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Nassau County commemorated the ninth anniversary of 9/11 on Tuesday in Eisenhower Park.

To commemorate the ninth anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, many South Shore communities hosted ceremonies to honor those who were lost on that fateful day in 2001. more

Mike Caputo | 9/10/10

What can we do with our free-range teens?

Residents, police officers and local government officials are noticing a troubling trend in many South Shore communities: destruction caused by teenagers. more

8/26/10

Finally, an alternative treatment for depression.

Until recently, primary treatments for depression were limited to medications, psychotherapy, and in the most severe cases, ECT (Electro convulsive therapy). In 2008, after 10 years of clinical investigation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an alternative, less invasive treatment for depression — Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). more

8/5/10

Family dentistry at Brooklyn prices

After seven years of practicing dentistry in Brooklyn, Dr. Eli Adler, who grew up in the Five Towns area, has opened an office in Lynbrook. more

Teri-Ann Loeser | 5/14/10

Sources close to Freeport Village Mayor Andrew Hardwick say he has not entirely killed plans to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. The incincerator would sit at the head of several tidal creeks leading into the nearby South Shore Estuary Reserve.

Toxic threat to nature's nursery?

Part one of a two-part series. Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery. That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health. more

Allie Wilkinson | 5/13/10

Vote with reason, not resentment

On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year. more

4/30/10

South Shore begins digging out [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Courtesy Art Mattson Author Art Mattson, left, with his sisters Betty Ann and Irene, take a ride on Long Island Sound, in the eight-foot pram that he built in 1955.

Life-changing events prompt author’s book

“No one can do anything lasting for Long Island who has not lived there, who does not know and love its geology, topography, its waters and its people, who is unacquainted with its history as … more

2/24/10

In tough times, think school budgeting

School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black. more

1/21/10

Rabbi Glenn Jacob led the holiday services at the newly-formed Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook.

700 pack new temple

A new flavor, a new energy, a new excitement: This is how people described the first observances of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur at the new South Shore Reform Congregation of Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook. more

Mary Malloy | 10/1/09

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