Dr Tom Ferraro

Dr Tom Ferraro

326 Articles

Our Town: Who’s watching the Winter Olympics?

In case you didn’t notice, they are holding the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Oh, what is that you say? You

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Our Town: Gentlemen, start your engines

Henry Adams was an American historian, Harvard professor, descended from two American presidents, was an American ambassador in London and

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Our Town: Crowd vs. athlete at Flushing Meadows

Tennis is a most remarkable and most human of sports.  It pits one man’s will and talent against another before

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Our Town: The Honorable Mayor Roger Fay

I got an email from the Historical Committee last week  asking if I might be interested in doing a piece

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Our Town: Irressitibly Good

We finally have a coffee house in Williston Park.  Irresistibly Good is its name and its location is 82A Hillside

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Our Town: Williston’s gems not to be neglected

As I said in last week’s column the circus came to town but just as quick as it arrived, it

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Our Town: The beauty of youth found on a golf course

This is the time of year where we all develop a need to fly south.  Wintering in Williston Park means

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Our Town: E. Williston’s Bock talks book about Cubs

I interviewed the longtime East Williston resident and famed Associated Press sports writer Hal Bock last weekend.  This is a

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Our Town: Does your business have the wow factor?

Judge Scott Fairgrieve and Joel Harris of the Kiwanis  Club asked me to give a talk on branding your business. 

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Our Town: The power of logo to brand a business

My last column was all about how to brand your business and a big part of branding is the logo. 

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Our Town: Welcome to the world of the octagon

The joy of being a writer is that you’re constantly introduced to strange and exotic worlds and none more exotic

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Our Town: Make room for major league lacrosse

During lunch last week I mentioned to a friend that I had just seen “Friday Night Lights,”  the film about

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Our Town: Business world needs innovators’ magic

Over the last several months I have written a few articles about good business practices in Williston Park. I have

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Our Town: Funny Thing happens with troupe

Slaves, prostitutes, eunuchs and Steven Sondheim, what could be more fun?  I attended the Saturday night performance of the Broadway

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Our Town: Americana creates fun place to shop

At its best, the shopping experience ought to be edifying, educational and a pleasure.   Strolling down the Champs Elysees

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