Part of the ongoing intrigue for a critic is to track down questions raised by a new play or musical. I vaguely knew the meaning of the term “cougar”— but Wikipedia confirmed it as “the slang term” that came “to connote women (typically over 40) who seek sexual relations with considerably younger men.”
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By Arlene Epstein
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8/30/12
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It is a magnificent monument to American corporate hegemony, a massive eatery capable of seating 1,500 patrons at once and serving up to 14,000 diners a day –– a day.
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7/19/12
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A 72-year-old man from Jamaica, Queens, was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle while crossing Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont on Feb. 14 at 8:12 p.m.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot …
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By Brian Croce
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1/18/12
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“Saddened,” “upset” and “disappointed” were among the many dispirited words people used to describe Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to veto a bill that would …
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Lee Landor
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1/11/12
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“What does an art gallery do? It provokes the imagination,” says photographer Susan Grieco, who, along with about 10 other professional photographers who shoot for the Herald, has …
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Lee Landor
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1/4/12
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James Callahan III, the late Malverne deputy mayor and commissioner of the county Office of Emergency Management who died on May 26, was honored by relatives, friends and colleagues last month at a …
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10/12/11
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If you live in Malverne, you know Paul Jessup. He has lived in the village since 1957, spending some 30 years as a member of the volunteer Fire Department and the last 14 as the superintendent of the …
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Lee Landor
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10/12/11
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Malverne Deputy Mayor James Callahan III died last week after a brief illness. He was 42.
The father of four, who served as deputy mayor for the last eight years and was ...
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By Lee Landor
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5/26/11
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A Lawrence landscaper, whose father began the family business, is being credited with transforming a stretch of Rockaway Turnpike from Taco Bell To McDonald’s that one reader called the “ugliest road in America,” into a beautiful greenscape.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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12/1/10
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