Politics
As a political firebrand and activist, Cristina Arroyo has been outspoken about the need to tackle the structural barriers that exclude under-represented groups in her hometown of Valley Stream. She …
Politics
Anthony Bonelli spent decades of his working life across various city services, optimizing systems, and improving standards of transparency, efficiency, and integrity. Now he hopes to bring his …
POLITICS
He’s a third-generation Valley Stream resident and has become a pillar of village government for more than a decade. Now Edwin Fare is asking his neighbors to extend his time as mayor for a …
Education
Valley Stream South High School 8th grader Sudan Belvanis had her artwork selected by a panel of judges to be featured in the Shanti Fund 2023 Peace Art Calendar earlier this year. Her …
Community
The crowd of men and children streaming into the Masjid Hamza mosque in Valley Stream gathered along a spot sectioned off for Friday afternoon prayer at the back parking lot on Feb. 24. Without the …
Editorial
March 12-18 is Sunshine Week. Associations, institutions and organizations connected to journalism will celebrate the initiative to promote open government, which was launched in 2005 . . .
Op-Ed
State taxpayers remain mostly blinded by educational obfuscations like the high school graduation rate.
Randi Kreiss
In honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
Op-Ed
It appears that Gov. Kathy Hochul has made a conscious decision to declare political war on Long Island.