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After two-year wait, Wine Line is finally here By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
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Manager Giulia Milana, right, helps make and serve cocktails such as the eponymous Giulia’s Martini.
For amateur sommeliers, foodies and people who just enjoy having a nice drink and a bite with some friends, the Wine Line Kitchen and Bar in Oyster Bay has something for everyone. The restaurant, one of the many new spots that have opened following the wind-down of the pandemic, began serving diners in early June, and has quickly become a local favorite. The Wine Line is the newest business venture by the Milana family and their partners in Oyster Bay. Their other businesses include Stellina Ristorante and Cardinali Bakery, and they are planning to open a new candy store in the coming weeks. Tom Milana, the family patriarch and part owner of the Wine Line, explained that he wanted to develop an online wine shop in 2020, but he needed a retail liquor license, which in turn necessitated an actual store. People in Oyster Bay encouraged him to open it in the hamlet, where, Continued on paGe 6
Spotted lantern flies leave OB residents unconcerned By DAN oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The spotted lantern fly, an invasive species that feeds on plants and trees, has made its way to Long Island’s North Shore. While the species has been the focus of much media attention in recent months, residents of the area, and even some elected officials, seem largely untroubled by their spread. “I personally am not too concerned, but I think that’s primarily because I haven’t really seen too many around here,” Jason Zimmermann, an Oyster Bay resident, said. “I heard
about them maybe a year ago, and I think mostly since then it’s kind of faded away, so it’s not as much an immediate issue for me.” The species was discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014, and quickly spread across the region, establishing itself in nearby states including Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. To try to slow the spread to New York, the state issued an external quarantine in October 2018, restricting the movement of goods and vehicles from states where the flies were known to have populations. “The goal of the quarantine
we have implemented is to help reduce the opportunities these pests may have in hitching a ride on firewood, plants and other common outdoor items and entering our state in the first place,” Richard Ball, the state’s agriculture commissioner, said in 2018. While the quarantine has helped slow the lantern fly’s spread, by 2020 it had made its way to Staten Island — the first center of infestation in the state — and has since shown up on Long Island and parts of upstate New York. Nymphs, or newly hatched lantern flies, have an almost ladybug-like appearance. They
are red with black and white spots, and can typically be seen from April through July. They begin to transition from July through September, and grow to roughly an inch long and a half-inch wide. They can be identified by their distinctive wings, which are covered with black spots. In the fall, the adults lay
inch-long egg masses on anything from tree trunks and rocks to vehicles, outdoor furniture and firewood. They are particularly attracted to the tree-of-heaven, a species native to China — like the flies themselves — which can be found around the Town of Oyster Bay, including in Sea Cliff, Glen Continued on paGe 5