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] September, 2019. I went to a local mall the other day and couldn’t help but think back to September 1959, the year I entered SHS as a freshman.  This year the mall was crowded with teens preparing for their...

[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]In case you missed the conversation yesterday, the Sayville High School at West Sayville Country Club on 8/24/19. An amazing time was had by all 123 attendees! This reunion provided so many fond remembrances of the past. Yes,...

The Sayville High School class of 1979 held their 40th reunion on 9/21/2019 at the Snapper Inn. 86 people were in attendance and by all accounts, it was a wonderful and memorable weekend. Some people traveled from afar and others from just down the road!...

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Stang Wars; Snippets of Wisdom from the life and works of David Stang. Episode;  "Man’s Best Friend" (originally posted April 15th, 2013) How did Man’s Best Friend come about?  With 400 million dogs in the world, this question has been asked often.  The more time I’ve spent...

Douglas Marino, class of `88 has sent us more pictures from the 1988 production of Carnival. Douglas also commented; “speaking for most of the seniors (maybe?) I’m sure we all have very fond memories even 30 years later.  While I don’t remember everything about my high...