This spring I observed ten years as the editor of the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald. It has been, by far, the most interesting and rewarding of career choices.
I won’t go into the …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/24/16
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Once upon a time, there were two young girls, pre-teens at best, swooning and pining and quite very much in love (as much as they could be at 10 years old) with four fab, mop-topped lads from …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/19/15
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What sane, over-60 woman would get on a stage, with dreams of earning a glittery crown by singing, gliding across the floor wearing a sequenced evening gown, culminating in her …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/2/15
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I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my …
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/14
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I haven’t written a column in a while, and most of you probably know why. My husband, Mike Malloy, died on June 5 at the age of 59.
If you read my columns regularly, you’ll know that I’m …
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8/21/14
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A DNA test can help solve crimes, determine someone’s paternity, or even identify ancient mummies. But I had my DNA tested recently for a simpler reason — to find out my true heritage. Who am I? …
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3/12/14
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Screaming. Shouting. Crying. Sobbing. Hair pulling. Ah, what ecstasy!
This Feb. 9 marks 50 years since The Beatles stormed America and appeared on The Ed Sullivan show. The mop-top foursome …
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By Mary Malloy
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2/5/14
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How many parents of almost-grown and grown children start off by saying, “It seemed like only yesterday ...”
It does, in a way, but then again, it seems like so long ago that they were, all …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/9/14
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This week’s Herald is being mailed to every home in Lynbrook, East Rockaway and Bay Park and includes a copy of the Herald’s Guide to those communities. If you’re not a a Herald subscriber, we …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/22/13
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Throughout our lives, along with our major life choices, most of us make smaller changes along the way — our clothes, our choice of drink ( say, from a shot of Southern Comfort to an apple-pear …
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By Mary Malloy
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6/5/13
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