Attention runners and south Merrick residents: The route for the annual Robbie’s Run has changed.
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4/25/13
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Of the 60 people who helped stuff more than 1,500 bags with donated treats for participants in the eighth annual Robbie’s Run, many were children.
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/17/13
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I awoke at 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 30, and by 4:35 I was on a train speeding from Merrick to Penn Station. At 6 a.m., I stood at Liberty and West streets in Lower Manhattan, near 1 World Trade Center.
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10/11/12
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The second annual Motorcycle Run & BBQ for PTSD awareness was held in Greis Park last Sunday. The proceeds of the event will go to 9/11 veterans and U.S. veterans MC LI.
The day included a …
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By Mary Malloy
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10/4/12
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Last weekend, South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside held its 21st Annual Communities for a Cure 5K Run/ Walk and Multi-Cultural Health Fair.
The walk/run was held on the hospital …
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10/3/12
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More than 30,000 runners and walkers converged on the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on Sunday, lining up near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. At 9:30 a.m. they were off, hurrying through the tunnel and then the side streets and quiet park walkways of Lower Manhattan in the 11th annual Tunnel to Towers Run, which has become one of New York City’s biggest races.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/2/12
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Last Sept. 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a terrible day on which more than 3,000 people, including dozens of South Shore residents, died.
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9/6/12
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About 10 members of the Long Island Dog Owners Group, also known as LI-DOG, gathered in a small room at the East Meadow Public Library on Aug. 15 to discuss the ongoing construction of a dog run at Eisenhower Park, near Salisbury Park Drive and Stewart Avenue.
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/24/12
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On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller called his wife, Sarah, shortly after 8:46 a.m., when five Al Qaeda terrorists slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
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8/16/12
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One car was ablaze on Morris Drive and approximately 27 others sustained tire damage on nearby streets on July 20 and 21, police said.
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8/2/12
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