Nancy Solomon
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Michael Combs | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Michael Combs of Freeport is a part time bayman and bay house owner. In this interview folklorist Nancy Solomon of Long Island Traditions examines how the bay has changed after Superstorm Sandy, Michael's experiences on the bay, how the bay has changed after the storm and other family history including rum running, market and duck hunting, eeling and other fishing activities. |
Nancy Solomon | Baldwin, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Tom Jefferies | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Bayman Tom Jefferies of Freeport, New York lives on the south shore of Freeport. In this interview, Jefferies discusses how the bay has changed since Superstorm Sandy, and how his life was affected by the storm. |
Nancy Solomon | Freeport, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Joe Scavone | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
"It was a living nightmare. Something I never want to experience again because besides the waters being closed for clamming, you couldn’t even drive through town. There were boats in the roads everywhere. It took a couple of weeks for bulldozers to get rid of boats. There were boats blocking people’s front doors. Boats that knocked down fences. it was devastation. The more you think about it, the more you remember." -- Joe Scavone |
Nancy Solomon | Freeport, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Jon Semlear | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Bayman Jon Semlear is a pound trap fisherman and bass fisherman in Sag Harbor. In this short interview he shares his knowledge of the bay, ecological changes, and close calls he's had on the water. |
Nancy Solomon | Sag Harbor, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Chuck Tekula | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
"The traditional baymen’s position on the island has been death by a thousand paper cuts, just one law after another law after another law, until, eventually, it’s not that there’s no money to be made out there. It’s that it’s so much stuff you have to put up with, with all the boat traffic and all the laws and the licenses you have to deal with and law enforcement agencies. You just don’t see young people getting into it anymore." |
Nancy Solomon | Center Moriches, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Ken Mades | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Ken Mades of Hampton Bays explores his life as a bayman and environmental changes in the bays and waters of Southampton and Hampton Bays. |
Nancy Solomon | Hampton Bays, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Bill Marinaccio | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Retired charter boat captain Bill Marinaccio of Freeport shares some stories of working alongside his father Carmine Marinaccio on board the Dutchess. |
Nancy Solomon | Freeport, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Alison and Larry Muller | Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
"We lost everything in a matter of hours." In this interview, Alison and Larry Muller describe the challenges they faced as fish distributors and buyers after Superstorm Sandy. They also describe the storm's effect on their bay house and their business. |
Nancy Solomon | Freeport, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Roland Clark | Peconic Estuary Interviews |
Roland Clark is a traditional fisher from Shelter Island, NY, who learned a variety of harvesting activities within his family that stretches back to the 1700s. In this interview, topics examined include shell fishing and fin fishing activities, environmental changes and family history. |
Nancy Solomon | Shelter Island, NY | Long Island Traditions | |
Bill Gaffga | Peconic Estuary Interviews |
Bill Gaffga, a native of the area, comes from a lineage of fishermen. Born into the fishing business, he spent nine years in the service before working for General Motors in Lockport for about six years. However, he found the prospect of spending twenty years in a job he didn't enjoy unbearable, leading him to return to his roots in fishing. Gaffga began working on the bay in 1975 and continues to do so, despite the challenges brought about by the brown water in 1985. His fishing activities are diverse, adapting to the season and the catch available. |
Nancy Solomon | Southold, NY | Long Island Traditions |