Estimates vary as to when the neighbors on Sylvan Place started banding together to hold a Christmas fundraiser on their block.
There is, however, a rough consensus among at least a handful of …
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By Peter Belfiore
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12/27/19
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Ask about Gaetano “Guy” Ferrara in Valley Stream and you’ll get responses that range into the unexpected: historian, teacher, devout Catholic, civilian patrol officer, tennis champion, …
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By Nick Ciccone
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12/28/17
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Dr. Azzedine Layachi is a political scientist, a professor of government and politics at St. John’s University and a renowned author and researcher. Yet despite his scholarly proclivities, he displays a childlike joy on Saturday mornings as he prepares to coach soccer for special-needs youth in Valley Stream, according to his wife, Bouchra.
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By Nick Ciccone
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12/28/16
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The tragedy that devastated John LaBarbera’s family 10 years ago didn’t make him the giving man that he is, but what he has done in the time since then stands as a testament to his character: …
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By Micah Danney
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12/31/15
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Since moving to Valley Stream in 1965, Dorothy Walz hasn’t spent much time sitting still. In the past 48 years, she has
volunteered with one organization after another, making the lives of her neighbors a little bit better.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/26/13
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Richard Vela hasn’t devoted more than half of his life to the Valley Stream Auxiliary Police for the recognition. He does it to give back to the community that raised him, a community he still calls home.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/27/12
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It’s almost that time of year again — time for the Herald to announce its Person of the Year. But who will that person be? Even I don’t know yet.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/21/12
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On behalf of the Valley Stream village board, I would like to congratulate Ida D’Angelo on being named the Herald’s 2011 Person of the Year and thank Andrew Hackmack and the Herald for its superb choice.
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1/5/12
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I would like to thank the Herald and Andrew Hackmack for having selected me as the Valley Stream Herald’s Person of the Year. I greatly appreciate this honor.
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1/2/12
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Ida D’Angelo has served Valley Stream in many capacities over the past five decades. When her children were growing up, she was active in the PTA. In recent years, her service has centered on Friends of Bridge, a local substance-abuse treatment facility, and the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/29/11
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