Ocean View lost one of its brightest lights this week. Steven Eugene Duke — Capt. Duke, the Beach Blaster, the guy who could fill a room, command a mic, and make a whole community feel like family — ...

Howard “Duke” Davis, one of the oldest living minor league baseball players, died in September of natural causes in Vestal, N.Y. He was 97. Davis was a catcher for the 1944 Olean Oilers, the Brooklyn ...