The days are becoming noticeably shorter, and the air is gradually turning cooler. Children have returned from camp. Vacations spent at the beach or in the mountains are ending.
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8/23/12
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Offering all the comforts of a home away from home, Kids by the Sea (KBTS) provides expert care and attention in a safe, fun and structured environment for children ranging from 18 months to 4 years old.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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8/9/12
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From high-energy music to exotic cocktails, this place is authentically Cuban. One of the only Cuban restaurants to be found on Long Island, Cuban Crocodile opened in February, thanks to Marivi Wolfe and her fiancé, Cesar Santos.
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Terry Biener
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7/30/12
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In what’s become an era of specialization, the three-sport high school athlete is a dying breed, albeit far from extinct. Finding a three-sport varsity head coach is much more difficult, but they do exist.
With all due respect to those pulling triple duty in cross-country, winter track and field, and spring track and field in what seems like every school in the Herald’s coverage area, coaching three entirely different sports put Baldwin’s Darius Burton, East Rockaway’s Joe Lores, Long Beach’s T.J. Burke and West Hempstead’s Chris Van Kovics in select company.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/12
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The sky is aglow with post-July Fourth fireworks in Rockville Centre and Long Beach.
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By Karen Bloom
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7/3/12
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It's time to enjoy those July Fourth fireworks. The pyrotechnics are always glorious and with the holiday falling midweek – on Wednesday this year – the festivities begin early, so we can partake of holiday merriment throughout the week.
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By Karen Bloom
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6/27/12
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Summer is all about cool swims on sun-drenched days. But without a measure of common sense, swimming — in a backyard pool, at the local public pool or in the ocean — can turn dangerous, even deadly.
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6/21/12
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The end of the school year is upon us. Now that graduations, Moving Up Day ceremonies, locker and desk cleanouts and all those other June rituals are winding down, those lazy days of summer beckon.
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6/21/12
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The sparkling Callaway sisters sing from the heart when they perform at Port Washington's Jeanne Rimssky Theater on Saturday. Other weekend highlights include a poetry workshop at Jones Beach and look at honeybees at Muttowntown Preserve.
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6/13/12
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A man in a motorized scooter crossing the tracks on Long Beach Road in Island Park was struck by a westbound Long Island Rail Road train this afternoon.
The unidentified man was hit by the 4:29 …
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By Alex Costello
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6/8/12
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