West Hempstead resident Alfred Magliano, 90, was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, only 18 years old and stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship on Feb. 11, 1945.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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9/27/16
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The trick is to play well, the treat is to win as the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club is looking for golfers to represent their village/community in the club’s inaugural Long Island Village Men’s Team Championship on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31.
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9/15/16
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In honor of National Popsicle Day, the Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps held a cool event outside of the Levittown Public Library on Aug. 27.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/6/16
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The Rothsteins’ home is sprinkled with antique decorations. Drawings of women line the living-room walls, an antique rocking chair sits in the corner, and abstract paintings with hues of reds and blues add color to the walls.
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By Stephany Reyes
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8/26/16
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A Queens man has been convicted for his role in a December 2013 fatal car accident in Elmont, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced last Friday.
The defendant, Brian Dudley, …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/17/16
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A dozen servicemen arrived in Long Beach last weekend with their families, as hundreds of residents flocked to the boardwalk for a Sunday morning race and later to West Beech Street for the annual parade to welcome the wounded veterans.
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By Ben Strack
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7/21/16
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East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/14/16
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The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors will hold its eighth annual 5K race and welcome parade on Saturday for recuperating soldiers and their families.
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By Ben Strack
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7/14/16
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County leaders, fellow service men and women and hundreds of residents paid tribute to dozens of local military heroes on June 25, as the names of 280 veterans were added to the Walls of Honor in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/7/16
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Longtime Merrick Fire Department member and former Honorary Chief of Department Robert DeMars Jr. died on June 18 in his hometown of Merrick. He was 72 years old. He is survived by his wife, Grace, his mother, Ellen DeMars, and many nieces and nephews.
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By Stephany Reyes
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7/6/16
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