Events

This morning our issue was East End Transportation. Hank DeCillia is the Executive Director of Five Towns Rural Transit Inc. Mr DeCillia explained that the east end Long Island was…

This morning we were expecting to have as our speaker Dowling College's President Bob Gaffney. Unfortunately Mr. Gaffney had an emergency that prevented his attendance. Instead Michael DeLuise, Dowling's Development officer…

This morning the Long Island Museum of Art History and Carriages' Development officer Ron Dippel made a presentation at LIMBA.   A large section of the museum has been dedicated to the carriage collection. Graves Brothers Carriage Builders of Massachusetts went out of business many years ago. Remarkably that facility has been preserved by the…

We had a presentation on a proposed amusement park for the Calverton Airport property that is near Riverhead. Ron Terenzi is the CEO of the developer, Island Amusement Ventures. His vision of the plan was discussed today in some detail.    Mr. Terenzi began by stating that Long Island does not lend itself to the mega amusement…

This program will address matters of  race and mutual understanding between people. Steve Schrier is the Executive Director of the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc

This morning we heard a presentation on the economic and scientific benefits of having Brookhaven National Laboratory in our backyard. The director, Dr Sam Aronson came to LIMBA and within the fairly limited time we allot our speakers, gave us a good overview. BNL has an annual budget of about $500 million and much of that…