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The score will too often be 6-3 in the Supreme Court
We live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey . . . more
Celebrate Women’s History Month
These days, we smile or roll our eyes when we hear the term “fashion police,” but leading up to the Nixon administration, wearing the wrong outfit could land an otherwise innocent young woman in hot water. more
I still plan to mask up
To mask or not to mask? That is the question — not only mine, but just about everyone else’s, too. The confusion about the necessity of masks . . . more
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We need more women elected leaders
It’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. The attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy to run for Congress. more
Merrick resident Lucille Munson, who will celebrate her 100th birthday next Wednesday, said she would make it a point to vote in person on Election Day.
A Merokean turning 100 offers some advice: get out and vote
2020 is the 100th anniversary of a constitutional amendment that changed the course of American history. Because of the efforts of suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, who … more
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Architect’s rendering of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s proposed 60,000 square-foot facility on Wantagh Avenue, to open in 2022.
MSSN plans specialty medicine facility in Wantagh
Mount Sinai South Nassau, in partnership with Mount Sinai Doctors, will completely refurbish a 60,000-square-foot building on Wantagh Avenue and open the state-of-the-art medical facility in 2022. more
Shanequa Levin, 40, of Huntington Station, is the founder of Women’s Diversity Network, a group that advocates for the racial and cultural integration of systems.
Long Islanders advocate for racial justice
As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in … more
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When it comes to diversity, we could do better
February, known nationally as Black History Month, is an appropriate time to work toward closing the opportunity gap for people of color. more
Michele Friend, Left, Susan Schlossberg and Rebecca Tepper were recently named the new presidents of the Merrick-Bellmore Dayan Lilah Group of Hadassah.
New leaders aim to revamp Bellmore-Merrick Hadassah
When she was in high school, Michele Friend took an “exodus” from Europe to Israel with Young Judea, the youth group of Hadassah. For six weeks, she and other Jewish-Americans ex-plored … more
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Long Island University Sharks rearguard Grace Dima graces Nassau Coliseum ice on Saturday in a matchup with the #1 ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Long Islander lives hockey dream on Coliseum ice
If you had told 19-year-old Huntington Bay native Grace Dima a year ago that she would be playing at the Nassau Coliseum in front of family and friends as a member of Long Island’s first Division I college hockey team, she might have called you crazy. more
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