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The Arthur Murray Girls Baseball Team

August 6, 2023 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoIn 1949 nine women of the Arthur Murray Girls baseball team took the field against the all-male squad from the Patchogue Athletics. By that year, the Murrays had been together as a semi-pro outfit for some time. Formed out of the sandlots and playgrounds of Queens, they grew under the tutelage of New York Times sportswriter Mike Strauss to become the nucleus of a league that, by the late 1940s, became the American Girls Baseball Conference. [Read more…] about The Arthur Murray Girls Baseball Team

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: American Girls Baseball Conference, Baseball, Brookhaven, Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau County, New York City, Podcasts, Queens, Sports History, Suffolk County, Suffolk County Community College, womens history

New York Snake Stories: Burmese Python Seized; ‘Rattled’ Service Workers

August 5, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Burmese python seized from Nassau County home in July 2023 (DEC photo)On July 13th, New York State Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Lieutenant Unger and ECO Kochanowski responded to a Nassau County, Long Island residence after receiving a report that the homeowner wanted to turn in a 14-foot Burmese python. [Read more…] about New York Snake Stories: Burmese Python Seized; ‘Rattled’ Service Workers

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Delaware County, ECOs, endangered species, Hancock, Long Island, Nassau County, pets, reptiles, snakes, Wildlife

Long Island 250 Commission Preparing for America’s 250th Anniversary

July 5, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

American and French soliders of the American Revolution firing a salute (courtesy Discover Long Island)As the United States looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War in 2026, politicians and leaders of the history community on Long Island have announced plans for a commemoration of the region’s local ties to the American War for Independence. [Read more…] about Long Island 250 Commission Preparing for America’s 250th Anniversary

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: America's 250th Anniversary, Long Island, Long Island 250 Commission, Nassau County, Suffolk County

Long Island’s Gold Coast Elite & World War I

June 19, 2023 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

The Gold Coast along Long Island’s North Shore is most often celebrated as a showcase for the rich and famous in the early 20th Century. A decidedly different aspect of that reputation comes into view when you consider the years leading up to America’s entry into the First World War. [Read more…] about Long Island’s Gold Coast Elite & World War I

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Financial History, Industrial History, J.P. Morgan, Long Island, Long Island Sound, Military History, Nassau County, Podcasts, Political History, Suffolk County, Woodrow Wilson, World War One

Preservation Long Island Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary

June 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

preservation long islandPreservation Long Island, a regional not-for-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation on geographic Long Island, is celebrating its 75th year in operation. [Read more…] about Preservation Long Island Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Long Island, Nassau County, Preservation Long Island, Public History, Suffolk County, The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities

Long Island Pine Barrens Southern Pine Beetle Control

April 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

crew member cutting a pitch pine treeCrews from DEC Lands & Forests and the Central Pine Barrens Commission worked last month in the Long Island Central Pine Barrens to prevent the spread of southern pine beetle. Southern pine beetle (SPB) is a bark beetle that infests pine trees, killing a tree within 2-4 months. Since SPB was first found in Long Island in 2014, DEC has been managing the Central Pine Barrens using forest thinning and prescribed fire. [Read more…] about Long Island Pine Barrens Southern Pine Beetle Control

Filed Under: Nature, New York City Tagged With: DEC, Forestry, Invasive Species, Long Island, Nassau County, nature, Pine Barrens, Southern Pine Beetle, Suffolk County, trees, Wildlife

Unwanted Donation: Man Leaves Old Home Heating Oil At Salvation Army

April 28, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Drums of waste oil abandoned at a Nassau County Salvation Army in the fall of 2022On March 8, NYS Environmental Conservation Officers Pabes and Smith concluded a four-month investigation into several 55-gallon drums abandoned at a Salvation Army donation site in Elmont, in northwestern Hempstead, Nassau County, NY. [Read more…] about Unwanted Donation: Man Leaves Old Home Heating Oil At Salvation Army

Filed Under: Nature, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, ECOs, Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau County, solid waste

Secretariat’s Triple Crown at 50

March 9, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Secretariat by Marshall P. Hawkins2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the racehorse Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) winning the Triple Crown in 1973, a feat that had not been achieved since it was won by Citation in 1948.

Secretariat, also known as Big Red (a nickname shared with Man O’War), was the ninth winner of Triple Crown, setting and still holding record fastest time in all three races – the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes. He spent much of his career in New York State, and was notably beaten at Saratoga Race Course in 1973, but the only three races he ever lost were in New York State. [Read more…] about Secretariat’s Triple Crown at 50

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, Gambling, Hempstead, Horses, Long Island, Nassau County, National Museum of Racing, National Sporting Library & Museum, Pop Culture History, Queens, Saratoga County, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, Sports History, Vice

Dead Humpback Whale, Dolphin Wash Ashore On Long Island Beaches

February 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ECO Smith and NOAA federal agent assess a 41-foot humpback whale washed ashore at Lido Beach on Long Island in January 2023Two marine mammals recently washed-up dead on Long Island beaches.

On Sunday, January 29, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Della Rocco, Vandenbos, and Zullo responded to a complaint of a deceased dolphin that had washed up on Egypt Beach in Easthampton, Suffolk County. [Read more…] about Dead Humpback Whale, Dolphin Wash Ashore On Long Island Beaches

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: dolphins, ECOs, Egypt Beach, Hempstead, Lido Beach, Long Island, Marine Life, Nassau County, NOAA, Southampton, Suffolk County, whales

Edward Lange Long Island Artworks Sought For Research

January 5, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Winter scene by Edward LangeDuring the 1970s, staff at Preservation Long Island launched the first major effort to document all the known Long Island works by the artist Edward Lange who depicted local communities with precise detail during the 1870s and 80s. [Read more…] about Edward Lange Long Island Artworks Sought For Research

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Historic Preservation, Long Island, Material Culture, Nassau County, painting, Preservation Long Island, Suffolk County

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