Sunday, October 4, 2026
National Newspaper Week, Oct. 4–10, is an opportunity to focus attention on something Long Islanders experience every day but can easily take for granted: the value of having journalists paying attention to your own community.
So much of what Jefferson wrote was in conflict with what he did. Clearly he was an enigmatic figure. How do we praise him for writing the Declaration of Independence, serving as governor of Virginia and ambassador to France, and becoming the third president of the United States? Yet he was an owner of 600 enslaved people, presumably fathering as many as six children with one of them, Sally Hemings, who was believed to be the half-sister of his deceased wife.
These products are packaged in bright colors, sold in sweet flavors, are easy to conceal and use and are quite difficult to quit. What begins as curiosity quickly becomes full-blown nicotine addiction.
Every legislative session reveals what Albany truly values. With families across New York struggling with rising expenses, public safety concerns and a state that continues to become less affordable, they deserve a Legislature focused on the issues affecting their daily lives. Instead, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislative majorities used another year of one-party control to advance the same misplaced priorities that have made it harder for families, seniors and small businesses to stay in New York.
Kathy Deitch, a performer whose Broadway credits include the original companies of “Wicked” and “Footloose,” and whose film and television work includes Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” and a recurring role on “Law & Order,” recently visited Central High School to lead a hands-on audition workshop for Valley Stream Central High School District performing arts students.
The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library has plenty of resources that go beyond borrowing books.
For Wheeler Avenue School students, learning about the people who keep their community running meant stepping outside the classroom.
