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How easily we forget that Long Island was settled by Dutch immigrants in the mid-1600s and by the English in the 1700s. Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants arrived in abundance in the early 1900s.
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9/30/10
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Last week, I took part in an insightful panel on Fox Business News on which we focused the debate on government waste. Although I went postal after one of my fellow panelists made rather ignorant remarks, some of the issues we discussed will really blow your mind.
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Al D'Amato
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9/30/10
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Looks like I’ve become a witness to history, like one of those ancient Civil War widows, a repository of memories from a time gone by.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/30/10
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In 2002, my wife and I were living in a one-bedroom apartment that we owned on Park Avenue in Long Beach. We loved the City by the Sea but wanted a smaller, quieter community in which to raise our children. We’ve never regretted our decision to move to Merrick.
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Scott Brinton
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9/30/10
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Last week, Comedy Central newsman Jon Stewart announced a March to Restore Sanity, to be held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 30. And . . . he wasn’t kidding.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/24/10
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Tea Party, mad as hell, angry people, etc. Everybody has a theory on why Carl Paladino won the Republican nomination for the dubious opportunity to run against Andrew Cuomo for governor in November.
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Jerry Kremer
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9/24/10
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Our good friend Mayor Ed Koch has spent the past few months traveling the state, encouraging New Yorkers to “Throw the bums out!” Well, on Primary Day we got the message and threw out Pedro Espada, the worst offender in Albany when it comes to greed and arrogance.
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Al D'Amato
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9/24/10
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After one very hot summer, fall has at last arrived, bringing with it cool, crisp air, football and street fairs. Fall festivals have long been a South Shore tradition, perfectly suited to our many small-town downtowns.
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9/24/10
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Fall is fast approaching. It’s not only back-to-school time, but also back-to-sports time, when thousands of South Shore children can be found on football, soccer, lacrosse and even baseball and softball fields.
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9/22/10
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It used to be that when we sent our children, our precious little cargo, off to their first day of school, all we had to say was, “Look both ways when you cross the street” or “Don’t talk to strangers” or “Come right home after school.”
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9/22/10
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