april 2011 Volume 24 Number 6 Keeping you up to date on SALES, HAPPENINGS Our Town & PEOPLE • • • • • • In Our Town - St. James S T J A M E S PUBLISHED MONTHLY St. Patrick’s Day Parade Coverage begins on page 93 – 2– OUR TOWN • APRIL 2011 – 3– IN THIS ISSUE MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Hither Brook Nursery and Florist ......................4 O•u•r •T•ow• •n AROUND TOWN S T J a M E S Mother’s Day Plant & Bake Sale ....................6 Viking Auction on April 29 ..............................6 Blood Drive Set for May 5 ..............................6 STaFF Tru Salon Receives Award ............................10 Ruth Garthe . Editor Spring Food Drive at Superior Martial Arts ....................................12 Harbor Country Day School’s Strawberry Festival ........................18 Robin Clark . Associate Editor Baskin-Robbins’ “31¢ Scoop Night” ................................................20 Elizabeth Isabelle . Feature Writer St. James Letter Carrier Hailed as a Hero ......................................22 William Garthe . Advertising Indoor Yard Sale ..............................................................................24 Sales Boy Scouts to Host Car Wash ..........................................................24 Spring Rummage Sale ......................................................................24 IN THE NEWS Contractors For Kids – Will You Be There? ......................................28 OUr TOWN Fish For The Cure II ............................................................................30 – ST. JaMES – Arbor Day Celebration ....................................................................32 is a monthly publication produced MS Fundraiser a Huge Success ......................................................34 exclusively for the people of Holocaust Remembrance Day and Book Signing ........................36 St. James, Nissequogue and HISTORICALLY SPEAKING ................................................................40 Head of the Harbor, L.I., N.Y. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT STAC News ..............................................................................44,50, 56 Call 862-9849 for Tom Chapin Appeared with Acoustic L.I. ......................................46 Advertising & Copy Deadline Beauty and the Beast Jr. The Musical on Stage ..........................46 On Stage at Smithtown Performing Arts Center ..........................48 OUR TOWN is mailed directly to My Parents Were Awesome – New Book Release ........................52 every residence & business in the Swing Dance Long Island ................................................................54 11780 zip code area (6459 total copies mailed) EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Programs at the Library ..............................................................58-62 St. James Post Office Permit #10 St. James, NY 11780 HOME & GARDEN Design Ideas ................................................................................64-65 Published by Naturally Speaking ..........................................................................66 Graphics du jour, Ltd. FINANCIAL SAVVY 359 Lake Ave., St. James, NY 11780 Are Your Investments Getting Enough Exercise? ..........................68 631-862-9849 / Fax: 631-862-9839 Changing the Way We Do Tax Grievances ..................................70 email: [email protected] Key Employee Protection: Preserving the Life of Your Business ..72 website: www.ourtownstjames.com A Personal Umbrella for a Rainy Day ............................................75 Not responsible for typographical errors. LEGAL-EASE: Will They Fight Over Your Remains? ..........................76 We reserve the right at our sole discretion to edit or SCOUT NEWS ......................................................................................78 refuse to print editorial or advertising material deemed detrimental to Our Town’s public image SCHOOL NEWS ..................................................................................80 or unsuitable for its readers. Advertising is offered only SPORTS ..........................................................................................82-84 to those who live in, or have a business in, St. James, Nissequogue or Head of the Harbor, or any business YOU CAN HELP ..................................................................................85 offering services not available in said area. HEALTH NOTES ..............................................................................86-89 Copyright © 2011 CELEBRATIONS ..............................................................................90-92 Graphics du jour, Ltd. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE ......................................................93-98 All Rights Reserved POET’S CORNER ................................................................................99 OBITUARIES ..............................................................................100-104 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ............................................................ 110 DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS .............................................. 114-115 PLEASE NOTE: Advertising & Editorial Deadline for the MAY edition of OUR TOWN • ST. JAMES is THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011 - 12 NOON. Distribution takes place on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. OUR TOWN • APRIL 2011 –4– MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Hither Brook Nursery and Florist 559 North Country Road St. James, NY 584-5252 “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson by Elizabeth Isabelle Established in 1978, family owned and operated Hither Brook Nursery and Florist prides itself on its versatility and com - mitment to serving their neigh - bors in St. James and the surrounding area. With the ar - spectacular flowers and rival of spring, Hither Brook fragrance. Perennial Nursery is in full swing, offering plants, once planted, everything you need to wake up return each spring big - your lawn, enhance your speci - ger and better with men plantings, plan your veg - each growing season. etable patch, add to your Hither Brook Nursery perennial garden and help with also offers a vast assort - your selection of annuals and ment of annual and bedding plants. Thinking of mov - bedding plants, giving ing a shrub or small tree to a you the opportunity to new location? Early spring is a have a completely dif - great time to do this, while the ferent garden every plant is still dormant. Just be sure year! From cool season the soil is workable and that you to warm season, there feed the soil with the proper nu - is a colorful annual available to Brook Florist knows that flowers trients. The knowledgeable staff make your garden shine. Be sure help create wedding memories at Hither Brook Nursery can ad - to visit the expanded aquatic that last a lifetime. Whether you vise you on the right choice of plant and pond display section at are planning a large wedding, an traditional or organic fertilizer, as the nursery, where special orders outdoor ceremony or an intimate well as help you select from a are never a problem. Hanging gathering, Hither Brook Florist vast assortment of shrubs and baskets, mulch, gravel, statuary, has the experience and creativity trees. Careful feeding, seeding birdbaths and magnificent out - to help you plan your special and watering in the spring is an door containers await you as we day. important and beneficial step in all venture back outdoors after Prom season is here, don’t for - keeping your lawn, trees and this long winter. get to order your special corsage shrubs healthy and green. Stop The Florist at Hither Brook of - and boutonniere. Hither Brook by the nursery for expert guid - fers talented designers who cre - Florist also offers wire service ance on the right application for ate arrangements from simple to and can send floral arrangements your landscape. elaborate. Hither Brook Florist and plants to family and friends Perennial plants are the back - has been keeping brides happy around the corner or around the bone of every successful land - for years, providing beautiful and country. The experienced design - scape and garden border. elegant wedding flowers, bridal ers at Hither Brook Florist can Available in a wide range of col - bouquets, centerpieces, cor - also help you express your con - ors and sizes, perennials grow sages, fresh flower cake decora - dolences and sympathy with a and bloom over spring and sum - tions and more. On your floral tribute or a memorial mer. Ask for tips on planting for a wedding day, you expect nothing arrangement. sequential summer display of less than perfection and Hither continued on page 106 OUR TOWN • APRIL 2011 – 5– YOU CAN’T BEAT THESE DEAL S !!! 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