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This Sept. 11, we mourn more deeply than ever

For those who lived in the New York metropolitan area when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, Sept. 11 is a day that will “live in infamy,” to quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . more

9/11/20

Health insurers count on our silence

I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 5/3/19

Kaitlinn Estevez, 24, of Valley Stream, delivered a powerful talk at the second annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity on March 31 about her struggle with mental illness.

Valley Stream woman discusses mental illness at academic conference

Central High School alumna Kaitlinn Estevez, 24, is used to speaking on stage, but she said that preparing for her talk at the second annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity, on March 31, was different. more

By Nick Ciccone | 4/12/17

Carmine DeVito and his daughter, Michelle.

Holding out hope for a last holiday

It is well past when Carmine DeVito’s doctors said he would die from the cancer he was diagnosed with in June. The 58-year-old sat in his modest second-story apartment on Stephen Place as his … more

By Micah Danney | 12/9/15

Support groups for mental illness

The Queens/Long Island Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces free support groups and events for people living with mental illness at Oceanside Lutheran Church at 55 Fairview Ave., Oceanside. more

10/28/15

Michelle DeVito and her father, Carmine.

Daughter seeks neighbors’ help for dying father's burial

Valley Stream resident Carmine DeVito went to Franklin Hospital in June with some pain and difficulty moving his legs. He was diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer and told he had only a few months to live. As he waits for the end, his daughter is trying to raise money to pay for his burial. more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 10/21/15

Congress must renew the Zadroga Act

After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more

7/15/15

Joe, center, spent years on the street homeless, and because he suffered from mental illness, it was difficult for him to find help from government or nonprofit agencies. Madeleine Petrara Perrin and the Rev. David Czeisel came to his aid.

Help for the mentally ill homeless is hard to find

It was the summer of 2012. Madeleine Petrara Perrin, an attorney from Bayville, couldn’t get over how much Joe had changed. She had last seen Joe, a Bayville native who was 56 at the time, at his apartment a year earlier when she was volunteering for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic charitable group committed to ending poverty. Joe was a shell of his former self. more

By Laura Lane | 10/2/14

You can help save a life

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The month may be nearly over, but suicide prevention is a topic that needs to be discussed year-round. more

9/26/13

Christopher Infantino will be going from the South High Falcons to the Stony Brook University Seawolves.

From near death to high school graduate

Nearly 250 students received their diplomas from Valley Stream South High School on June 21, but for some, the day carried extra meaning. Six and a half years ago, it looked like Christopher Infantino might not even make it to graduation, and even if he did, it likely wouldn’t be as one of the top students in his class. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 6/27/13

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