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Writing a history book may seem like a dreadful task for many, but not for Scott Eckers, a life-long resident of East Meadow whose love of history inspired him to pen “East Meadow,” the town’s first history book published on Oct. 17.
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Danielle Agoglia
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11/28/16
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The following are excerpts from the Valley Stream Historical Society’s Oral History archives. Helen Dowdeswell, along with Agnes Libath and other members of the society, created the Oral History …
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By Nick Ciccone
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11/9/16
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In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . .
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10/20/16
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In honor of LGBT History Month and Coming Out Day, this past Wednesday members of Pride for Youth taped blank sheets of paper to each other’s backs before writing a trait they admired on each person’s sheet.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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10/19/16
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June is Great Outdoors Month. It’s a recognition and celebration of all the things we can do outside. And here on the South Shore, there’s no shortage of ways to spend a day out of doors, and have lots of fun doing it.
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6/16/16
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The smallest objects have a history that goes back to the Big Bang.
Ninth graders at Oceanside High School showed that to the community at Little Big History Night last Thursday. Big History …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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6/1/16
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Decorated World War II veteran Bernard Rader, of Freeport, endured nearly two months of German captivity in France before he was one of 149 Allied prisoners of war involved in an unprecedented …
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By Laura Schofer
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5/27/16
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It’s common for siblings, especially twins, to try to
outdo each other.
But Woodmere residents and twins Jonny and Rachel Miller, eighth-graders at Woodmere Middle School, have done the opposite. Instead of competing, they have teamed up to create a dominant duo when it comes to history contests.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/11/16
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First it was a schoolhouse. Then a firehouse. Now it’s a museum. The small wooden building on Waverly Avenue, constructed in 1893 and moved three times, has quite a history in Seaford, and now it is used as a monument to Seaford’s history.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/11/16
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The Oceanside community has a history of producing and supporting female candidates for elective office as recently seen in its support for Town Supervisor Kate Murray and County Legislator Denise …
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By Seth Blau
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3/30/16
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