TKwritings - Column "Long Island Stories" / Novels / Freelance Articles

I write in a wide variety of styles - As a Opinion Columnist for Community Newspapers my articles are geared to Long Island focusing on suburban humor and historical events. My freelancing articles have been on business and the outdoors. I can craft short-form content; the quick timely articles used to capture and engage your audience. Or long form articles which gives your audience a reason to return for more content.

Issuu • 19th January 2022

Page 22 Article: Pioneer Aviators: First Flights and Adventures

The pioneers of Long Island aviation were entrepreneurs and daredevils flying from the early airfields that dotted the island including Hempstead Plains, Brighton Beach, Morris Park Racetrack, Belmont Park, and the Mineola Flying Field. Pioneers armed with the guts to risk their lives flying fragile wooden skeletons held together by wire covered in fabric.

Issuu • 9th December 2021

Article - “Suburbia Gone Wild” – PAGE 30 - Port Washington News

Long Island is also the mirror image of dozens of suburban areas around the country. Landscapes dotted with patches of strip malls all containing the same stores. On a cross-country trip you wouldn’t know if you’re in Iowa or New York.

Issuu • 20th October 2021

PG 34 Plainview / Old Bethpage Herald - "Life Aboard A Whaling Ship”

In addition to the threat of death at sea during a whale hunt, these men slept in the crowded, smelly “forecastle” - a triangular room below deck in the bow. With terrible conditions including scurvy, men crowded together, the constant threats of mutiny and long unproductive voyages, desertion was common.

Issuu • 28th September 2021

Page 31 - The Roslyn News - "Prohibition Rum Running on Long Island"

.. Other boats would head north to the Long Island Sound continuing west to Manhattan’s shorelines. Runs were made to Brooklyn on the East River, and across the Hudson to Newark and Hoboken, continuing farther up the Hudson to Yonkers and Kingston…

Issuu • 7th September 2021

Pages 24-25 - Mineola American - "Taking a Trip to the Entitlement Zone

A few years back, I heard a report that someone ran around Central Park in the dead of night putting bras on statues. We live in New York, so not much shocks us. Bizarre incidents take place by the minute. But one bizarre incident I experienced did shock my socks off. Some guy attempted to steal my groceries from a crowded Nassau County parking lot at two o’clock in the afternoon.

Issuu • 25th August 2021

Page 29 - Levittown Tribune - "The Battle of Long Island"

On August 27, 1776, The Battle of Long Island, also known as The Battle of Brooklyn, took place on the western end of the island. The ferocious battle was the largest fought during The Revolutionary War recording the highest amount of casualties of any battle of the war.

Issuu • 3rd August 2021

Page 29 - Farmingdale Observer "The Mean Seats of New York"

All you want is a little courtesy when going out to the ball game.

Issuu • 27th July 2021

Page 21 - Massapequa Observer "Bethpage State Park - Jewel of Long Island"

Activity packed with Hiking Trails, Golf Courses, Bike Trails, BBQ areas.

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