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Just another day in America: 17 shot dead
Golda Meir famously said that when Israel’s enemies loved their children more than they hated Israel, peace would be possible. The same could be said of members of Congress: When they . . . more
Sea Cliff/Glen Head reporter Alyssa Seidman was among the hundreds who dove right in at the Long Beach Polar Bear Plunge last Sunday.
Plunging, freezing and living life to the fullest
Every Super Bowl Sunday since 2012 has been nothing short of average for me. I’m a pseudo sports fan who only succumbs to the chaos of fandom when the Giants or the Mets are doing miraculously … more
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Teens create abstract art as part of the de Kooning initiative during sessions held in libraries across Nassau County.
Adventures in Art
The legacy of Willem de Kooning, who pioneered the gestural, abstract style of painting that became the staple of New York Abstract Expressionism, has found its way to Long Island Children’s Museum. more
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Long Island needs an innovation district
To compete effectively in a 21st-century innovation economy, Long Island needs an innovation district. The good news is that we have a perfect opportunity. The challenge is to build a consensus … more
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For the past five years, Island Park teenager John “J.J.” Byrne, right, has been a fundraising activist for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation through Team Shenanigans. A sufferer of the disease himself, he said he doesn’t want it to define him and instead works as a force for awareness.
Island Park teen activist’s home gets makeover for NBC show
When the members of Island Park’s Byrne family opened their door this fall to an NBC television crew, they were genuinely surprised. “We just couldn’t believe it,” Tara … more
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Scott Brinton
Pittsburgh, metaphor for America
The public bus dropped me at a dirt patch seemingly in the middle of nowhere. In front of me, on the other side of a four-lane highway, was a wide river. Behind me was a tree-covered escarpment. Pittsburgh was nowhere to be seen. more
Peak Performance Physical Therapy employees wore pink for breast cancer awarness month as part of the company’s partnership with the Maurer Foundation, a breast cancer outreach non-profit. Breast cancer survivor and Peak Performance patient Camille Lento, clockwise from left, with employees John Finneran, Kristan Catanese, Michael Schmutter, Elizabeth Persaud, Chris Gardner, Shannon Keane, Amanda Nieto, Tina Rigalos, Kaitlin Higgins and Maurer Foundation Executive Director Susan Samaroo.
Maurer Foundation and Peak Performance partner for breast cancer awareness month
Kicking off a brand new partnership this October, Peak Performance Physical Therapy in Island Park is joining forces with the Maurer Foundation, a breast cancer awareness non-profit that focuses much … more
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This month, let’s all join the fight against breast cancer
Breast cancer has killed far too many of our wives, mothers, sisters and friends. It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the U.S., after lung cancer, and . . . more
Let’s legalize illegal apartments
You could say that Long Island’s housing crisis — and, yes, there is a housing crisis — is a product of its success. In 1948, when the Manhasset-based Levitt & Sons built 6,000 homes . . . more
Pushing 50 and still running strong
A childhood friend recently posted a black-and-white snapshot on Facebook of our middle school cross-country team, a ragtag collection of 30 boys . . . more
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