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The situation in the Middle East has always been a powder keg, and there’s a lot to unpack there. Not only has it challenged the best minds since 1948 . . . more

By Jack M. Martins | 11/16/23

Feeling the chill of similarity on a trip overseas

This was a difficult column to write, but it’s a true reflection of my past two weeks of travel in Europe. Many people at my stage of life . . . more

7/6/18

Frank DePergola, 92, of North Merrick, landed at Utah Beach, in Normandy, shortly after the D-Day invasion, and fought his way to Germany. He earned a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, a Good Conduct Medal and a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

Merokean recalls capturing Nazis, freeing prisoners of war from Germany

Nazi fighter planes suddenly swooped in, strafing the ground with machine-gun fire, as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Frank DePergola raced a Jeep through a forest in Luxembourg as the end of World War II approached, with a lieutenant in the passenger seat. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/20/16

Holocaust survivor Evelyn Pike Rubin, of Jericho, came to Calhoun High School recently to speak with students about her wartime experiences. Her family hid out in Shanghai to escape the Nazi Gestapo.

From 'Ghetto Shanghai' to L.I.

The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/26/14

The ambiguity of war

I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up. more

5/31/13

Mepham grad makes National Team roster in soccer

Mepham High School graduate Sade Ayinde has been named to the 21-player roster for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany this July. Sade, who recently played with the U-20 team during a two-week training camp in California, will be a junior at the University of Maryland in the fall. more

Deirdre Krasula | 6/11/10

Sade Ayinde is headed to Germany to play with the U.S. Under-20 National Soccer Team.

Mepham grad, soccer star is Germany-bound

North Bellmore native Sade Ayinde has never been on foreign soil. That will change when she travels to Germany with the U.S. Under-20 National Soccer Team next month. more

Deirdre Krasula | 5/26/10

When a dot makes all the difference in the world

Funny story: I coach youth soccer. I recently e-mailed the German-born trainer of my daughter’s travel team to let him know that our practice venue had changed from Speno Park in East Meadow to Mitchel Field in Uniondale so the squad could play under the lights. I received this perplexing reply: more

Scott Brinton | 10/1/09

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