Author: Hal Gordon Brown

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Talk with Suffolk County News' editor Nicole Allegrezza Fuentes this Wednesday, June 17th, via Zoom at 7 pm. Pre-register at www.tinyurl.com/NicoleFuentes. A Sayville High School graduate, Nicole is the lead editor for our locals, local newspapers from Bayshore to...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; The small fry are being pests and are shooed away from the bleachers. Continuing the Sayville High School Class of 1950’s “Small Fry” yearbook theme. Photo five.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash;   Joyce Thorsen,  Class of 1956 was one of many young ladies you tried their skill at archery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Uh oh! A couple of missing names and pictures have been reported for the Class of 1989. Does anyone have a 1989 yearbook handy to kindly check a couple of things for us? We don't have a class...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; Here are some of the terrific ladies who kept us fed in 1968! Thank you, ladies![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; This is kind of cute.  The small fry are hanging around the bleachers and poking fun at young love. Continuing the Sayville High School Class of 1950's "Small Fry" yearbook theme. Photo four.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; Chomping on ice cream and pondering his future by the "columns of knowledge". Continuing the Sayville High School Class of 1950's "Small Fry" yearbook theme. Photo three.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; It's getting harder and harder to brighten anyone's day, but let's try. Continuing the Sayville High School Class of 1950's "Small Fry" yearbook theme. Photo two.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We now know that 10 years after graduation, Mary and her family are now found to be residing in New Jersey. Hr ormer address of Sayville is noted! Helpful information, but we are still not there yet...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This may be Mary; U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 Name: Mary Russo Birth Date: 5 Jan 1912 Residence Date: 1996 Address: 249 N Niagara Ave Residence: Lindenhurst, NY Postal Code: 11757 Or, this may be Mary; U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 Name: Mary C...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville High Girl's Volleyball Team in 1940.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Miss Lillian Sylvia Griffing is all ready for Sayville High School, having completed the 8th grade and scored at least 75% in the listed classes on this certificate. Did you know about this "Preacademic Certification" for entrance to High...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1590252936582{background-color: #ddbaba !important;}"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1590252813889{background-color: #dbdbdb !important;}"][vc_column_text]June brings us halfway through the year. And what a year it's been. Filled with some of the most unusual events that we have ever seen.   I thought I would give you...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]What is the answer to last evening's little quiz?   The quiz was "What are these folks looking at? Could it really be Sayville student artwork?   The answer is, it's more of the beautiful work of Mavis (Hall) Abernathy, Class...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are saddened to share the passing of Joyce M. McCarthy, wife of retired guidance counselor (Sonderling) Gerard “Jerry” McCarthy and mother-in-law of Brentwood Teachers Association President Kevin W. Coyne Jr. Joyce and Gerard met as first-year teachers at...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wow! What are these folks looking at? Could it really be Sayville student artwork?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...