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Celebrating L.I.’s rich Irish-American heritage
St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, but there is much more to this annual holiday than just the vibrant green decorations, festive parades, pints of beer and corned beef. It is an opportunity to celebrate the rich tapestry of Irish-American heritage, deeply woven into the fabric of Long Island and its communities. more
St. Patrick’s is so much bigger than one day
St. Patrick’s Day is in reality no longer a one-day festive occasion celebrated on March 17, but an almost three-week-long celebration full of parades, luncheons, dinners and parties. more
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Valley Stream businesses are struggling to recover from the financial blow dealt by the Jan. 27 fire at Rockaway and West Lincoln avenues, and hoping to reopen.
How downtown businesses are rebuilding after devastating fire
In a matter of hours on Jan. 27, a chaotic fire, which started at Jadwiga’s Polish American Deli on West Lincoln Avenue, swept through the heart of the village’s business district, … more
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Honoring indigenous legacy, without appropriation
The history of America’s relationship with the indigenous peoples who lived here before the arrival of European settlers has been fraught with sugarcoating, obfuscation, and downright ignorance. more
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The remaining wreckage of three corner stores on Rockaway Avenue remain empty and roped off after an early morning fire blazed through them.
Fire tears through Rockaway Avenue businesses, leaves three injured
A massive fire, that first broke out at a deli on Lincoln Boulevard at around 5:30 this morning, has destroyed or damaged a spate of Rockaway businesses. Stacks of black smoke could be seen … more
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American Choice Smoke and Vape, which was granted a permit in 2021, is slated to open soon, but faces stiff opposition from parents for being so close to Valley Stream District 30 schools.
Parents scold the opening of this West Merrick Road vape site. Here's why.
Wedged between a deli and Home Goods store, on the corner of a commercial strip facing busily trafficked West Merrick Road, is an empty storefront whose windows are papered over. A sign, which seems … more
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Children and adults with special needs in the Hempstead ANCHOR program took to the dance floor in the Legion’s annual ANCHOR Dance last Tuesday.
ANCHOR campers dance the night away
For yet another year, the Valley Stream American Legion Post 854 hall hosted residents from the Town of Hempstead’s ANCHOR program for an evening of dinner and dance last Tuesday. For … more
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Banning books is not what America is about
Perhaps we Americans are overly confident in the belief that our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment right to free speech, are inviolate. more
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Fighting cancer must not end in October
Nearly one in every eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes. This year, according to the American Cancer Society . . . more
Who do L.I.’s congressmen really represent?
In the era of the 24/7 news cycle, it was easy to dismiss what looked like an impending federal government shutdown as the latest bit of political theater . . . more
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