Author Archives: Matt Burke
Oct
Believe it or not, the holiday season is creeping up on us. The Society will once again be hosting its annual Postman Pete event on Sunday, December 2, 2018 from 12:30 to 3:30.
Children are invited to bring their pre-written letters for Santa to the old Miller Place Post Office at 75 North Country Road, Miller Place. Postman Pete will bundle the letters for the North Pole!
Visit the historic c. 1720 William Miller House for refreshments and caroling led by local high school students. Each child will receive a letter from Santa delivered to the home shortly thereafter.
The cost is $10 per child. To register, please complete the form linked below and mail with a check to:
MPMSHS
PO Box 723
Miller Place NY 11764
Attention: Postman Pete
Raffles and all other proceeds benefit restoration of the Society’s two historical houses. For additional information please contact the Society at (631) 476-5742. Please register by November 30, 2018.
Oct
The Society would like to thank young Jack Soldano for his tireless efforts to raising funds to benefit the restoration of the William Miller House. Jack’s creation, Comics for a Cause, contributed to the roof and window replacement projects that
Featured in the picture are, Cristin Mansfield (Jack’s mother), Steve Soldano (Jack’s father), Jack Soldano, Bobby Soldano (Jack’s brother), and dedicated friends Jared LoPiano and Cory Gardner.
Jack is an inspiration to us all, showing a commitment to service and his community well beyond his years!
Oct
Thank you all who attended our annual meeting on November 5, 2018. We hope you found the speaker informative and engaging. Please be on the lookout for more events in the coming weeks and months.
Marie Curie was a wife, mother and an extraordinary scientist; the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person and only woman to win twice. Marie Curie is still the only person awarded a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: the Physics Prize in 1903 that she shared with her husband Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity, and the Chemistry Prize in 1911 for the discovery of polonium and radium. Learn more about her life and work as Edward A. Sierra shares his interest in this early pioneer of radioactivity.
About the speaker
After six years in the U.S. Navy, Edward A. Sierra went to work as a field operator at the Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station in New Jersey. In 1985 he began working at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). He was a reactor operator at both the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor and the High Flux Beam Reactor where he was also a reactor operations instructor. He is the American Nuclear Society (LI Section) Vice President. Ed earned graduate degrees in Training & Learning Technology, Secondary Education, and Communications from the New York Institute of Technology, Dowling College, and Marist College, respectively.
Oct
Thank you all who attended our second movie night on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Michael Ray Galleries hosted a showing of Young Frankenstein at the historic Daniel Hawkins House at 111 N Country Rd, Miller Place, New York 11764. Keep your eyes peeled for more movie nights in the upcoming months!
Sep
Thank you all for registering to join us and our friends from the Comsewogue Library from 10 AM until around 3 PM on Thursday, October 18, 2018 for a walking tour of three historic buildings in Miller Place: the 1720 William Miller House, the 1834 Miller Place Academy, and the 1809 Daniel Hawkins House. We will conclude with a lunch at Orto.
Please stay tuned for upcoming events.
Sep
Aug
Thank you all who joined us at our annual Country Fair on Saturday and Sunday, September 29th and 30th. All funds raised will continue to improve our historical houses. Be on the lookout for more events and opportunities to volunteer and support the local history we so dearly treasure.
Aug
Michael Ray Galleries partnered with the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society for a new and exciting event:
“Classic Film Night at the Gallery,” which featured an outdoor showing of an all time Hollywood classic on Saturday evening, August 25th, from 7:00 pm till the end at the historic Daniel Hawkins House (111 North Country Road in Miller Place).
The event was a rousing success. Stay tuned for future movie nights!
Aug
Our cherished Daniel Hawkins House (1810) has been fully wired by Ron Sacher from East Side Electric, who electrified the historic homestead as a generous donation to the Society. Keep an eye out for our continued array of artistic and community events at this site, and more wonderful exhibits/innovative entertainment by Michael Eamotte & friends, and others in the community.
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