Tag: Port Washington

Believe in a Cure, a Port Washington-based nonprofit organization, helps fund important scientific research toward finding a cure for FOXG1 syndrome.

A lovely, historic-yet-modern, colonial home is listed for sale in Port Washington.

The Sneeve, based in Port Washington, is a slip-on sleeve that kids can wear to trap germs when they sneeze or cough into their arm.

A New York Met is teaming up with Insomnia Cookies to help bring some holiday cheer to the Port Washington-based North Shore Animal League America (NSALA).

Rear View: As one of only two women in the country who carried the U.S. mail, Susanna (“Suzie”) A. Brunner was the first woman on Long Island’s North Shore to be entrusted with the Port Washington-Great Neck route in the 1880s.

Might Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan be reimagined in the Wild West? Maybe as superheroes? On Mars? Anything’s possible, once The Great Gatsby's copyright expires in January.

Rear View: "Wouldn't it be terrific if [ordinary] people could make movies, instead of all these Hollywood bigwigs who are only interested in business and how much the picture was going to gross and everything?” Director John Cassavetes asked.

The revealing final scene outside 24 Derby Road in Port Washington was nearly nixed when the cameras literally froze while filming the 1947 holiday heartwarmer.

In 1946, the Comos and their children settled in Sands Point near Port Washington on Long Island’s North Shore. After his passing at age 88 in 2001, Main Street was renamed “Perry Como Avenue” during Pride in Port week.

Busting with charm is this completely updated Colonial with a quaint front porch and slate backyard patio for entertaining listed for sale in Port Washington.