Paw it Forward, a Valley Stream-based, non-profit backed pet pantry organization is seeking animal food donations to help feed the pets of owners who have been affected during the Covid-19 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/10/20
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Valley Streamer Kevin Aburto has a knack for helping.
As a Sanitation Department employee, for the past four years he has helped organize a holiday toy drive through the village, and last …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/2/20
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On Tuesday, its first day, a medical supply drive undertaken by Nassau County collected boxfuls of desperately needed medical supplies that will be given to first responders and hospital workers.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/23/20
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As of Monday, the death toll from Hurricane Dorian — once a Category 5 monster — had reached 44, thousands were missing and an estimated 13,000 homes had been destroyed . . .
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9/13/19
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Members of the Queens Classic Car Club visited Village Hall on Feb. 11 to donate $500 to the Valley Stream chapter of the Nassau County Police Activity League, a non-profit whose mission is to build …
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2/21/19
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Since 2014, neighbors on Sylvan Place in Valley Stream have banded together each holiday season to raise funds for charities to honor the memory of two of their own.
As part of their efforts, the …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/21/19
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Some 4.5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions, according to Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Suffolk County. That is why donating blood is critical.
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7/21/18
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Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . .
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9/7/17
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 119,000 men, women and children on the national waiting list for organ donations. Even more sobering . . .
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2/9/17
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Judging by his turkey suit, you could be forgiven for thinking that John Kostkowicz was the loser of a contest at South High School last week, but au contraire — the teacher’s box of food donations netted more than those of his opponents, marking the end of the school’s Unity Week, during which anti-bullying and pro-service messages were highlighted.
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By Micah Danney
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12/2/15
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