage with confidence, perform and have that unbelievable magic. I know it, because I’m a performer and there is nothing
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like it—getting that positive feedback from your audience and knowing that you worked hard, prepared and achieved this thing that you thought was unachievable,” she says. “It’s really scary to get up in front of an audience, whether you’re singing in a class or performing. You have to be very vulnerable and put yourself out there. When they get up there and nail it, there’s nothing like that. That gives me such real deep joy. We have an expression in Yiddish—that you’re kvelling. These are not my children, I
truly kvell when I see them up there have these great, positive experiences that stay with you for your whole life.” Hayden also noticed B2R’s other by-product was how her students learned to work togther. “I equate it to sports because it’s the same thing—you have to learn how to work like a team,” she said. “You have to learn how to compromise, how you fit into this ensemble and what your role is.” While Bach To Rock has a sister school up in Mamaroneck, the Port Washington location currently draws students from surrounding communities including Roslyn, Manhasset, Great Neck, Glen Cove, Huntington, Rockville Centre and Bayside, Queens. Not unlike Black’s fictional School of Rock, B2R offers a thriving rock band program. It couples rigorous individual instruction with band “jam sessions,” that motivates students to play in a group. The idea behind this approach is that it builds teamwork, develops social skills,
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From left: Aspiring vocalists waiting to be recorded; Rockin’ the bass in Rock Band Summer Camp; Rock and Roll class for infants and toddlers; and a recording session in the Bach To Rock state-ofthe-art recording studio
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fosters self-esteem, promotes peer recognition and leads to lasting friendships. Hayden also pointed out that students eventually get the chance to perform in a number of professional live music venues in Manhattan and Long Island. “We perform at City Winery in Manhattan. We did our Battle of the Bands two years ago, which was remarkable and amazing. We completely took over the whole space. We’ve also done the Cutting Room in Manhattan, played KJ Farrell’s in Bellmore and performed at the Landmark Theater in Port Washington,” she says. “The Red Lion on Bleecker Street was our first venue but we grew so much we had to move on to the City Winery. We also appeared at the Sands Point Preserve’s Castle Gould, which was really fun.” While the challenges of running something like B2R include competing with various activities ranging from
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This school year, the Port Washington School District was greeted with a new face in the halls. Dr. Michael Hynes has been appointed as the district’s superintendent and Dr. Kathleen Mooney’s successor, and he has some pretty big goals to share with everybody. “Personally, I think it’s important as an educator to grow and be out of your comfort zone and Port, as far as my experiences, is something that’s going to push me, which I find intriguing,” says Hynes, who was drawn to the Port district for both personal and professional reasons. “I hope, I can add some value to this community professionally. Port is high achieving, but I think it can be higher.” Hynes spoke of gaps that he feels need to be closed, which is more of a nationwide issue, but Hynes wants to ensure that he is concerned with the state of mental health in elementary, middle and high schools. “We need to make sure we are more supportive than we are. I haven’t been here long enough, but
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I can say that we are working with a generation of students who are more anxious, more depressed and suicidal than before,” says Hynes, who has more than 20 years of experience in education, having served as the superintendent of schools for the Patchogue-Medford School District and held positions of assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, elementary and middle school principal and elementary school teacher at other districts. “At all of my previous schools, the most important thing was valuing our staff regardless if they are a teacher, administrator or custodian—everybody has a part to play in that and we validate that by celebrating them once a month,” says Hynes. Port’s new superintendent holds a doctorate of education (Ed.D.) in educational administration and technology from Dowling College. He also holds a master of arts in elementary education from Dowling College as well as a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bethany College.
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When asked if there will be a difference coming from a south shore district to a north shore district, Hynes said the common denominator at any district is that teachers, administrators and staff are there to serve the students. “From Port standards, there is a high level of focus on achievement, which is something this school district is doing very well, but as with anything, there is always room for improvement,” he notes. “Community members have really high expectations and they’re very involved. It’s something I’m looking forward to working with.” In order to foster a relationship with the community, Hynes released a 100-day plan in late July, which included two primary objectives: conduct a comprehensive organizational review and analysis, and begin to build relationships with stakeholders within the community. “I want to hold town hall meetings and micro meetings, one-on-one or small groups that focus on what the community thinks is going well and what can be changed,” Hynes explains. “I want to meet people in the internal and external school community and then, report on the findings.” The comprehensive review will include meeting with staff members so Hynes can develop an understanding of the “alignment of actions and daily practices within our district as they relate to district goals and
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Full ESTEAM Ahead The push for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics in schools has never been stronger By Jennifer Fauci Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Many school districts across Long Island, including Port Washington, have been heavily focusing on STEM (now STEAM, with the recent addition of Art), in recent years. The importance of teaching the program at such an early age has not only proved invaluable, but a rewarding experience in allowing children to learn about real world problems. Lisa Conway has been a part of the Port Washington school district for the past 28 years. But when she received her degree in gifted education about 10 years ago, she became the go-to person for enrichment education. “When the school began changing the program, they reached out to me because of my certification. It is always evolving and there has always been the Core group of kids and those identified as gifted, but now it is vastly growing,� says Conway, who is the PEP (Port Washington
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and Mathematics.” And the addition of a new wing and beautiful new ESTEAM Lab in the school makes the learning environment that much more fun. Conway’s new bright and airy room is calming for students, outfitted with geometric tables, a colorful rug and whiteboard tables, allowing students to access their creative potentials when getting enrichment in engineering and computer coding for 45 minutes once a week.
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“We’re trying to teach these 21st-century skills, the 4Cs of critical thinking—creativity, communication and collaborating—and everything we do is really centered around it,” says Conway. “Everything we do with students lends itself to jobs in the workforce. It’s relatable for them and it’s where the future is going, so we are giving them those skills at an early age.” According to a bystander, one may think that the kids are playing, at least that’s what they will have you believe. In learning through what they think is play, but is actually deliberate in design, students have access to a very hands-on and mobile learning environment. Conway says that since kids are essentially sponges at the elementary age, there’s no reason not to teach them STEAM. At Port Washington students learn engineering and computer coding as young as second grade. “Enrichment is provided for the whole second- and third-grade class. Another teacher was added this year as the program is growing to fourth and fifth grade, with a focus on engineering and coding,” says Conway, who shared some
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make adjustments (engineer) and revisit the design to see what went wrong or why the pom-pom didn’t travel as far.” Another lesson Conway teaches is how to design a maze with parallel lines (touching on the math aspect of STEAM) while learning about wind energy. Students design and build a maze, are given a straw and marble and must use the wind energy from their body and blow the marble through the maze. “Everything is set up to be a real life
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scenario when we can. The kids learn this rich vocabulary and how to collaborate and communicate with each other while working in small groups, it’s really something to watch,” says Conway, who noted that over the summer, she and several other teachers met to go over the curriculum for the program. “We discussed how to build on what we have already, keeping the same language but growing from it. Currently, we use a programming language called Scratch, which was developed by MIT and kids can access it from home.” A favorite activity for third-graders is using KEVA planks (wooden blocks of a uniform size) to build a bridge. Students learn about cantilevers, weight distribution and how to support things on top of a bridge. At the end of the six-week unit, students design a bridge that must be tall enough and wide enough to allow a boat to pass under, meeting certain criteria and applying the knowledge they have learned throughout the unit. The push for STEAM has been strong in recent years, but across the district, the history of the PEP program has been going on for about three decades.
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Embrace every day because every day counts. “I think we’ve always been doing STEM, it just wasn’t called that. We always taught kids to learn through a real world problem in a situation with a lot of different materials,” says Conway. “In fourth through sixth grade, the Core kids are pulled out once a week for about two hours and they learn about cells, genetics, logic puzzles and we do a stock market game with the fifth-grade class.” The ESTEAM program is four years in the elementary school and continues throughout middle school. When students reach high school, they have the option to explore other subjects. But what keeps interest at the age of 7? “It’s just built-in fun and it’s something different for the kids. Once a week they come to me and the teachers come and assist and walk around to get them excited,” says Conway, adding that at such a young age, kid can’t get enough of hands-on learning. “I have an Instagram account @pepbyconway so parents can have a glimpse into what the kids are doing. I’m very proud of this program and the students.” The ESTEAM lab is located at Guggenheim Elementary School, 38 Poplar Place in Port Washington.
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ou can never go wrong with old favorites. And Port Washington has some community staples that can’t be beat, especially when it comes to a good meal. Whether walking down Main Street or driving on Port Washington Boulevard, one may spy a longtime Port restaurant that all the locals swear by. Perhaps you are coming back from a day of fishing off the Town Dock to one of Ayhan Hassan’s restaurants on lower Main Street, where you can sample the best in fresh Mediterranean cuisine that this seaside town has to offer. Or maybe you are heading into Sullivan’s Quay after a school function or happy hour after work for some good old fashioned pub food and beer where you can pretend you are in owner Brian Barry’s native Ireland. Wherever your hungry stomach takes you, Port Washington residents have proven they have long-running favorites for a reason. So make a reservation at one of these classic eateries.
Sullivan’s Quay Sullivan’s Quay (pronounced “Key”) is one of the oldest settled parts of owner Brian Barry’s home, Country Cork, Ireland. When Barry originally visited Port Washington, he believed it would just be for a weekend. But Barry, who grew up in the restaurant business, was able to carry out his dream of owning and running his own restaurant on Port Washington Boulevard. “I’ve known Brian for a long time and this is something he’s wanted to do all his life,” says Catherine O’Neill, manager of Sullivan’s Quay. The restaurant, which has served the community since 2004, is decorated with murals of architecture from the area of Sullivan’s Quay around the 19th century, when Jack Sullivan, whom the area is named after, patrolled the streets selling beer and wine to the local saloonkeepers. Currently, the area the restaurant is named after has become renowned for its cuisine. “We offer the typical Irish-American favorites,” Barry says. “We’re a neighborhood restaurant people feel comfortable in,” adds O’Neill. “People are happy to bring in, there’s a main dining area for families, a back dining room with a fireplace that is cozy for parties and a bar area for everyone.” The Irish pub has four menus—brunch, lunch, dinner and a bar menu. “I’ve been told we have the best Sunday brunch,” says O’Neill. The Sullivan’s Quay brunch includes one mimosa, bloody Mary, screwdriver and tea or coffee with its entrées that range from the classic eggs Benedict to Dulce de Leche French toast and the Irish Loco Moco (a beef patty, corned beef, fried egg, Jameson whiskey mushroom gravy, bacon and chive mashed potatoes). For lunch, Sullivan’s Quay offers the community starters like corned beef Reuben egg rolls, salads including a grilled chicken paillard and sandwiches like crab cake and seared tuna. During dinnertime, the starters menu looks similar with a few additions. A Thai chicken Soba noodle salad is added to the salad menu. Plates include grilled steaks, pork chops and swordfish, the Sullivan’s Quay burger and lobster fettuccine. Barry says his favorite dishes are the
skillet roasted chicken (Irish cheddar and chive mashed potatoes, broccolini and herb pan jus) and the chipotle marinated skirt steak, while O’Neill says she gravitates toward the fish dishes like the salmon or fish n’ chips. But the two agree that a local favorite is the Shepherd’s pie with ground sirloin, vegetables and mashed potatoes. Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m. Sullivan’s Quay offers a happy hour menu, with menu items prices from $5 to $13.
Sullivan’s Quay is located at 541 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington. For more information, visit sullivansquay.com or call 516-883-3122.
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Ayhan’s Restaurants Ayhan’s Shish Kebab, a quick walk from the Town Dock, has been in Port Washington for 40 years. The blue and white decor pay homage to owner Ayhan Hassan’s roots and the view from some of his restaurants remind him of his home. “I saw an opportunity then for healthy Mediterranean cuisine,” says Hassan. “I was one of the first ones on Long Island. My recipes go back to my roots. I was born in on the island of Cyprus, which has island history, traditions and dishes that go back to BC times. They also come from watching my mother and traveling as a sailor through Mediterranean countries.” While the Shish Kebab was Hassan’s first restaurant to open in Port Washington in 1979, Hassan opened the Fish Kebab restaurant, which later became Fish on Main, in 1990. Soon after, Hassan also opened his third restaurant on Main Street, Ayhan’s Mediterranean Markeptlace & Gourmet Cafe. Ayhan’s Shish Kebab menu offers starters like housemade hummus, babaganoush and taramasalata, salad bowls filled with watermelon and feta salad or avocado salad, and entrées including lamb gyro platters, baby lamp chops, half rotisserie chickens, mousaka and more. The marketplace has housemade soups, fresh salads, paninis and melts, wraps, sandwiches, burgers and pizzas. Fish on Main serves up delectable chowders, steamed clams and zucchini pancakes as starters. Hassan’s favorite dishes are the lamb gyro, moussaka, spinach pie, hummus, shepherd salad and yogurt marinated kebabs, and he says the most popular with the community are the lamb gyro and chicken kebabs. “My restaurants are a different kind of homemade, tasty, healthy, authentic Mediterranean cuisine with the sincere hospitality of Cyprus,” Hassan says. The town has been so good to me. I love the water, I love Port Washington. Reminds me of my Island. I feel lucky and privileged. Especially when the town named— with a street sign—the Main Street and Shore Road corner Ayhan’s Corner. It was an honor. I guess this is a American Dream came true.”
Ayhan’s Shish Kebab is located at 283 Main Street, Port Washington. For more information, call 516-883-9309 or visit ayhansrestaurants.com. • Fish on Main is located at 286 Main Street, Port Washington. For more information, call 516-883-1515 or visit fishonmain.com. • Ayhan’s Mediterranean Marketplace Café is located at 293 Main Street, Port Washington. For more information, visit ayhansmarketplace.com or call 516-767-1400 All photos courtesy of respective restaurants
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umpkin flavored everything, the return of colorful trees and back-to-school season can only mean one thing—fall has returned. It is time, once again, to pull out those sweaters and boots. Take a trip to Port Washington for an array of stores and boutiques that will help you craft that perfect autumn look. With plenty of clothing, jewelry and accessory options, there is no way you can go wrong this fashion season. PORT WASHINGTON NEWS MAGAZINE
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Hirshleifer’s Hirshleifer’s is known as the ultimate luxury shopping adventure. The store is part of the Americana Manhasset and is located at 2080 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset, and showcases designer clothing for men and women. Sweaters are the epitome of fall fashion. For men a popular trend is patterned sweaters. This mustard yellow and black pattern combination takes the Etro embroidered sweater from basic to wow. For women, it’s crucial to have a few basic pieces to dress up or dress down. This soft pink Le Kasha Rennes cashmere jumper is made from goat hair and has the cozy elegant vibe with the turtleneck and long balloon sleeves. Photos: farfetch.com
Vince Vince is a high-end clothing store that offers choices for men and women alike. This store is also located in Americana Manhasset at 2028 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset. The Plaid Double Face Long Sleeve Shirt in asphalt elevates the typical fall lumberjack look. The double cotton is super soft, and the plaid creates strong visual interest. The Snake Lanica ankle boot is the quintessential fall accessory. The pointed toe and gold zipper details along with the Italian craftsmanship will surely give an edge your outfit. Stand out with these key fall pieces. Photos: vince.com
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Sands Point Shop Sands Point Shop is a family-owned business that will take care of all your accessory needs. The store has a wide array of jewelry, including custom options, handbags, luggage and other accessories. The store sits at 15 Main Street, and gives quality products with personalized service.
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Impulse Boutique is a women’s clothing store with chic clothing available for any occasion. Found at 29 Main Street, the store has timeless pieces that can be used for any season. The little black dress is a classic. With the three-quarter sleeves and tied waist, this LBD by Donna Morgan can be worn as is, or dressed up with the right jewelry and accessories. This dress is simple and a staple piece to keep in your closet.
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Entrée Boutique Entrée Boutique, located at 11 Main Street, offers a collection of luxe items and everyday wear for women, as well as personal shopping services, jewelry and accessories. The goal is to make every woman feel like their best self. The boutique is currently showcasing the 525 America Houndstooth Sweater, which is a cozy and stylish way to amp up your outerwear. Wear it casually with a pair of leggings or jeans and add a statement necklace with color to really bring the outfit together. Photo source: 525america.com
Julianne Julianne is a luxury boutique that showcases more than 40 designer names. The store is always adding a selection of new designers to keep their clothing choices updated and modern. The goal of the store is to find special pieces for clients in a personal way. Located at 274 Main Street, it makes for another great fashion stop. The Wandler Luna mini bag comes in multiple colors,making it a must have accessory this season. It’s versatile and pair well with any fall outfit you choose. Photo source: wandler.com
Suite 275 Suite 275 is one boutique of hundreds coming from the national brand Shoptiques. They offer chic clothing and accessories at reasonable prices with pieces from established designers as well as up and coming names in the industry. They are located at 275 Main Street. A perfect piece for fall is the Elysian dress by Gentle Fawn. Florals are still acceptable even in the fall, and the burgundy color goes great with the changing leaves outside.
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Check out what’s happening in Port Washington for the rest of 2019 and the spring and summer season at the Landmark, Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Port Washington Business Improvement District (BID) has in store. Manhattan Comedy Night October 26 Come to the Landmark for a night of NYC’s favorite standup comics, produced and hosted by veteran comedian Sandy Marks. Tickets are $25 for all seats. The show begins at 8 p.m. Sponsors include Michelle Schimel and David Leiman and Long Island Parent-NYMetroparenting. com. The Landmark is located at 232 Main Street, Suite 1 in Port Washington. For more information and tickets, visit landmarkonmainstreet.org or call the Box Office at 516-767-6444. Afternoon T.E.A. Two Wednesdays each month Landmark’s signature series of films, performances and lectures curated for seniors and retirees seems to appeal to everyone. Begins at 2 p.m., no tickets or reservations required. Sponsors include AARP/ LI, Ellen Brown and Bob Schwartz, Daniel Gale Sothebys/Port Washington, Amy and David Kornblau, NYCB Foundation and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. Santa and his elf paid a visit to AR Workshop at last year’s Port Holiday Magic.
Port Holiday Magic on Small Business Saturday November 30 Kick off the holiday season with special offers and treats in many stores. A free trolley will take shoppers up and down Main Street and Santa will be aboard giving holiday treats to the kids. Outside there will be costumed characters, strolling carolers and free popcorn and cotton candy. Main
Sullivan’s Quay and Brick Osteria restaurateurs serve up soup at last year’s SOUPer Bowl.
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Street will have free parking. The event is held all day in stores on Main Street with special festivities from noon to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Greater Port Washington BID, Port Washington Chamber of Commerce, Residents Forward, Peter and Jeri Dejana Family Foundation and the Town of North Hempstead. SOUPer Bowl XIII February 1, 2020 Enjoy a warm and tasty lunch at the 13th annual SOUPer Bowl. Sixteen local restaurants will be donating their best soups for the contest and hope to be voted Port Washington’s 2020 SOUPer Bowl Champ. Visitors pay a small admission fee and get to sample two ounces of each of the soups donated by the restaurants. The restaurants also provide bread and crackers for the tasters. After trying all the soups, everyone gets to vote for their favorites. When the ballots are tallied, the 2020 SOUPer Bowl Champ is determined. The winner will receive the “People’s Choice Award.” There will also be a select Judges’ Panel, including local celebrities and gourmets. Before opening to the public, the panel of judges will taste the soups and rate them based on many different qualities. Tasters under 12 years old will be voting for the winner of the “Kids’ Choice Award.” The event will take place from 12 to 3 p.m. at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, 100 Fairway Drive, Port Washington. It is sponsored by the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce.
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The sky is filled with pinks, purples and reds. You watch the tiny waves slosh against the rocks beside you as you hold a chardonnay in your hand over the dock at Louie’s, waiting for the hostess to call you to your table. This is just another night in Port Washington. Not many communities have the opportunity to look out their window each day and see Manhasset Bay flowing into the Long Island Sound. Port Washington’s beauty is just one of the many reasons residents stick around for generations. Locals share the reasons they love the hamlet.
Mark Wood Port Washington resident and musician
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My grandfather arrived on the beautiful shores of Port Washington over 80 years ago and brought his whole family with him to make a new life here. My father Paul Wood became an artist and regularly painted the breathtaking sunsets and beautiful Manhasset Bay scenes from his studio every day. My brothers and I, along with all 35 of my first cousins, went through the entire Port school system—from Main Street School to Schreiber—and we had the best education around! The Port Washington Library has always been the anchor of our community and for many years was committed to showcasing not only my father’s artwork but a lot of my mother’s piano recitals. My brothers and I (as the Wood String Quartet) performed there often. Port is a gem nestled in the North Shore peninsula and it sometimes feels like we’re on our own private island! Great restaurants, great schools, great people!
Port Washington/Sands Point is a beautiful waterfront community with easy access to Manhattan, its own local (high quality) performing arts venues, a vibrant and charming downtown, and a diverse community of residents from across the political, religious, and cultural spectrums. It’s the place to be!
Nora Haagenson, Mayor of the Village of Baxter Estates When my husband and I were first married, we rented an apartment in Port Washington because it was close to where we each worked. We thought we would stay here for a year. We never left. We loved everything about Port Washington—the waterfront, the cosmopolitan atmosphere, the people, the sense of belonging. It continues to be the most perfect place to live.
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Nora Johnson Port Washington Union Free School District Board of Education president The strong sense of community that permeates throughout, from the school district to the many community organizations, business owners, houses of worship and other individuals and groups, we are one family living and working together. We all have a common goal to make a better life for everyone. Port is a wonderfully diverse community where kids grow up, leave and decide to come back to raise their own families. At the same time, we welcome and encourage new residents to become part of the fabric that is Port.
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Stella Spanakos Director of Development, NC, Co-Founder, Nicholas Center Ltd. and Spectrum Designs Foundation I love Port Washington because as a parent of an adult child with autism. We have events like Pride in Port, where my son and everyone at the Nicholas Center and Spectrum Designs can march down Main Street. And feel like “rock stars”! What a great parade!
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Aaron Prindle Co-director of the Viking Band and resident I love Port Washington because it has a great balance of big city opportunities, yet it maintains its small town sense of community.
Dr. Ira Pernick Principal of Paul D. Schreiber High School It has been one of the great privileges of my career to work with such kind, passionate, interested and sensitive students. They routinely demonstrate what is so special about the Port community.
Laura Kaye Port Washington resident and musician I was first introduced to Port Washington when Mark and I were trying to decide where to settle in the early days of our relationship. I was immediately struck by the New England-y ‘feel’ of the town; from the boats bobbing in Manhasset Bay, to the serenity of Mill Pond and Baxter Pond, to the architecture on lower Main Street, and the historic nature of so many of the homes here. I fell in love with Port Washington instantly; with a character all its own, Port doesn’t feel like anywhere else on Long Island. It was a joy raising our child here and witnessing the same captivation with Port’s charm as we have. These days, one of things that centers me most is sitting on a bench at the town dock and getting lost in the patterns of the waves, while watching the sun set over the water and transform the sky. This entire town is a work of art!
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Joel Ronis, President of HEARTS and owner of Minuteman Press Port Washington Aside from the obvious physical attributes that Port Washington possesses—the scenic waterfront, the charming village, the top tier schools and distant, almost other-worldly views of Manhattan, all of which are plenty of reason to fall in love with our hometown— this community distinguishes itself by its intangibles. Port Washington is a can-do town that values and fosters a true sense of community. This is repeatedly demonstrated through the committed and passionate volunteers in the many organizations that identify and work to fill the community’s needs. There is an optimistic spirit here that works hard to support the arts, education, clean water initiatives, civic pride, history. Its religious institutions reach out to each other to co-create and run initiatives that serve to alleviate hunger and assist in alleviating the effects of poverty.
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