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Husband-Wife Tandem Of Ex-College Basketball Coach, News Anchor Operating Two NY Eateries Husband-Wife Tandem Of Ex-College Basketball Coach, News Anchor Operating Two NY Eateries
Husband-Wife Tandem Of Ex-College Basketball Coach, News Anchor Operating Two NY Eateries A background in television broadcasting isn’t typical of most restaurateurs, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting New York husband and wife team, Mo Cassara and Elisa DiStefano. In May 2022, the couple celebrated the reopening of their freshly-renovated restaurant on Long Island, The Point Bar & Grill, located in Point Lookout. It’s just three blocks away from their other eatery, MO’NELISA Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, which they opened in 2016. Diners will no doubt recognize Cassara, a former Hofstra University basketball coach turned analyst for CBS Sports Network and ESPN. DiStef…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
Shark Spotted Along Shoreline Of NY Beach Shark Spotted Along Shoreline Of NY Beach
Shark Spotted Along Shoreline Of NY Beach "We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Long Island got a taste of Steven Spielberg’s classic 1975 film “Jaws” when a shark found itself in a precarious position after it washed up onshore. A quick-thinking commercial fisherman jumped into action to help assist a shark that was struggling along the shoreline of a Long Island beach at Point Lookout north of the Loop Parkway Bridge in Nassau County. A video of the Mako shark from the Set the Hook LI Facebook page can be seen here or on Youtube here.  Officials said that the fisherman pulled over to assist the struggling shark, and aler…

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by Zak Failla
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One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast
One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast Click here for an updated story - ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident Note: The original version of this report stated one was missing and three were missing. That information, initially reported, has been changed to two rescued, one missing. A third man in the boat who was removed from the water later died. One person is missing and three others were hospitalized after a boat overturned off the Long Island coast. The incident happened late Saturday morning, May 2 south of Point Lookout in Nassau County. At 10:08 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound com…

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by Joe Lombardi