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Saving our sanity and our souls through books

It nearly killed me. One of my grandkids said they “hate” books. They don’t read books except when one is assigned in school. Given the options of smartphones, TV and computers . . . more

1/7/21

‘Long Way Up,’ a deeply satisfying travelogue

Landing in Bulgaria nearly 30 years ago, I felt as though I had stepped through a portal into another dimension. After a 24-hour trip, I at last arrived at Sofia International Airport . . . more

12/24/20

Valentina Janek and Gregg Cajuste hosted Lana Mae Noone at G’s Club in West Hempstead last Sunday for a live reading of “Children of the April Rain.”

Breakfast Club honors Operation Babylift mother

As the Vietnam War dragged on in the fall of 1974, Lana and Byron Noone were fighting a battle of their own at home in Garden City South, struggling to deal with two miscarriages and having given up … more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/10/20

U.S. Army Maj. Fred Nielsen, left, recounts the first time meeting Robert Praver in the Children’s Memorial Garden.

WWII Navy vet honored at HMTC Children’s Memorial Garden

Surrounded by family, city officials and Boy and Girl Scouts, lifelong Glen Cove resident Robert Praver, 95, a WWII Navy veteran, received a knot board on Sunday from the Scouts in a garden that highlights the voices of those oppressed by a regime that Praver once fought against. more

By Jennifer Corr | 11/2/20

Autum Blois, a 10th-grader at Oceanside High School, is hosting her latest “Autum’s Colors” art supply collection on Nov. 7. Donors can drive by her house to drop off donations of crayons, colored pencils, paper and other supplies to be donated to hospitals for children to use while receiving treatment.

Oceanside High School student to host drive-by art supply drive

Oceanside 10th-grader Autum Blois is hosting a drive-by art supply collection at her home, 567 Derby Drive North in Oceanside, on Nov. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 10/22/20

In 2019, an amphitheater for outdoor workshops and events, and the installation of memorial stanchions, were completed in the Children’s Memorial Garden at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in Glen Cove.

Garden honors young victims, survivors of Holocaust

Before staff members and volunteers gathered for socially distanced tour guide training at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s Children’s Memorial Garden on Friday, Oct. 9, Meryl Menashe walked up to a copper-colored stanchion in which the name Vladka Meed was etched, along with some of her words. more

By Jennifer Corr | 10/19/20

North Merrick resident Steven Kamlet, right, has written a children’s chapter book called “The Tales of Scuba Steve,” with illustrations by East Meadow High School student Shannon Marsolais.

North Merrick’s ‘Scuba Steve’ Kamlet pens children’s book

For Steven Kamlet, a dietician who changed careers so he could spend his summers working as a swim instructor, writing a children’s book was “uncharted waters” to him, he said. This … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 9/21/20

Dental & Back to School

Back to school globally means getting your children and yourself ready for a successful year without any unpleasant interruption to children's learning as well as interruptions to a parent’s … more

9/18/20

Oceanside residents Caitlyn Cuccio, left, and Josie Xavier are making and selling bracelets and donating part of the proceeds to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Young Oceanside students’ bracelet sales support St. Jude’s

After two of their friends were hospitalized and treated well at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Caitlyn Cuccio and Josie Xavier said they wanted to give back. more

By Mike Smollins | 8/21/20

Plummeting childhood vaccines: the next health crisis?

In the midst of a pandemic, the last thing we need is another outbreak of a highly contagious infection like measles. Unfortunately, the diligent work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 has, for many parents, meant falling behind on having their children routinely vaccinated. more

By Joshua Rocker, David Fagan and Charles Schleien | 8/14/20

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