Last year I learned of an extraordinary young boy from Long Island, Brandon VonBargen. Brandon, then a third-grader at Bayville School, was diagnosed in January with APML, a form of leukemia.
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By Neela Lockel
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1/25/19
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Some terrifying creatures, known as the “League of the Undead,” are skulking around Nassau Coliseum this month.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/5/18
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More than 100 people gathered on Aug. 11 to donate blood at Masjid Hamza in Valley Stream, as members of the community prepared to depart for the annual pilgrimage, or Hajj.“We didn’t …
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By Timothy Denton
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8/20/18
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Some 4.5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions, according to Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Suffolk County. That is why donating blood is critical.
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7/21/18
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I looked down, and there it was — my heart, feverishly thumping. My valves looked like little whips snapping back and forth. It was a strange sight indeed.
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10/26/17
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Some terrifying creatures, known as the “League of the Undead,” are skulking around Nassau Coliseum this month.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/13/17
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At the St. Catherine of Sienna Center in Franklin Square on Aug. 20, the Knights of Columbus Twelve Apostles hosted a blood drive in memory of William Rottkamp, who was a Franklin Square resident and original organizer of the event.
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By Vanessa Parker
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9/7/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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Jennifer Lentini, 33, of Franklin Square, recently began having trouble breathing, and felt unusually fatigued after climbing a flight of stairs.
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By Vanessa Parker
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2/22/17
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February is American Heart Month, and there is no better time to think about being heart-healthy. If you have high blood pressure, this is the time to be sure you are doing everything you can to keep …
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Lynette Harry-Rutherford, RN, Director of Clinical Documentation and Reimbursement
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2/9/17
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