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The new coalition for youth in East Rockaway board members include, from left, Connie Cicero, Stephanie Johanson, Dr. Richard Meagher, Susan Cassano and Colleen Fusco.

The Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway held its annual reorganization meeting on Monday night, replacing four of the five positions that were vacated by board members who have stepped down. … more

By Mary Malloy | 4/18/12

Coalition for Youth board members Stephanie Johanson, far left, Patty Seifert, Theresa Barto, Jill Cote and Laura Putello have served on the board for two years. Only Johanson will continue serving for the next year.

Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway seeks board members

The Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway, which will begin its third year next month, is seeking three members for its board of directors after four of its five members decided to step down at the … more

By Mary Malloy | 3/28/12

Children got their faces painted by volunteers at the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless’s “Have a Heart for the Homeless” candlelight vigil on Feb. 13.

Candlelight vigil helps L.I.'s homeless

A congregation of hundreds gathered at Farmingdale State College last month to join the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless in hosting a “Have a Heart for the Homeless” candlelight … more

2/29/12

South Shore civic and elected leaders are calling for transparency over a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mang-ano to sell or lease the Glen Cove Sewage Plant, the Cedar Creek Sewage Plant in Wantagh and the Bay Park Sewage Plant.

Sewage plant plan sparks residents’ ire

Several South Shore civic and elected leaders have banded together to decry a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage treatment plants to a … more

Chris Engelhardt and David Weingrad | 2/29/12

Kristen Mednick explained the 2010 Youth Development Survey results to East Rockaway community members on Feb. 9.

Survey: Teens still using drugs, alcohol

The findings of the 2010 Youth Development Survey were presented to East Rockaway community members and school officials at a meeting on Feb. 9 at the Rhame Avenue School. The results of the survey, … more

By Brian Croce bcroce@liherald.com | 2/15/12

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and … more

By Scott Brinton, Alex Costello and Jackie Nash | 12/14/11

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 12/6/11

Coalition for Youth President Theresa Barto

Addressing substance abuse in East Rockaway

Do you know where your children are? According to a survey of students, 56 percent of them are drinking, and a third of those say they drink in someone else’s home. Seventeen percent of those … more

By Mary Malloy | 10/14/11

Logo contest winners

When the Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway, in conjunction with the Herald newspapers, ran a contest for local students to design a logo for the Coalition, no one realized how much artistic talent was about to unfold. more

Mary Malloy | 6/15/11

East Rockaway youth coalition gets donation from Kiwanians

At their last monthly meeting the Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway was presented with a check for $1500 from Ethel Gilloon and … more

Mary Malloy | 3/30/11