Reboli Center for Art and History motorcycle show has been rescheduled to April 27. Photo courtesy of Reboli Center
In conjunction with their current exhibit, Getting There, the Reboli Center for Art and History, 64 Main St., Stony Brook presents a Motorcycle Show in their parking lot on Sunday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rescheduled from April 26)
Curated by Nelson Medina, the event will feature custom, classic and unique motorcycles that are sure to impress. Free refreshments and posters will be offered. For further information, visit www.rebolicenter.org or call 631-751-0077.
Upcoming car shows include:
German Car Show on May 17 (rain date May 24)
Italian Car Show May 31 (rain date June 1)
British Car Show June 14 (rain date June 15)
Japanese Car Show on June 28 (rain date June 29)
Important Parking Information:
Please note that no parking will be available in our lot during the motorcycle show, as the space will be dedicated to the event. However, we encourage you to take advantage of the free parking lot down the street at the Brookhaven parking lot. Street parking may also be available in the area, but please be mindful of posted restrictions.
The cast of 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' Photo by Julianne Mosher
Reviewed by Julianne Mosher
The Shea Theatre at Suffolk County Community College’s Ammerman Campus in Selden becomes the Australian desert for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but features a colorful rainbow of a story.
Directed by Mary Seymour, the jukebox musical written by Australian film director Stephan Elliott and Allan Scottuses well-known pop songs as its score. Based on Elliott’s 1994 cult-followed film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the show tells the story of two drag queens and a transgender woman who travel across the Australian desert in a camper they coined Priscilla to perform at a resort in Alice Springs.
Priscilla the camper. Photo by Julianne Mosher
The play starts out at the Cockatoo Club where the three divas (Michaela Fitzsimmons, Alani Etheridge and Angie Barrientos) start off by belting “It’s Raining Men.” We meet Miss Understanding, (Eleb Jr. Henrius), the MC of the club who plays his rendition of “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” and we meet Tick, (Will Begley), a down-on-her-luck drag queen.
Tick receives a phone call from his wife, Marion (Jadah Dixon), who after not seeing each other for several years as he makes a life for himself in the big city of Sydney, offers him a spot to perform his drag number at her casino in Alice Springs. Not only is she offering him a job, but she’s allowing him to finally meet his young son.
Excited for the opportunity for a fresh start, and to meet his child, Tick calls his old friend, Bernadette, (Thomas McGuire) a transgender woman and retired performer, and a young, semi-cocky drag queen named Felicia (Joseph Salerno). Felicia and Bernadette don’t get along, but reluctantly agree to board a beaten-up old camper they christen “Priscilla.”
The trio head west across the Australia on a weeks-long trip to reach their destination. Aboard the bus, they experience it all, from visiting hole-in-the-wall bars (performing disco anthems like “I Love the Nightlife” to unenthused country folk) to eventually breaking down in the middle of the desert. A lot of laughs, and even some tears, the trip for the three is quite the doozy as they meet an array of strange characters along the way.
When they finally make it to Alice Springs, the three perform together as a group in an epic lip sync that has the audience dancing in their seats.
While watching the show, one might not even realize they are being entertained by students who are surely on their way to stardom. While the talent of the three divas and the three queens is exceptional, the show becomes even more excellent with the addition of the ensemble cast who float between roles and different scenes effortlessly (Nicholas Maggipinto, Thomas Everson, Izzy Mangiaracina, Sarah Lange, Mia Lombardi, Krystian Karwowski, Max Venezia, Katelyn Carlo, Alberto Negron, Isabella Romero, Jennifer Sandusky, Kian Ventura).
During the two-hour show, the stage design changes rapidly. From dive bars to opulent gay clubs, one fun spectacle of the show is Priscilla, herself, which has its own set in itself and is a major focal point of the show. The costumes, too, are as colorful as you’d imagine considering the show surrounds three fabulous drag queens.
So, don’t miss this show. With other fun tunes like, “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Material Girl,” “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” “True Colors,” “Hot Stuff,” and “Boogie Wonderland,” you’ll be singing and dancing along as if you were at the club, too.
The Theatres at Suffolk County Community College present Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in the Shea Theatre, Islip Arts Building, SCCC Ammerman campus, 533 College Road, Selden on April 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m. General admission is $15, veterans and students 16 years of age or younger $10. SCCC students receive two free tickets. To order, call 631-451-4163.
Suffolk County Police arrested two women in a massage parlor raid in Huntington Station on April 24.
In response to a community complaint, Second Precinct Crime Section officers, in conjunction with the Town of Huntington Fire Marshal and Code Enforcement Inspectors, conducted an investigation into Awesome Spa, located at 294 E. Jericho Turnpike., Huntington Station.
Li Chen, 47, of Flushing, and Gui Feng Huang, 48, of Flushing, were arrested and charged them with alleged Unauthorized Practice of a Profession, a Class E felony and Prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor.
The Town of Huntington Fire Marshal and Code Enforcement Inspectors issued 6 violations.
Both were issued Desk Appearance Tickets and are scheduled to appear at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.
Suffolk County Police on April 24 issued a man multiple tickets after he was pulled over for driving with a phony passenger in the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway in Melville.
A Highway Patrol officer was traveling on the Long Island Expressway, near exit 50, when he became suspicious of the front passenger of a 1998 Honda in the HOV lane at approximately 4:40 p.m. The officer initiated a traffic stop and observed a mannequin in the front passenger seat in an attempt to make it look like there was a passenger in the vehicle.
Arisme McGregor, 33, of Bellport, was issued summonses for the HOV occupancy violations as well as for window tint.
Ben Amodio at 2nd base for the Royals in a home game Saturday afternoon. Photo by Bill Landon
Third baseman Sam Matvya makes the play for the Royals in a home game Saturday afternoon. Photo by Bill Landon
Conference at the mound. Photo by Bill Landon
Left fielder Chris Lotten makes the play for the Royals in a home game Saturday afternoon. Photo by Bill Landon
Evan Raymond tags the runner out at home plate for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Evan Raymond smacks a ground for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Chris Lotten rounds 2nd base for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Matt Wengatz rips one deep for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Third baseman Sam Matvya makes the play for the Royals in a home game Saturday afternoon. Photo by Bill Landon
Matt Wengatz throws from the mound for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Joey Aronica slides into 2nd base for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Joey Aronica delivers for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Michael Cormier safely on at first for the Royals in a home game against Southampton. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson short stop Derek Wonderland takes the throw to 2nd base. Photo by Bill Landon
By Bill Landon
Fresh off a two-game winning streak, the Port Jefferson baseball team looked to make it three in a row with a home game Saturday afternoon, April 19, against the Mariners of Southampton, but another win for the Royals wasn’t in the cards.
Port Jefferson edged Southampton by 2 runs earlier in the week and then followed it with a 2-run victory over John Glenn two days later, but the Mariners bats spoke first.
Southampton jumped out to a 3-run lead after two innings scored again in the fourth inning before the Royals plated one runner with two outs in the bottom of the seventh falling to their visitors 6-3 in the League VII matchup.
The Royals have a full schedule ahead with rain-delayed games earlier in the season has of them slated to play four games in as many days.
A scene from Ward Melville High School's Military Appreciation Day on April 19. Photo by Steven Zaitz
A scene from Ward Melville High School's Military Appreciation Day on April 19. Photo by Steven Zaitz
A scene from Ward Melville High School's Military Appreciation Day on April 19. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Coryn Rizzo sings the National Anthem on Military Appreciation Day. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Ward Melville softball vs. West Islip April 19. Photo by Steven Zaitz
A scene from Ward Melville High School's Military Appreciation Day on April 19. Photo by Steven Zaitz
By Steven Zaitz
The Ward Melville Softball team paid tribute to local military personnel, past and present in a pre-game ceremony on April 19 that was organized by their booster club and hailed as Military Appreciation Day. Before their game against the West Islip Lady Lions, about 15 military members from all branches of service took part in a ‘Tribute Walk’ that deployed the girls on both sides of the left field foul line as every honoree was introduced. They marched toward home plate, as their name, rank, branch and citations were announced to the applauding crowd.
Instead of donning their traditional green and gold, the Ward Melville Softball team wore special American flag-themed uniforms for the occasion that made note of the originally scheduled date of April 12. Due to inclement weather, the event was moved up by a week. Ward Melville won the game by a score of 11-1, as Julianna Russ pitched a complete game, striking out nine. The National Anthem was beautifully performed by sophomore infielder Coryn Rizzo and her sister Samantha served as honorary batgirl for the Lady Pats, who have won 4 of their last 5 and improved to 5-4 on the season.
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
A scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Easter Parade. Photo by Julianne Mosher
By Julianne Mosher
It was an egg-cellent time for all.
With a weekend of sunshine and warm temperatures, Saturday, April 19 was the perfect day to search for some eggs throughout Port Jefferson’s Harborfront Park.
The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce’s annual Easter parade and egg hunt was even more egg-citing this year thanks to hundreds of families who came out to participate. Starting at noon, moms, dads, grandparents and their little ones lined up outside Theatre Three and marched down Main Street in their best Easter attire with baskets in hand with the hopes of finding as many plastic eggs as they could.
Leading the group were members of the chamber and Port Jefferson’s favorite Easter Bunny, Barbara Ransome, director of operations for the chamber. The parade finished up at the Port Jefferson Village Center where tables were set up to trade in found eggs for different prizes and bins to recycle the eggs for next year’s event — an effort to continue being sustainable to the planet.
While the lines were long to hand in the eggs, the line to take a picture with the Easter Bunny was equally as lengthy with kids of all ages ready to smile.
Dr. Walter John Henry of Port Jefferson passed away on March 23, eight days before his 98th birthday. Henry was born in Brooklyn, to Walter William and Elizabeth Henry on March 31, 1927. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn. After completing his high school education, he entered the medical program at Columbia University, went on to graduate from New York Medical College in 1952 with a specialty in thoracic and vascular surgery.
He had a love of music, playing the saxophone and clarinet in the Columbia University marching band. His memory of Columbia’s unlikely victory over the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was a favorite he liked to regale.
He took his musical talents, formed a band and played the resorts in the Catskills and various venues in New York City.
He began his surgical career as a ship’s surgeon, working on two ships and was honorably discharged from his duties from the Santa Rosa in 1955. While working at the New York V.A. Hospital in 1962, he met the love of his life, Nurse Nancy Medor. They married two years later and ultimately built their forever home in Belle Terre, NY. They had two children, Walter John Henry Jr. (Wally) and Susan Elizabeth Prewitt.
Henry is survived by his wife, Nancy; two children, Wally and Sue; grandchildren, Jordan, Caroline, Zachary, Ella and Walter John Henry III; and his sister, Patricia Godfroy.
Patricia Godfroy had interests in writing, history, fishing, travel and sailing. He taught his son to sail. When Wally took an interest in racing, they took to racing their sailboat together. The racing bug really caught on and in 1992, Wally was on the crew that won the America’s Cup.
Henry retired after 31 years as Chief of Surgery from St. Charles Hospital. As to how he felt about retirement, he said, “what I do miss is daily contact with patients, doctors, nurses and office/hospital personnel”. During his tenure at St. Charles Hospital, both he and wife, Nancy were bestowed the Theodore Roosevelt Award by the hospital for outstanding and exemplary service.
As to the patients he touched in his lifetime, he was very proud to receive the gift of the following words:
Doctor’s Hands
I never knew that hands could be
So gentle, kind and true
Until I watched their skill perform
The blessed tasks yours do.
No artist ever plied his brush
With love of art so pure;
No sculptor ever used his tools
With strokes so deft and sure.
I think God blessed your kindly hands
From ages past and dim
Because he loves the work you do
In partnership with him.
Henry’s greatest joy came from spending time with family. He and Nancy sailed in New England and at their second home on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. They played tennis and took many cruises. Retirement allowed ample time to spend with their children and grandchildren.
Visitation took place on Sunday, March 30 at O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Port Jefferson Station.
Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich speaks at the Three Village Civic Association meeting on April 7. Photo by Sabrina Artusa
By Sabrina Artusa
At a recent Three Village Civic Association meeting, Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) announced the formation of a new battery energy storage advisory committee consisting of scientists, fire department representatives, school superintendents and civic leaders.
The advisory group substitutes for an official Town of Brookhaven task force, as suggested by the New York State Research and Development Authority. NYSERDA’s Battery Energy Storage Guidebook recommends creating a task force representing “interested stakeholders” to help create or amend the protocols, processes and strategies involved in implementing a battery energy storage system.
“The Town of Brookhaven at large has not made a battery advisory task force as recommended by NYSERDA,” Kornreich said. “So I am making my own.”
With several engineers to help navigate the technicalities, scientists to analyze alternate forms of energy storage, civic leaders like Three Village Civic Association President Charles Tramontana to tap into the sentiments of residents, and local school superintendents who are looking out for the next generation, the task force aims to disseminate their findings, dispel misinformation and scrutinize the systems from various industry perspectives.
“The goal is to really make information available to everyone,” said Nancy Goroff, a retired professor of chemistry at Stony Brook University and former trustee for the Long Island Power Authority. “From my point of view a key aspect is figuring out what conditions, what parameters must be met in order for the battery energy storage systems to be safe. If we decide there are not a set of parameters for it to be safe, then we would recommend against building. I think it is more likely that we will come up with a list of parameters and conditions that can be met for the committee to make a consensus. “
“It is always better to have more information than not enough,” said Three Village civic member George Hoffman, who is pleased that a task force has been formed and commended Kornreich on the initiative.“I think it will make the public more comfortable.”
The group is tasked with comparing the facilities with peaker plants, a power plant that activates during times of high demand, considering alternative technologies and analyzing existing and emerging codes and safety measures.
“I have reservations about lithium batteries,” said Kornreich at the civic meeting. ”But, I am not an expert on batteries and in the vacuum of policymaking a lot of info that informs policymaking decisions, not just here but everywhere, seems to come from people who have vested interest one way or another.”
With three proposed facilities in his district, Kornreich is concerned about the spread of misinformation. Organizing a group of “high level people who can really dig into this and study it” is a step toward developing a more complete and informed determination on the systems.
In Port Jefferson Station, New Leaf Energy is proposing an 8.75-megawatt system while Savion has proposed two facilities in Setauket, 373 megawatts and 65 megawatts.
Goroff said that anticipating and measuring safety risks is a big concern of the group. Already she has started to form ideas on how to mitigate risk by using information about previous fires. For instance, she said that by looking at BESS Failure Incident Database, she estimates that “the time of installation is the riskiest time for a fire” and that the group may make recommendations for certain standards in the installation process to address that.
Goroff acknowledged that some public discourse is “inaccurate and greatly exaggerates the risks.”
“At the same time,” she continued, “there are real risks and we want to make sure that those are reduced. We also need to get our arms around how big the real risks are separated from the misinformation and disinformation.”
The group has had one meeting so far, with another soon approaching. They aim to have a report of recommendations by the end of June.
“I do believe that it is possible to build BESS in a safe way,” Goroff said.
Each spring, as daffodils bloom and days grow longer, Christians around the world gather to celebrate the most profound and joyful day in our faith: Easter. This holy day marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead—an event that transformed history, shattered despair and opened the gates of hope for all humanity. For followers of Jesus, Easter is not simply a commemorative holiday; it is the heartbeat of our faith, a celebration of life conquering death, love triumphing over hate, and divine mercy extending to all people.
In the Christian story, Jesus, the Son of God, is crucified—an innocent man executed by the powers of his day. His death was brutal, and for his followers, it seemed the end of everything they had hoped for. But then, on the third day, something happened that no one expected: Jesus rose from the grave. He appeared to his friends, not with vengeance or judgment, but with peace on his lips and love in his wounds. The resurrection of Jesus is not just about his life continuing—it is about a new kind of life that breaks into the world. It is God’s promise that sin, suffering, and death will never have the final word.
Easter proclaims that God is doing something new, not just in the life of Jesus, but in our lives as well. The same power that raised Christ from the dead is at work among us, bringing hope in our despair, light in our darkness and courage in our fear. In a world still plagued by division, violence, loneliness and injustice, Easter is a bold declaration that love is stronger than hate and that life will always rise again.
For the Episcopal Church, Easter is not only a theological truth but also an invitation to live differently. We believe in a risen Christ who welcomed the outcast, forgave his enemies, and broke bread with the stranger. We seek to follow in his way by practicing a radical welcome—one that mirrors the wide embrace of the empty tomb.
In our congregations, you’ll find people of every background, race, political view, orientation and identity. We believe that God’s table is big enough for everyone. Whether you are a lifelong Christian, someone who’s been away from church for years, or someone who has never stepped into a church before, you are welcome here. Not just tolerated—welcomed, honored and loved.
The Episcopal Church does not claim to have all the answers, but we are committed to asking the right questions in the community. We read Scripture thoughtfully, take tradition seriously and engage with the world with compassion and humility. We hold a faithful tension between being traditional and having a modern approach. We do this not because it’s easy, but because we believe it’s faithful to the radical love Jesus showed on Easter morning.
In this season of renewal, many are searching for meaning, connection and hope. Easter meets us in that longing and reminds us that no matter how lost or weary we feel, resurrection is possible. There is no grave too deep, no failure too final, no sorrow too heavy for the risen Christ to meet us there and lift us up. Easter is not only about what happened long ago in a garden tomb; it’s about what God is still doing—here and now—in the lives of real people and communities.
So if you’re reading this and wondering if church is for you—if God is for you—know this: the answer is yes. Easter is for you. Grace is for you. The door is open, the light is on, and the feast has been set. Come as you are.
This Easter, may we all encounter the hope that rolls away every stone and find ourselves drawn into the joyful mystery of life made new.
Rev. Fr. Andrew Garnett is the rector of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Northport.
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