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New work of fiction imagines firefighters’ 9/11 sacrifices
It took 10 years and 20 rejections, but Joe Calderone never gave up. And how fortunate, because he’s now celebrating his first book, “Don’t Look Back.” It’s a work of …
Art gets serious at Arts in Plaza
Janelle DeSouza is among full-time artists on display
Many artists come to Arts in the Plaza, in Kennedy Plaza outside City Hall, on weekends during the summer. Some are there to enjoy a nice day outdoors and to display their work. Janelle DeSouza, of …
New Malibu Beach Club field named for Lazar LaPenna
“He lived by the sea, was raised by the sea, was an avid sports fan and came to this camp.” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin was talking about Lazar LaPenna, the 10-year-old …
Library offers first solo show by Black artist
Ron McHenry’s civil rights and religiously oriented artwork is bold, detailed and packed with emotion. And it is now the first work by a Black artist from the North Park section of the city to …
Long Beach is home to Nassau County’s new poet laureate
The great American poet Robert Frost once wrote, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Paula Curci, 59, of Long Beach, has discovered a …
Angela Skudin, widow of NYFD fighter killed in freak auto accident, files suit
Angela Skudin, whose decorated FDNY husband Casey was killed last month when a 2,000-pound tree struck the family car while it was entering a vacation estate in North Carolina last month, has filed a …
Long Beach resident arraigned Thursday for March murder
Long Beach resident Shaun Teemer was arraigned Thursday for the March 2022 shooting death of an Uber driver in Long Beach, and separately for a hit-and-run that occurred in September 2021 that left a …
Jeopardy contestant knew soybeans but lost in bid
You’re a contestant on the set of Jeopardy, the highly-popular television game show. You are in the running to win, and you and two others are presented with a general knowledge clue in the …
Community leaders divided over abortion
Harvey Weisenberg, a former state assemblyman, Long Beach police officer, teacher and at 86, the city’s oldest working lifeguard, has developed a unique perspective on the issue of …
Editorial
It’s time to go to the precinct and vote . . . again?
With school board elections and the June primary for the Assembly, it seems we’re making more trips to our polling precinct than we might make to the gym.
Op-Ed
Will the Russians fly away from the space station?
Given the all-but-declared new cold war between the U.S. and Russia, it may seem unsurprising that Vladimir Putin’s government would announce plans to pull out of its partnership with the International Space Station . . .
Op-Ed
Two heroes, and one captain who should’ve been ashamed
A tall obelisk rises from the heart of Rockville Cemetery, the Lynbrook burial ground that dates back to the earliest days of our nation. It remembers the 139 souls lost . . .
Randi Kreiss
Family time on Maine’s rocky seacoast
Things began to go sideways when the rain began, and we broke out the Monopoly set.