2020 Issue 4
Intermission
Leonard Feigenblatt ~ On March 12, Broadway’s light went out to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time Broadway shut down was after 9/11, and that was only for two days. Though this was a necessary step … Full Story
INTERVIEW: Karen McCutcheon, Fire Island Pines Community Manager
By Laura Schmidt ~ Karen McCutcheon is the first community manager of Fire Island Pines – an employment position still dominated by men in most of the Fire Island communities. While the first year on the job threw her some … Full Story
NPS in Distress: COVID-19 and its Effects on Our National Parks
By Mariana Dominguez ~ When the National Park Service (NPS) was established in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson its intended purpose was “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for … Full Story
VOWS: Terry Wisun and David Hamel
By Rebecca Hoey ~ Terry Wisun and David Hamel of Northampton, Vermont, were married on March 18, 2020, after eloping to Burlington, Vermont. Fate proved that nothing could stand in the couple’s way, not even the pandemic. Wisun, 71, is … Full Story
From the Publisher’s Desk
When we first started planning for the 2020 summer publishing season of the Fire Island News back in January, COVID was that virus only in China, the economy was humming at a record pace and city streets were calm at … Full Story
Rose’s View: Cherry Grove & Fire Island Pines
By Robert Levine ~ Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines had a season without sequins, feathers, beads, or tulle. We also missed the glamour. My closet has it all, but its not the same. All entertainment sponsored by APCG and … Full Story
Ocean Bay Park
Barbara Gaby Placilla ~ As this pandemic summer winds down, there has been some small consolation in the fact that several annual events still took place. Saturday, Aug. 15, was the designated day. The Byrnes’, Tommy and Robbie, marked 35 … Full Story
Perseverance
By Joey Macellaro ~ “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Dickens of 18th-century London and Paris. He could have been speaking of our own cities and towns in 21st-century America, struggling and changing … Full Story
FiFlix: Film and Fire Island
Fire Island is no stranger to movies, television or their stars. Programs like “Law & Order” have occasionally alluded to the place. A 2006 reality show called “One Ocean View” threw a bunch of clods into a Corneille Estates house … Full Story