Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley
53rd Annual Christmas Parade
December 8 starting at noon
Kohls Shopping Center
Float and Vehicle Light Showcase
6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Kohl's rear parking area
Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley
53rd Annual Christmas Parade
December 8 starting at noon
Kohls Shopping Center
Float and Vehicle Light Showcase
6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Kohl's rear parking area
The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.
The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.
Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before