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Legislation on opioid addiction is a huge step forward

The opioid epidemic is devastating families and communities that are struggling to deal with the loss of seemingly healthy young adults. In response . . . more

9/1/16

My Islam is not terrorists’ Islam

Islam has become the most campaigned-against and politicized religion of the 21st century. Most interestingly, this has become the apparent deal-breaker in the 2016 presidential election . . . more

8/10/16

The disturbing videos of police shooting African-Americans

It seems universal that accidental and deliberate deaths are horrific and extremely difficult to accept, especially the death of loved ones. Whatever our differences . . . more

7/20/16

Exaggerator heads field for 148th Belmont Stakes

For the 37th time in 38 years, there won’t be a Triple Crown celebration at Belmont Park after previously unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist was denied the second jewel by Exaggerator, who romped down the stretch in the slop to capture the Preakness over the prohibitive favorite. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 6/6/16

Seven more Americans died while we fiddled

Dylan’s mom and Daniel’s dad write to me often. In truth, I dread reading their emails; their words darken the day. But how wrenching it must be to write those words. These parents are leaders of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation . . . more

5/19/16

Members of the popular ensemble are back in concert at Hofstra on May 21.

Stepping lively with the American Chamber Ensemble

The dynamic concert at Hofstra University includes classic works and new compositions. more

5/18/16

'American Psycho'

Despite all its glitter, glamour and great bodies, the new Broadway musical American Psycho does not have mass appeal. It's not the kind of show one might recommend to out-of-town visitors unless … more

5/3/16

Claudia Borecky, second from left, president of the North Merrick Civic Association, and David Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, led a news conference last Thursday to urge the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take over cleanup of an underground chemical plume caused by Grumman and the Navy. They were joined by Dr. Dean Hart, of Brookville, and Audrey Ciuffo and David Stonehill, both of Merrick.

A widening toxic threat

A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/25/16

Hofstra senior Jack Saleeby plays the lovable but completely self-centered Peer Gynt.

Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' performed at Hofstra

Share the misadventures of its charismatic Peer Gynt in a lively staging of the rarely produced masterpiece. more

4/6/16

Booker T. Gibson, beloved music teacher, has died at 85.

Booker Gibson, beloved music teacher, dies at 85

By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But Gibson could play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/17/16

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