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Valuing our women leaders doesn’t end in March
The increasing number of women in positions of leadership has been vital to changing our national narrative about what is fair and equitable. I have known great female leaders throughout my career . . . more
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The priceless community tradition that is baseball
Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone. more
More than 30 Baldwin, Rockville Centre, and neighboring south shore community members and Long Island Pickleball Pros raised more than $1500 for Bethany House — a Baldwin-based organization focused on supporting homeless woman and their children
‘Pickleball Pros’ fundraise for the homeless
Long Island Pickleball Pros hosted their third annual pickleball tournament to fundraise for homeless woman and children living at Bethany House on March 5. more
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A springtime nor'easter is expected to bring lots of rain and high winds to Long Island over the next couple days.
How are you getting home? Nor'easter threatens commutes
It's spring — at least as far as meteorologists are concerned. But that doesn't mean winter storms are out of fashion. Long Island is bracing for a nor'easter storm rolling in beginning Monday evening and through Tuesday that is expected to bring with it high winds and lots of rain. And it could make any travel a bit of a headache over the next couple days. more
Gov. Kathy Hochul, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer take a train from Grand Central Madison last month to celebrate the opening of the terminal.
Kathy Hochul orders more LIRR service beginning Monday
Essentially calling the opening of Grand Central Madison in New York's Upper East Side an ongoing process. Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday to not only add Long Island Rail Road trains to Brooklyn during peak hours, but also to lengthen cars on a number of trains that exceeded capacity over the last week. more
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C.J. Cascio, a Baldwin High School senior and a member of Boy Scout Troop 824, hugged Lorrie Prager, an administrator for the Facebook group ‘Feed Long Island and Donate Anything,’ after they prepared more than 90 birthday packages as part of Celebrate You, an initiative aimed at providing Nassau County families in need with supplies for birthday parties for their children.
Making birthdays happier for South Shore families in need
C.J. Cascio, 17, began collecting birthday party supplies and gathering them into care packages for families in need in December. In February he completed his Celebrate You Eagle Scout … more
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Robert Hallam, center, is organizing the 12th annual People’s Food Drive with the Long Island Council of Churches Food Pantry, to help needy South Shore families fight food insecurity. With him were his wife, Mary, and their son, Robert Hallam Jr.
Organizing the ‘People’s Food Drive’
Robert Hallam, 61, of north Lynbrook, is organizing the 12th annual People’s Food Drive, in coordination with the Long Island Council of Churches Food Pantry in Freeport, to help families in … more
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials warn as much as six inches of snow could fall overnight, which could affect Long Island Rail Road travel.
MTA prepares for season's first snowstorm
With up to six inches of snow or more expected to move into the area Monday night, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is scrambling to ensure service continues to run as smoothly as possible. more
It’s time for our energy to go public
Most Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. We get our electric bills from PSEG, yet there's also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what? more
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Gambling addiction is no game
More than 50 million sports fans in the United States had more invested in last Sunday's Super Bowl than pride in their favorite team. They wagered as much as $16 billion on the game. more
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