Diane's Blog

On Saturday, January 31, 2009, the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce (with Daniel Gale Sothebys) is presenting the 2nd Annual SOUPer Bowl event at the Fellowship Hall, United Methodist Church on Middle Neck Road. Local restaurants will vie for the chance to win the People's Choice and Judge's ...

Last Night at Harbor Links , Krystyna Chiger, a resident of Port Washington, gave a talk about her book The Girl in the Green Sweater . It is the incredible story of her experiences during the Nazi occupation of Lvov, Poland in 1943. After 150,000 Jews in Lvov had been forced into the ghettos an...

The Port Washington Library main gallery is exhibiting original paintings by Burt Young until November 30. He is probably best known for his role as Paulie in the Rocky series, for which he received an Oscar nomination. His prolific acting career has included such diverse films as Carlito's Way ...

On September 16th of this year, the IRS announced a new tax credit included in the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 . I've read very little about this, and I wish it were more generally known. It might help buyers with their reluctance to take the step and purchase a hom...

Here is a copy of my first post for my Port Washington blog called, not surprisingly, Port Washington Life. Give it a look if you're interested in what's happening in our neck of the woods. As long-time residents of Queens, we really ended up in Port Washington by accident. We were looking for a...