“Rugby Road” is one of many University of Virginia fight songs, played by the school’s marching band at football games and sung by the men’s glee club at more gentlemanly affairs.
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12/11/14
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The first time that Dylan Hronec surfed two and a half years ago was one of the best days of his life. The Bellmorite, now 22, said he had always wanted to try the sport –– he just didn’t know …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/10/14
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Those engines are at full blast when Monster Jam returns for another round of super-charged action.
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1/29/14
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Bagel Plaza in Merrick, opened in 1962 as one of the South Shore’s very first bagel shops, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It now offers 56 different bagels, bialys, rolls and challahs made from scratch every day. A special feature is that seeds on top of the bagels are also mixed in the dough.
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By Paul Laursen
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11/8/13
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What’s old has become new again. On Aug. 28, more than 17,000 people will fill the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens to see Mumford and Sons, the first major event the venue has hosted in more than 25 years.
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By David Weingrad
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8/23/13
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Every year, hundreds of Long Island homes suffer fires that leave the lives of their occupants in shambles.
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10/18/12
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In my middle school years, 1979 to 1981, the biggest band in the U.S., and perhaps the world, was Kiss, comprising four heavy-metal imps decked out in black-and-white war paint and rhinestone-studded body suits, breathing fire and spitting blood in their phantasmagorical stage show, replete with rocket fire and levitating drums.
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10/6/11
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Enjoy some great oldies tunes when “‘Looking for an Echo’ – The Sound of Doo Wop and Rock ‘n’ Roll” visits Hofstra University’s John Cranford Adams Playhouse next weekend.
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9/15/11
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I can’t remember the last time I picked up a copy of Rolling Stone, but I urge you all to read the article in which Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of our troops in Afghanistan, and his colleagues gave a candid interview to journalist Michael Hasting.
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Al D'Amato
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7/1/10
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A group of Town of Hempstead residents gathered in front of Town Hall in Hempstead on Tuesday to protest recent pay raises for Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla and Town Board trustees.
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Sari Zeidler
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2/2/10
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