Barbara Dolensek

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Barbara has been a writer and editor for over 50 years, including 15 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as executive editor. She is the author of 14 books, most of them on the subject of animals and gardens (her late husband was chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo). She has been a resident of City Island since 1976 and has served as copy editor and reporter for The Island Current since 1984, an executive committee member of the City Island Civic Association since 1992, vice president of the City Island Historical Society and the City Island Nautical Museum since 1995. She lectures locally on City Island history and gives walking tours of the island.