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Overcast Caring for health care workers day and night at LIJV
It’s a quiet night at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, but people are moving. The Friday night bustle includes employees and other members of the hospital community, walking through …
Auto body shop irks nearby neighbors
The scent of car paint fumes hangs in the air on the corner of Bismark and Rockaway avenues. Mechanics work on wrecked cars in the open air. Vehicles and debris creep into the street. The scene …
Valley Stream driver charged in alleged hit-and-run
A Valley Stream man was arrested after hitting a 14-year-old cyclist with his car, then hitting another vehicle and driving off, police said.
Block party lends a helping paw to keep pet pantry going
When calamity strikes —a sweeping natural disaster, or even a global pandemic — the most vulnerable populations like the elderly, children and the poor, often bear the brunt of the …
Wheeler Ave. welcomes its new principal
Ruth Peets-Butcher is the next Wheeler Avenue Elementary School principal, taking over for John Frias who, after a three-year tenure, will move on to a new role with Eastern Suffolk BOCES. …
Education
Shaw Avenue gets two new administrators
Shaw Avenue Elementary School will welcome two new assistant principals to the school’s administration team in Valley Stream District 30. Nyree Whittaker-Roth and Ashley Lemmo will take the …
Education
South gives incoming students a head start
With the new school year on the horizon, excitement and trepidation can run high for parents and students alike about what the new year will look like. And for elementary students crossing over to …
Community
8th grader paints Memorial mascot on manhole
E quipped with a passion for art, Memorial Junior High School 8th grader AJ Castillo wanted to make his mark on the neighborhood and show some school spirit. And that’s exactly what he did …
Community
Mayor salutes volunteers for their efforts
Before getting down to official business this Monday at the regular board meeting, Mayor Edwin Fare gave a salute to the village staff and formally recognized three organizations who provided …
CRIME
Valley Stream man arrested for lewdness charge
A Valley Stream man was arrested Monday and faces a public lewdness and child endangerment charge after exposing his genitals to two minors, officials say. Rodolfo Ernesto Umana, 36, allegedly …
Randi Kreiss
Family time on Maine’s rocky seacoast
Things began to go sideways when the rain began, and we broke out the Monopoly set.
Op-Ed
Two heroes, and one captain who should’ve been ashamed
A tall obelisk rises from the heart of Rockville Cemetery, the Lynbrook burial ground that dates back to the earliest days of our nation. It remembers the 139 souls lost . . .
Editorial
It’s time to go to the precinct and vote . . . again?
With school board elections and the June primary for the Assembly, it seems we’re making more trips to our polling precinct than we might make to the gym.
Op-Ed
Will the Russians fly away from the space station?
Given the all-but-declared new cold war between the U.S. and Russia, it may seem unsurprising that Vladimir Putin’s government would announce plans to pull out of its partnership with the International Space Station . . .