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How the Bayport Blue Point Phantoms Got Their Name

May 31, 2023 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoOn the latest Long Island History Project podcast Stephanie Eberhard-Holgerson’s journalism class at Bayport Blue Point (BBP) High School in Islip tries to solve a mystery. At the suggestion of BBP’s librarian Pam Gustafson, the class has spent the last year looking into the school’s mascot, The Phantoms. The takeaway is that the straightforward question “where did the name come from” has yielded a very convoluted answer. [Read more…] about How the Bayport Blue Point Phantoms Got Their Name

Filed Under: History, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: Education, Islip, Long Island, sports, Sports History, Suffolk County

Long Island In The 1980s

February 5, 2023 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoBayport and its immediate vicinity in Islip on the south shore of Long Island have some deep ties to history. There’s the Bayport Aerodrome with its vintage airplanes, the Meadowcroft Estate of John Ellis Roosevelt, and the roadside sphinx of the Anchorage Inn from the early 1900s.

But what would all this mean to a teenager in the early 1980s? Today we find out with Bayport native Rob Walch who grew up in the area during the age of video games and the Islanders dynasty. [Read more…] about Long Island In The 1980s

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Cultural History, Islip, Long Island, Podcasts, Pop Culture History, Suffolk County

Work Begins On Bayard Cutting Arboretum Visitors Center

January 28, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

rendering of Bayard Cutting ArboretumA $9.3 million construction project has begun on a new Visitor Center, improved parking, and enhanced exhibits at Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park in Suffolk County on Long Island. [Read more…] about Work Begins On Bayard Cutting Arboretum Visitors Center

Filed Under: New York City, Recreation Tagged With: Architecture, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Frederick Law Olmsted, gardening, Islip, Landscape Architecture, Long Island, State Parks, Suffolk County, trees

Cranberry Bogs of Long Island: Some History & Natural History

October 15, 2022 by Tim Huss 2 Comments

A Suffolk County Cranberry Bog in the early 20th century (courtesy Suffolk County HIstorical Society)Nearly everyone has enjoyed the several products derived from the fruit of the cranberry, but few people are familiar with the ecology of this interesting plant or the role it has played in many local economies and histories.

Today the cranberry industry is an important. part of the agricultural economy only in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. But many other parts of the country were at one time in­volved in cranberry production. [Read more…] about Cranberry Bogs of Long Island: Some History & Natural History

Filed Under: Food, History, Nature, New York City Tagged With: Agricultural History, Christmas, Culinary History, Fruit, Islip, local farms, Long Island, Native Plants, Peconic River, Riverhead, Thanksgiving

Poachers Using Nets Face Charges in Suffolk, Sullivan Counties

September 4, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Over-the-limit menhaden, short fluke, and undersized crab haulsAccording to a press release issued by DEC, on August 17th, NYS Environmental Conservation Officers Dickson and Pabes responded to the Captree Fishing Pier at Captree State Park in Suffolk County on Long Island after receiving reports of anglers using nets to catch undersized crabs and other species. [Read more…] about Poachers Using Nets Face Charges in Suffolk, Sullivan Counties

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: Babylon, Captree State Park, Cochecton, crabs, Crime and Justice, DEC, fish, fishing, Islip, Long Island, nature, Suffolk County, Sullivan County, Wildlife

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