Dorothy Bradnick, former NHS Time Out Room aide and wife of Larkfield Elementary School principal Gerry Bradnick, passed away  at home in New Port Richey, Florida on Aug. 23. She had recently celebrated her 85th Birthday. She had worked for about 20 years as a teacher aide in our schools. Her last position was working with Fred Craden in the Time Out room at Northport High School. She loved working with Fred and his team.

A photograph by Linda Quinn, retired NHS Art teacher, is part of the 2nd International Phone-ography Exhibition at the FotoFoto Gallery, 14 W. Carver Street in Huntington. Thirty photographs were chosen for a four week exhibition from a field of 604 submissions. The exhibition runs from August 3 – August 27. Check out the web gallery of the exhibition here.

Suzanne Taylor, a retired Fifth Avenue School teacher, passed away recently. A memorial service will be held in the fall.  Condolences can be sent to her niece Jennifer Thomas,  4 Beach Ave, Northport NY 11768.

Norman Orenstein, retired High School English teacher passed away on July 17. Norm was the President of the Northport Teachers’ Association at the time of the merger that created the United Teachers of Northport. Following the merger, he became the UTN Grievance Chair and was always a staunch advocate of teacher rights.

Norm spent his retirement years in Clearwater, Florida and condolences can be sent to his son at P.O. Box 16355,  Clearwater FL 33766.  A tribute to Norm, written by Bill Hall, is posted on the In Memoriam page of this website

R-UTN member Cynthia Gorman invites you to a musical afternoon on Sunday, July 17.