Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . .
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9/7/17
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Many Long Islanders identify terrorism as their No. 1 concern, and rightfully so. Our nation’s response to the perpetual threat from violent Islamist supremacists . . .
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10/13/16
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More than 30 years after James Oliveri returned from Vietnam War, he decided to write a memoir, detailing his experiences as a member of the U.S. Army advisory team.
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By Allison Leshowitz
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8/27/14
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Motorists in the Five Towns have more money in their wallets and spent less on filling gas tanks as fuel prices have dropped this summer.
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By Vanessa Parker
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8/13/14
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The jump in gasoline prices last month has some motorists altering their buying and driving habits and has resulted in a decline of customers for one area gas station.
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By Dana Pearl and Jason Brendler
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8/7/13
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The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games.
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6/13/13
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A brilliant beam of moonlight came through the window, waking me. The clock said 4:15 a.m., but a sense of mystery afoot propelled me out of bed.
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5/9/13
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The mini heat wave that occurred from July 16 to July 18, with highs up to 94 degrees according to weather.com, had working people in the Five Towns trying to find ways to stay cool and refreshed.
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By Nicole Kreizel
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7/18/12
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Her daily commute to work on the Long Island Rail Road, Hewlett resident Lauren Sheridan says, is the reason rising gasoline prices haven’t affected her as much as someone who drives to work every day.
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By ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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4/12/12
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James Mulva, chief executive officer of the U.S.’s third-largest oil company, ConocoPhillips, fired off a news release one day before a May 12 congressional hearing to discuss –– not to decide –– whether Big Oil should pay its fair share of federal taxes. In it, Mulva had the audacity to state that charging oil companies more in taxes would be “un-American.”
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Scott Brinton
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5/19/11
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