Take a multiracial, multiethnic diverse cast of professional singers and actors, and pair them with SUNY Old Westbury students who are learning theater technology and backstage work, throw in a story about good vs. evil, and you have just a twinkle of an idea of the experience called “Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical.” more

How easily we forget that Long Island was settled by Dutch immigrants in the mid-1600s and by the English in the 1700s. Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants arrived in abundance in the early 1900s. more

Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg slammed the website Ultrinsic Motivator, Inc. during a Sept. 8 news conference for offering college students the chance "to wager" on their own grades. more

From bone-buckets to beverage-filled mason jars, Longhorns Saloon & Barbeque is the type of place where one can kick back and just dig in. Be it wings, brisket or ribs so tender they fall off the bone, you won't go home hungry and will probably leave with a bundle. Scribbling on the wall like, "It's no disgrace to get sauce on your face," says it clearly. more

It was a rocking good time at the eighth annual Friends of Senior Services, Inc. Monte Carlo night last Saturday. Not only did everyone have a great time playing casino games to raise money for … more

Art Rosenthal, executive director of the Confide Inc. drug treatment center in Rockville Centre, described childhood these days as a dark tunnel. What a depressing metaphor, I thought, but I couldn’t argue with its accuracy. more

Heroin had coursed through Joe's veins for more than 12 months when he arrived at the St. John's University training camp as a freshman attacker on the powerhouse Red Storm lacrosse team. more

A survey conducted by the state Environmental Conservation and Health departments of the former Darby Drug/Signature Place site in Rockville Centre has determined that contaminants there pose a significant health threat. more

Richner Communications, Inc., publishers of 27 local publications on Long Island and in the Bronx, including the Herald Community Newspapers, has joined with community newspaper companies from across the United States to launch Zip2Save.com, a comprehensive national aggregation site that will feature online preprints, circulars, coupons, deals, travel specials and more. The sitewill launch on Oct. 1 by Local Point Media, a recently established national advertising network that is owned by Richner Communications and 18 other large, community newspaper companies in the United States and Canada. more