Finance + Legal Services

I'm Just Charlie From RVC.

The Rockville Centre kid who made it on Wall Street and came back home. Article by Julia Macedo | Photography by Provided by Charles Silecchia The closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange does not ring for just anyone. Getting on that floor means something. And when Charlie Silecchia stood there and pulled that cord, he had the kind of credential you spend a whole career chasing. "I'm just Charlie from RVC," Silecchia says. The Silecchia family moved to Rockville Centre in 1977 when...

Life + Culture

Made in Italy. Born Right Here.

Five years ago, a classically trained Italian chef brought his roots to Atlantic Beach and built something worth staying for. Article by Julia Macedo | Photography by Shanntography There is a garden behind Gio's in Atlantic Beach. He tends to it himself every summer — basil, mint, pepper growing in the heat. Come summer, the mint ends up in the cocktails and the basil makes it into whatever he is cooking.  Gio grew up in Italy. Not in one city — all over the country, then Germany, London...

Life + Culture

Orly and Tyler's Favorite Things

Article by Orly and Tyler Kelley | Photography by Christina Kramer and Kelley Family 1. Sunset at Dox, Island Park- Waterfront tables, lawn games for the kids, those colorful Adirondack chairs, and dinner in baskets while the sky goes pink. You can even pull the boat right up to the dock. Our happy place! 2. Walt Itgen's in Rockville Centre. After playground adventures at the RVC Rec Center, we love to enjoy this old-fashioned parlor. It’s pure nostalgia: homemade scoops, towering sundaes...

Arts + Culture

Long Beach's Fall Festival Returns for its 28th Year

Pumpkin Patches, a Costume Parade, Live Music and Local Vendors Headline This Long Beach Tradition Article by Sabrina Moy | Photography by Lily Bosnick Page 1: Every fall, Kennedy Plaza trades its everyday rhythm for the scent of kettle corn and cinnamon, the creak of a hay wagon and the golden light of a Long Beach autumn. Just blocks from a boardwalk quieting down for the season, the plaza fills instead with hay bales, string lights and the low hum of a community settling into its favorite...