Massapequa Observer

09/06/2023

Save the Date…

It’s September! Before you know it, our will be here! Be sure to save the date, and tell your family, friends, and your favorite vendors who sell homemade items.

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09/06/2023

Our 2024 Calendars have arrived! Calendars will be on sale every Wednesday and Saturday (10am-1pm) at the Delancey Floyd-Jones Library or you can mail in your order and check to the society (see address on advertisement).

We want to give a huge shout-out to Donna from Southshore Mailroom/Talon Graphics Printing and Travis from the Massapequa Funeral Home for co-sponsoring our calendar this year! Thank you for your support!

09/05/2023

A day with dogs and family-friendly fun!

08/26/2023

RAIN OR SHINE THE FUN BEGINS AT 10. PRE-REGISTER AT 9:30 AND BE RACING BY 10!

08/24/2023

BREAKING: We're hosting a parade to honor the 12-year-old Massapequa International Little League Softball Team as they celebrate an amazing victory in the Little League World Series. Together with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Massapequa Park Mayor Danny Pearl, we will recognize these inspirational athletes as they became the first New York Team to ever win the Little League Softball World Championships.

08/22/2023

RESUMES due THIS FRIDAY, 8/25! - Our long-time Board Member and Membership Committee Chairperson, Howard Ritzer, is relocating with his family, and therefore will be stepping down from our Board of Directors. We wish Howard all of the best going forward, and thank him for his volunteerism and years of dedicated service. With Howard's departure, there is now a vacancy on our Board of Directors, and we are reaching out to our membership for interest.

If you are interested in filling the open position, we ask that you please forward a résumé, specifically detailing your business and community involvements, to the Chamber office at [email protected] by THIS Friday, August 25th. All candidates must be current and active members of the Chamber of Commerce in good standing.

All résumés must be received for consideration by THIS Friday, August 25th. Please note that résumés submitted on your behalf from an outside source will not be accepted. The candidate must directly submit their information to the Chamber office if they would like their résumé to be reviewed for consideration. We will then discuss and review all potential candidates. Thank you very much for your cooperation!

08/16/2023

08/10/2023

On August 6th, Patrice Huntley took four his children and his step … Tasheba Hamilton needs your support for Huntley Family - Massapequa Car Crash Victim Fund

08/08/2023

Massapequa, New York is a win away from the Little League World Series. Amazing! These New York State champs are a win away - next game Friday at 7pm - from their second consecutive trip to the Little League World Series!!

08/07/2023

08/06/2023

Bridget McElroy was an amazing young woman who lost her life to a rare form of cancer far too soon. Even during her darkest days, Bridget was focused on helping others and requested that her family and friends give the gift of life by donating blood. Now that she’s sadly passed away, we’re continuing her legacy by hosting “Bridget’s Birthday Blood Bank,” a blood drive in her honor. Please join us in donating blood on August 19th.

07/26/2023

Tiny black and white spotted insects are emerging from the egg masses laid by spotted lanternflies (SLF) last fall. Spotted lanternflies (SLF) are invasive insects that feed on grapes, hops, maple …

07/11/2023

Congratulations to Massapequa's Travis Honeyman on being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals at #90 in the !

06/15/2023

06/13/2023

Come to Central Avenue to see this HUGE train collection Ryan is sharing with us right now. We think it's great!

05/23/2023

United Skates of America is the best roller skating rink in Seaford, NY with skating for all ages, arcade games, cafe, birthday parties, and special events.

05/23/2023

Lily is showing her fun eraser collection for the next few weeks at Central Avenue. Come on in to take a look!

07/01/2022

Forthcoming documentary chronicles ‘70s midget football juggernaut It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. So it went in Levittown circa 1971 and 1972, when the Red Devils, a 27-member traveling team of football players ranging from the ages of eight through 13, were busy compiling a 20-1 record as back-to-back champions of the L.I.M.F.L. (Long Island Midget Football League)....

https://nassauobserver.com/gridiron-greatness-in-americas-first-suburb/

Forthcoming documentary chronicles ‘70s midget football juggernaut It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. So it went in Levittown circa 1971 and 1972, when the Red Devils, a 27-member…

06/20/2022

The pandemic may have caused an existential pause button to be pressed, but for Def Leppard, it meant a creative rejuvenation that yielded Diamond Star Halos, the band’s twelfth studio album and first since 2015’s self-titled predecessor. It’s a feeling guitarist Phil Collen wholeheartedly embraces when asked how he and the rest of the group navigated COVID-19....

https://nassauobserver.com/def-leppard-perseveres-with-a-touch-of-glam-on-twelfth-studio-outing/

The pandemic may have caused an existential pause button to be pressed, but for Def Leppard, it meant a creative rejuvenation that yielded Diamond Star Halos, the band’s twelfth studio album and fi…

06/20/2022

Seeing Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple may have cast the die for 14-year-old Phil Collen in terms of getting sucked into the world of playing music professionally, but it was glam rock that sucked in the future Def Leppard guitarist and the rest of his bandmates. “From ’71 to ’74 was that kept popping up ,” Collen explained, “You start with the New York Dolls—I love Johnny Thunders’ guitar....

https://nassauobserver.com/phil-collen-of-def-leppards-fave-glam-acts/

Seeing Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple may have cast the die for 14-year-old Phil Collen in terms of getting sucked into the world of playing music professionally, but it was glam rock that sucke…

06/19/2022

Whatever you do, don’t call Brightside, the Lumineers’ fourth and newest studio effort a COVID-19 album, despite the fact that the nine songs started tracking in March 2021. While founding member Wesley Schultz acknowledges the pair of two-and-a-half week sessions occurred during this time frame as the 39-year-old New Jersey native was hunkering down with his family in Denver, he feels this latest outing is its own thing....

https://nassauobserver.com/lumineers-look-to-the-brightside-with-latest-effort/

Whatever you do, don’t call Brightside, the Lumineers’ fourth and newest studio effort a COVID-19 album, despite the fact that the nine songs started tracking in March 2021. While founding member W…

06/10/2022

Playwright’s new memoir captures Chinese-American experience Isabel Allende once said that a memoir is invitation into another person’s privacy. It’s certainly the case with Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond, playwright Alvin Eng’s account of growing up as a second-generation Asian-American in 1970s New York City....

https://nassauobserver.com/caught-between-two-worlds/

Playwright’s new memoir captures Chinese-American experience Isabel Allende once said that a memoir is invitation into another person’s privacy. It’s certainly the case with Our Laundry, Our Town:…

05/23/2022

How Enzo Biochem focused its resources on battling the pandemic In the grand scheme of companies being wooed to other states via generous tax breaks and other incentives, Long Island tends to be on the short end of the stick with businesses like OSI Pharmaceuticals, Northrop Grumman and First Data Corporation putting a dent in the local economy by fleeing for greener pastures....

https://nassauobserver.com/covid-heroes/

How Enzo Biochem focused its resources on battling the pandemic In the grand scheme of companies being wooed to other states via generous tax breaks and other incentives, Long Island tends to be on…

05/08/2022

Organizations making ice hockey accessible to communities of color According to career site Zippia, as of last year, 78 percent of professional hockey players are white. It’s not a surprising statistic given the factors of cost and the fact that demographically, the sport’s roots can be traced to countries like Canada, Sweden, Finland and Eastern Europe, where populations are predominantly Caucasian....

https://nassauobserver.com/bringing-diversity-into-the-faceoff-circle/

Organizations making ice hockey accessible to communities of color According to career site Zippia, as of last year, 78 percent of professional hockey players are white. It’s not a surprising stati…

05/07/2022

Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy to pony up millions off Consent Judgment After decades of fighting to get the U.S. government and Northrup Grumman to contain and clean up Long Island’s largest contaminated groundwater plume, the Bethpage Water District (BWD) filed a proposed Consent Judgment to have the U.S. Navy and the Northrup Grumman Corporation pick up the tab to treat this four-mile long, two-mile wide and 900-foot deep source of groundwater contamination....

https://nassauobserver.com/bethpage-water-district-to-receive-plume-settlement/

Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy to pony up millions off Consent Judgment After decades of fighting to get the U.S. government and Northrup Grumman to contain and clean up Long Island’s largest conta…

05/06/2022

When it comes to life experience, Larry “The Duck” Dunn can lay claim to being a man who has lived a handful of lifetimes. Best known as the longtime music director of WLIR for nearly all of the ‘80s, he continues to spin the 5 to 9 a.m. shift on Sirius/XM’s First Wave 33 from Monday to Friday, with the occasional Saturday thrown in....

https://nassauobserver.com/the-many-lives-of-larry-the-duck-dunn/

When it comes to life experience, Larry “The Duck” Dunn can lay claim to being a man who has lived a handful of lifetimes. Best known as the longtime music director of WLIR for nearly all of the ‘8…

04/28/2022

When the pandemic hit the giant existential pause button for the world back in March 2020, Joan Osborne was in the middle of mixing and mastering what would become her 10th studio album, Trouble and Strife, which was released in fall of that year. But because of raging pandemic numbers and a lack of live touring, the Brooklyn resident was forced to hunker down with her daughter....

https://nassauobserver.com/joan-osbornes-fave-poets/

When the pandemic hit the giant existential pause button for the world back in March 2020, Joan Osborne was in the middle of mixing and mastering what would become her 10th studio album, Trouble an…

04/26/2022

Anthony Rubio’s rise to being a fashion plate for the four-legged set It all started with a little dog that stole then-aspiring fashion designer Anthony Rubio’s heart. The little pooch’s name was Bandit and he was the inspiration for what became Anthony Rubio Designs....

https://nassauobserver.com/the-don-of-doggie-couture/

Anthony Rubio’s rise to being a fashion plate for the four-legged set It all started with a little dog that stole then-aspiring fashion designer Anthony Rubio’s heart. The little pooch’s name was B…

04/26/2022

Senior baseball teams looks to expand playing opportunities for adult ball players The late Jim Bouton once said, “A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end, it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.” So it goes for Ray Shah, the founding member and player with the Long Island Rays, a Long Island-based men’s senior baseball team....

https://nassauobserver.com/long-island-rays-are-the-true-boys-of-summer/

Senior baseball teams looks to expand playing opportunities for adult ball players The late Jim Bouton once said, “A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end, …

04/23/2020

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