Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Incumbents Gina Guma and Darlene Tangney and challenger Stewart Mininsky square off in Candidates Forum.
What school programs would they protect from budget cuts? Where do they stand on health and safety issues? What role does mandated state testing play in a child's education? These were some of the more than a dozen questions residents asked three candidates vying for two seats on the Long Beach Board of Education — incumbents Gina Guma and Darlene Tangney and challenger Stewart Mininsky — at the Candidates Forum at City Hall on Monday. The forum was organized by Gerri Maquet and Jackie Miller, co-presidents of Long Beach Central Council PTA, and moderated by Sarah Henris of Nassau Region PTA. Guma and Tangney are campaigning as a team, running primarily on the district’s proposed $122.1 million budget that maintains all programs for …
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As popularity of biking grows, residents and elected officials call for more places to park two-wheelers.
While bicycle enthusiasts gather for an exhibit of photos that highlighted the cycling population in Long Beach at the West End Library, the event last Saturday was also a platform for residents to call for more bike racks throughout the city. “My goal was to show the diversity in the bicycle culture in Long Beach,” said photographer Anthony Messina, whose snapshots were on display. “Everyone rides bikes from a 95-year-old grandmother to a business executive to young children.” A Walks resident, Messina spoke about the connection between the struggle to find parking in town and the need for bike racks. “Once I park my car here in Long Beach, I do not want to move it because there is a parking problem here, which encourages people to …
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Arts in the Plaza moves to Saturdays to join forces with the Farmer's Market.
Paintings of peaches and tomatoes will merge with their real-life subjects at Kennedy Plaza this spring. Arts in the Plaza, a group of visual artists that displayed their artwork and jewelry at the plaza outside City Hall each Sunday, is moving to Saturdays this season, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to join forces with the Farmer’s Market. The collaboration of artists from West End Arts, Long Beach Art League and Artists in Partnership hope to attract larger crowds since the program's inception two years ago. “It’s a major cooperation from everyone,” said Andrew Boynton, an artist and member of the newly former Arts in the Plaza committee. “I think for the farmers market and for us, it’s a larger focus to get people coming out every week.” …
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Kennedy Plaza
1 W Chester St, Long Beach, NY
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Christian Musto lands lead role in high school musical.
When Christian Musto entered the eighth grade at Lincoln Orens Middle School in Island Park, he and his fellow classmates had to start thinking about whether they would like to attend Long Beach High School or West Hempstead High School the following year. The Island Park School District does not have a high school, so middle school students and their families must choose to continue their education in either Long Beach or West Hempstead School District. Although the choice may not have been so clear for his fellow classmates, Christian, who is passionate about acting, knew he wanted to attend Long Beach High School as soon as he learned that the school offered an acting program that included an elective course called “Studio in Theater …
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Long Beach High School
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Long Beach Surfers Association to host movie festival at Long Beach Cinema.
While Quiksilver will not stage its international surf competion in Long Beach again this year, the positive vibes from last summer’s event will live on at a theater near you. Surf Movie Night, a surfing film festival, kicks off at Long Beach Cinema at 8 p.m. on April 13, thanks to a collaboration between Long Beach Surfers Association (LBSA) and SMASH (Surf, Movies, Art, Shaping and History). The festival will include four documentaries by local film makers: “Lapsed Catholics: What The Surf Magazines Don’t Tell You,” “By The Way,” “Couch Tour” and “Stacked,” a filme about Point Lookout pro surfer Balaram Stack. Will Hallett, LBSA board member, encourages anyone and everyone, surfers and non-surfers alike, to attend what he bills as a …
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Long Beach Cinemas
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Long Beach area is full of important dates -- be sure to check with Patch so you never miss them.
The Long Beach Middle School Drama Club is hosting the final night of its spring play Friday night at 7 p.m. at Long Beach High School. The musical is also slated to run on Thursday night at 7 p.m., but the last performance will be Friday, so don't miss out! Do you know about an important upcoming deadline? Share it in the comments below and we'll consider including it in our next "Last Chance."
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Long Beach area is full of important dates -- be sure to check with Patch so you never miss them.
The registration period for spring classes at the Theresa Academy of Performing Arts, located at 250 Lido Blvd., is still open. Classes run for nine weeks and follow the public school holiday schedule with regard to closings. There is a $25 fee for classes, but no costume or recital fee. Remember, registration ends March 29, so don't wait! Do you know about an important upcoming deadline? Share it in the comments below and we'll consider including it in our next "Last Chance."
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Franklin Perrell employed his artistic tools to capture exclusively city scenes.
Long Beach has a distinctly vibrant art community, and one of its members who emerged there during the 1970s played a significant role in putting it on the aesthetics map. Franklin Perrell employed his paintbrushes and cameras to capture exclusively Long Beach scenes — mainly the hotels and Playland amusement park that once lined the boardwalk — and his paintings and photographs have adorned walls at City Hall and art galleries from the West End to Manhattan. A Valley Stream native, the young Perrell frequented Long Beach with his relatives, but it wasn't until he studied history and art at Hofstra that he started to view the city through a fresh prism. “My eyes were opened to the aesthetic appeal of the architecture and site combined …
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Sueanne Shirzay has compiled jewelry, soap and fine arts to benefit the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Most women on their birthdays hope for a new dress, a spa package, or a weekend with friends. Sueanne Shirzay gave herself a present that would continue to give throughout the years and benefit women in need of jewelry and in need of help. Taking her online jewelry line, Sueanne Shirzay Jewelry, Shirzay developed an artisan boutique, called What We Did 4 Love, curating items that would showcase various artists and benefit a charity. "I wanted to take on a new venture and give a present to myself this year," said Shirzay, who lives in Lido Beach. "What We Did 4 Love is something I had wanted to do for years." Donating 10 percent of all sales to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, she expanded beyond her jewelry line to include …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Famous Five Towns "mish" could be featured on a future season.
The "mish," essentially a chopped salad, is a well-known Five Towns' favorite that could one day end up on the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with host Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern recently spoke with Stacey Sweet, where the former Patch personality grilled him on his knowledge of Long Island eating. While Zimmern has tried everything from reindeer pizza to bull rectum, he had never heard of the mish, but said he would gladly give it a shot. "I would love to," Zimmern told Sweet of trying the mish. "I get there every summer so that would be fun." The mish is a staple of the Chateau Coffee Shop located in Woodmere. The new season of Bizarre Foods will premiere on Monday, Jan. 23, at 10 p.m. on the Travel Channel. Read the whole interview here.
Shawn R
4:21 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Go vote school board! 1A, Stu Mininsky at the polls today!! Mrs. Tagney has tried to turn our school board election into a city hall-political race. That is not the person we need deciding major decisions about our children and the future of LB education.. Keep politics away from our children's education....Vote Mininsky ONLY!!! more ›