Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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The City of Long Beach has coordinated with the Long Beach Arts Council to invite local artists to paint murals on the beachfront ticket booths along the boardwalk. After the first phase, the renovation of six booths, was completed in May, the project was expanded to an additional 10 booths. In early July, the work was finished, and the booths were officially unveiled.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/10/26
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John F. Kennedy High School rising senior Derek Yormack added another milestone to a historic baseball season by being named the 2025-26 Gatorade New York Baseball Player of the Year, an honor recognizing excellence in athletics, academics and community involvement.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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7/10/26
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As applause erupted on the steps of Beech Street Elementary School following Wantagh's annual Fourth of July Parade, 16-year-old Lilah Diaz looked toward her mother before hearing the words that would change the next year of her life.
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By Hunter Fenollol
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7/10/26
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So what can busy parents do to ensure that our kids are engaged in healthy summer fun that doesn’t involve excessive use of those simultaneously magical and diabolical screens? Here are some practical suggestions from an educator – and a mom who’s been there.
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By Jennifer Gallagher
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7/10/26
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Microplastics are everywhere in the modern environment. They’ve been found in oceans, in rain, in the food we eat and in some water supplies. The health effects are not yet fully understood, and the science is still developing.
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By Jeff Szabo
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7/10/26
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These products are packaged in bright colors, sold in sweet flavors, are easy to conceal and use and are quite difficult to quit. What begins as curiosity quickly becomes full-blown nicotine addiction.
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By Michaelle Solages
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7/10/26
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So much of what Jefferson wrote was in conflict with what he did. Clearly he was an enigmatic figure. How do we praise him for writing the Declaration of Independence, serving as governor of Virginia and ambassador to France, and becoming the third president of the United States? Yet he was an owner of 600 enslaved people, presumably fathering as many as six children with one of them, Sally Hemings, who was believed to be the half-sister of his deceased wife.
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By Edwin Fare
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7/10/26
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Because history teaches us the same lesson over and over again: It always starts with the Jews, but it never ends with the Jews. As the son of a Holocaust survivor and as a Long Islander of Italian descent, I understand that lesson all too well.
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By Ari Brown
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7/10/26
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North Shore residents attended a community rally last week to hear updates on the Propel NY project and voice concerns.
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By Julia Capitelli
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7/10/26
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On Long Island, as is the case in the rest of the nation, there’s opposition to President Trump’s deportation program. For months there have been protests. The Town of East Hampton and, before that, East Hampton Village passed laws blocking their participation with ICE.
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By Karl Grossman
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7/10/26
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