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As regular readers know, I’ve often quoted the great Mayor Ed Koch. He was inspirational — thoughtful, witty and brilliant. Koch was a legend. more
Unless I hear some credible dissenting voices, I’m going to vote for 2012 as one of the worst years in recent history. more
For years, plans to replace or refurbish the 40-year-old Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and develop the land around it have come and gone. more
Storms of epic proportions are a challenge to everyone near or directly affected by them. more
In three years, the New York Islanders will no longer be Nassau County's team. Islanders officials announced on Wednesday that they will be moving the team to the new Barclay's Center arena in Brooklyn, when their lease at the Nassau Coliseum expires in 2015. more
Maestro Louis Panacciulli and his Nassau Pops present a special tribute to the legacy of great crooner Johnny Maestro at the orchestra’s 9th annual gala benefit concert for United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County, on Sunday, Oct. 21. more
I awoke at 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 30, and by 4:35 I was on a train speeding from Merrick to Penn Station. At 6 a.m., I stood at Liberty and West streets in Lower Manhattan, near 1 World Trade Center. more
More than 30,000 runners and walkers converged on the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on Sunday, lining up near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. At 9:30 a.m. they were off, hurrying through the tunnel and then the side streets and quiet park walkways of Lower Manhattan in the 11th annual Tunnel to Towers Run, which has become one of New York City’s biggest races. more
Former President Bill Clinton had what I would call a Pee Wee Reese moment at the Democratic National Convention last week, during what will likely go down as his greatest political speech ever. more
On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller called his wife, Sarah, shortly after 8:46 a.m., when five Al Qaeda terrorists slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. more
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