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Mostly Cloudy FCA: 135 years of helping most vulnerable
Each night on Long Island, more than 2,000 teenagers sleep rough, according to Family and Children’s Association estimates. They sleep in parks, in railroad warming sheds or bus terminals. As a …
Holy Trinity celebrates annual festival
With weather in the high 70s and bright blue almost cloudless skies, parishioners and visitors alike could hardly have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate their annual “Faith, Fellowship and …
Bideawee observes Pet Memorial Day
Dozens gathered at Bideawee Memorial Park in Wantagh on Sunday to remember beloved animal companions in observance of the 37th annual International Pet Memorial Day. Speakers honored their trusted …
Seaford students up for new school year
Tiled floors, locker-lined walls, glass cases full of achievements and memories, and doors that give way to waiting classrooms. The students of the Seaford School District have not seen these sights …
MTA: Same issues a year later
No improvements at stations, residents say
For more than a year, the Wantagh and Seaford Long Island Rail Road stations and their surroundings have seen damage by vandalism, including broken windows and graffiti, as well as maintenance …
Seaford schools hire new humanities chief
Dr. Charles Leone thought he had retired. He had a long, successful career as a classroom teacher and administrator, and while he knew he wanted to continue working in education, he never imagined a …
Pharmacist uses nature to heal
Finding comfort in a slow walk in an open field. Seeking solace in a short retreat along wooded trails. Escaping stress and anxiety in a bracing coastal breeze. Imagine sharing these experiences with …
Jones Beach turns 90!
For 90 years, everyone who has lived on Long Island for more than a few months or who has visited Jones Beach State Park has had a favorite story about it. The official anniversary of the …
Professor wins excellence award
Spend an hour with Prof. Maureen Tsorkis, chairman of the Dental Hygiene department at Farmingdale State College, and it’s easy to understand why she was one of this year’s winners of the …
Schmoozing about the Yiddish language
For one-third of the past 1,000 years, 66 percent of the Jewish population spoke Yiddish, yet the “mama lushen” — the mother tongue of Jews — appeared consigned to the dust bin of history, …
Editorial
Help students in need of school supplies
Imagine opening a new marble notebook on the first day of school and taking out your new box of crayons. Now imagine what it might be like to show up to class empty-handed and have to ask your teacher, or a classmate, to borrow a sheet of paper and pencil.
Op-Ed
1969: watershed in a decade of change
By now, nearly every publication has written about the iconic moments in the summer of 1969 when humankind seemed to take a collective breath and move forward . . .