Soaring above (and diving below) manufacturing history
By TOM MARINER // Sixty-seven months after the day in 1903 when Orville Wright flew 120 feet in the first powered aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, Glenn Curtiss flew 25…
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Water, sewer projects flow as LIREDC scores again
By GREGORY ZELLER // With new water-quality and childcare initiatives front and center, New York State has announced $56.4 million in fresh economic- and community-development funding for Long Island. The…
No. 1005: Winterfylleth is here! (So are Manufacturing Month, SBU’s best future and vegetarian cookies)
Winterfylleth (not the band): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of October 2025 – the first day of October, in fact,…
No. 995: On backpacks, horsebacks, quarantined plants and Robert Plant, with lots of extra bacon
Winds of change: Welcome, dear readers, to a surprisingly Autumnal August Wednesday. Fall is in the air this week on Long Island, with refreshing breezes, uncharacteristically cool temperatures…
No. 912: With a little love for manufacturers, our daughters and NYIT dorms (and lobster salad, too)
Stay in your lane: Welcome to Wednesday, racing readers, as we hurdle September’s fourth and final hump and sprint toward the Friday finish line. Your favorite innovation newsletter is…
Were the Moon landings fake? Now that’s a giant leap
By TOM MARINER // Long Island is the last place where you’d expect a question about whether Neil Armstrong really took a “giant leap for mankind” on the Moon, because…
Dream house: Dolls, imagination fuel unique ‘play café’
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative Rockville Centre play and party space is making dreams come true, starting with the owner’s. Representing an entirely new retail species on Long Island…
Through the years, skies with innovative East/West
By TOM MARINER // You’re three-and-a-half miles up in the sky, carrying three-dozen soldiers in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook – the fastest helicopter in the U.S. fleet – at 200…
LI STEM Hub converses about kids’ futures
By GREGORY ZELLER // A future-workforce initiative with a regional academic twist is soaring at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. On Feb. 11, the Long Island STEM Hub – a…
No. 742: Bullies beware! We’re pushing back with Vitamin C, Two Noons, EV shuttles and warm cider
Thanks (to you): Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up this latest workweek and look ahead to Thanksgiving week, when even cutting-edge socioeconomic innovation bows to family…
No. 718: Typewriters tap, automobiles downsize and cannons roar, on the very first day of kindergarten
Cue the pumpkin spice: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday of August – a sure sign that the sun is setting…
No. 717: Knives in, guns out and peach pie for everyone, with water everywhere (and plenty of drops to drink)
Dramatic paws: Welcome back to our pet project, dear readers, as we collar creativity, let invention off the leash and bark up innovation’s tree, once again. Yes, we’re wagging…
No. 29: Andrew Parton – Flights of Fancy
The Cradle of Aviation Museum was supposed to be a quick layover for Andrew Parton. With an MBA from St. John’s University and a long career in major-league marketing, he…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…