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We all remember where we were that day. I remember every detail. more
Short for the Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association — ThyCa hosted its 25th thyroid cancer awareness conference recently to promote awareness in the cancer’s designated month of September. more
ThyCa Long Island, a local support group for thyroid cancer survivors, will hold a free virtual meeting on the Zoom platform on Sunday, June 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. For further details, contact Abby … more
Stephanie Jones has seen the effects breast cancer can have on a person — her mother was diagnosed with it two years ago and two of her clients at Studio Ten31, a Baldwin beauty salon that she … more
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. That is the lesson that Stanley Ronell, a Holocaust survivor and Long Islander, has devoted himself to teaching students across the country. Last week, Ronell visited Baldwin High School, where he shared with 10th-grade social studies and history classes his memories of surviving the worst genocide in recorded history, in which more than 6 million Jews and millions of non-Jews died. more
I blame Sweden for Donald Trump’s stunning victory last week. Yes, Sweden. In 1997, “Expedition Robinson” first appeared on Swedish television. Three years later . . . more
“It’s been an amazing day with many beautiful moments,” said Marie Burns, one of the Relay For Life of Baldwin chairs, “[and] beautiful stories about survivors [and] people who have already gotten their wings.” more
Fran Drescher is best known for her television sitcom role in which her character was charged with keeping things tidy at the Sheffields’ home in “The Nanny.” Now, as a cancer survivor for 14 years, Drescher has dedicated her life to motivating people to tidy up their own homes by removing items that contain carcinogens. more
The eight students and one teacher shuffled into the center of what was left of the dining room of a red-brick ranch home on a canal in Long Beach’s East End last Friday. more
Nassau County has one of the nation’s highest rates of breast cancer, and more than 1,200 women in the county were diagnosed with the disease from 2004 to 2008, according to the State Department of Health’s New York State Cancer Registry. more
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