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The Police Activity League boxing gym in Freeport is celebrating its 30th anniversary, having produced over 100 amateur champions and served as a pillar of the community by instilling discipline and positive values in its members.

Freeport PAL Boxing Gym marks 30 years of empowerment

The Police Activity League boxing gym in Freeport is gearing up to celebrate its 30th anniversary later this month. Founded by the late police officer and original Freeport PAL Executive Director … more

By Mohamed Farghaly | 8/13/23

Writers will tell the story of our times

In honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” more

3/9/23

Susan Gottehrer, director of the Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, has witnessed, participated and taught about the power of protests and essential need to speak up for rights and overall human equality.

Participating in, instead of watching, history

She described herself in college as a “timid soul” with a fear of public speaking. Meet Susan Gottehrer now, and you’ll find out that’s nowhere near accurate. more

By Karina Kovac | 3/4/23

Just another day in America: Eight shot dead

I don’t care if you are numb to this outrage. I don’t care if I’m numb to it. From where I sit, the carnage from gun violence in America, the continuing, ongoing, shocking deaths by gun, move to the head of the must-do list for this new administration. more

4/22/21

Successful Aging for Active Adults…5 Tips to Achieve Your Goals

Jo Ann Jenkins, AARP CEO and author of the novel Disrupt Aging, provides an outline for living your life fully at every life stage and age. This concept became more significant to Jenkins when she … more

Michele Biggart | 11/4/20

Let’s end classroom education as we know it, they said

“What is it that students do in the classroom?” Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner ask in their book “Teaching as a Subversive Activity.” more

6/26/20

Shanequa Levin, 40, of Huntington Station, is the founder of Women’s Diversity Network, a group that advocates for the racial and cultural integration of systems.

Long Islanders advocate for racial justice

As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in … more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 2/27/20

State deserves praise for passing gun measures

The Democratically controlled State Legislature moved on Jan. 29 to protect New Yorkers by enacting common-sense measures to combat gun violence. more

2/7/19

Ben Strack is the editor of the Rockville Centre Herald.

We were prepared to escape. Too many others weren’t.

"There’s a man with a gun,” a voice blared on the loudspeaker at the Heralds’ Garden City office on Jan. 3. “Get out of the building.” more

By Ben Strack | 1/17/19

A militarized school is not a safe school

The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more

8/30/18

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