When her stress levels become unmanageable, 47-year-old Alisa Schindler heads to her Port Washington home’s computer room to write. Married with three active boys, ages 15, 12 and 10, she also …
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By Laura Lane
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3/8/18
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Fifty years after a Lynbrook house fire took the lives of his parents, two of his sisters and his brother, Ira Levy still proudly recalls how involved his family was in Temple Emanu-El, now known as Temple Am Echad.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/18/18
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Santa’s elves are working in overdrive this holiday season. Levittown School District students and residents gathered for the annual Adopt-A-Family program on Dec. 11, wrapping hundreds of …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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12/14/17
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On one of the coldest mornings so far this fall, Rockville Centre runners braved the chilly 26-degree temperature to participate in a village tradition.
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By Ben Strack
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11/16/17
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Get into the spirit of Halloween by seeing the Bayswater Players performing “The Addams Family” a new musical comedy about that kooky and spooky family creation by cartoonist Charles Addams at the Bayswater Theater at 2355 Healy Ave. in Far Rockaway.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/25/17
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The family honors Harry Chapin's legacy in concert.
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10/6/17
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To celebrate a successful summer season—and the start of fall—the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County’s East Meadow Farm held its annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 16.
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By Stephany Reyes
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10/5/17
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One of the biggest concerns about loved ones as they age is the risk of social isolation. According to the Administration on Aging, those over 65 represent almost 15% of the population. This number …
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By Dawn Lettau, CTRS Director of Therapeutic Recreation
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9/19/17
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New York’s Family Leave Act will take effect Jan. 1, giving employees one of the strongest family leave laws in the nation. That’s a good thing. All New Yorkers who work 20 hours or more . . .
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8/31/17
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“It’s things that we never really thought were possible,” Rockville Centre resident Debbie Cuevas, whose son Dylan was named salutatorian of his eighth-grade class at the Henry Viscardi School, said of his progress. “We’re so excited, and [for] my husband and I, it was kind of a pinch-me moment when we were at the graduation and he made his speech.”
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By Ben Strack
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8/17/17
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