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Vol. 74 No. 14
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His was a life of hospitality Wantagh Inn owner Michael Dunphy, a native of Ireland, dies at age 84 He hoped to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a police officer, but color blindThe Wantagh Inn, on Rail- ness prevented him from doing so. He moved to London in 1963, road Avenue, is the kind of place where you can enjoy a where anti-Irish sentiment meal, drink a pint of Guinness made it difficult to find work. or catch a game on television In 1969 he emigrated to New with your friends. It’s an invit- York and found work in a vibrant sports bar i n g p l a c e wh e re and club in Manyou’re always greeted with a smile, and hattan called the the man who Red Blazer. Soon embodied that hosafterward he met pitality was its his wife of 52 years, l o n g t i m e ow n e r, Geraldine. The couMichael Dunphy. ple moved to WantDunphy, an Irish agh in the early native tur ned 1970s, where they American businesraised their chils ow n e r, d i e d o n dren, Brian, Conor, March 20, at age 84. Ronan and Una. Bor n in MacIn 1981 Dunphy, room, County Cork, determined to open Ireland on April 4, h i s ow n b a r o n 1941, he was raised JIM JoNES Long Island, purby his father, Mat- Wantagh Chamber chased an old t h e w D u n p hy, a of Commerce butcher shop across member of the An from the Wantagh Garda Síochána, Ireland’s first train station, which would free-state police force. An ath- become the Wantagh Inn. lete, Dunphy excelled in Irish “Never flashy or pretensports, including hurling and tious,” read an online obituary Gaelic football. for Dunphy posted to the He long understood the O’Shea Funeral Home’s webpower of service and hospitali- site, “like its owner, the inn was ty, beginning work as a bar- built on grit, tenacity, and a back, or bartender’s assistant, Continued on page 11 in a local pub when he was 12.
By JoRDAN VAlloNE
jvallone@liherald.com
Photos courtesy Seaford School District
Going mad for math at Seaford Manor Numbers are generating buzz at Seaford Manor Elementary School, as students compete in the annual March Mathness challenge, organized by the Student Council. Each grade fills its “pot of gold” by solving weekly math problems, with students eagerly tracking progress on a hallway leaderboard. The class with the most points earns bragging rights as the Manor Mathematicians and a special prize. Above, Student Council members, from left, Sean O’Callaghan, Lucia Ingenito, Emma Palumbo, Avery Falta and Danny Cronin. At right, Damian Biscocho and Jack Gottlieb checked out their two weekly questions.
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is kindness spoke volumes — not through words, but through actions that touched so many lives.