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The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.

The Five Towns has always stood out as an affluent and well-respected region in southwestern Nassau County. But its political status has been overlooked.

So let's be realistic, the Five Towns of Long Island and the Rockaways have great potential for backyard parties. People who live in our area can save thousands of dollars of parties by simply renting a party tent and everything that goes along with it and creating a do it yourself backyard bash. With that

Armed with a wardrobe of wigs and fake spectacles, Mimi Sheraton, the first female restaurant critic of The New York Times, pioneered the use of masquerade to a

Sheraton, who died April 6, was the first woman to review restaurants for The New York Times. Her opinions were reputed to have the power to make or break new restaurants. Originally broadcast in '87.