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Strong women will not be silenced
When acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou described the makings of a great woman in her 1995 poem “Phenomenal Woman,” she wrote of a female spirit that . . . more
A shifting vision of black America
Perhaps no show on American television addresses the perilous times in which we find ourselves more vividly than ABC’s “Black-ish,” which . . . more
Democrat Laura Gillen pulled off a historic victory in the Town of Hempstead on Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Anthony Santino. She declared victory along with Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who won the county executive's seat. Gillen voted at Hewitt Elementary School in her hometown of Rockville Centre early on Tuesday.
Gillen makes history as first Democratic Hempstead supervisor in more than a century
For the first time in more than a century, the Town of Hempstead will have a Democratic supervisor. Laura Gillen, a Rockville Centre attorney, defeated incumbent Republican Anthony Santino on Tuesday night by roughly 2,000 votes. more
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Country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night became the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In the crowd was 24-year-old Rockville Centre native Peter Meehan. Above, the concert venue last Friday.
Rockville Centre native ‘grateful’ to survive America’s deadliest shooting
The death toll was climbing steadily on Monday, less than 24 hours after a lone gunman opened fire with an assault weapon from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. In the crowd at the Aldean concert was Peter Meehan, 24, of Rockville Centre, who flew to Las Vegas last Thursday to attend the three-day music festival with his girlfriend. more
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Adolph Levy and Son, a clothier located at 60 South Main St.
This Week in Freeport- 100 years ago
MORE MEN LEAVE FOR CAMP UPTON: Nine Freeporters were among 58 conscripted men to leave from the Hempstead train station for Camp Upton for basic training preparatory to their service in the US armed … more
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On June 22, 1917, Freeport High School announced 24 diplomas were to be handed out at the American Theater, now 70 South Main St., Freeport.
From the archives of the Freeport Historical Society
Goings-on in Freeport as reported in the Nassau Post: Published on June 22, 1917 MRS. CARRILLO ASKS TO GO TO FRANCE: Edith Carrillo, wife of actor and Lights Club member Leo Carrillo, applied … more
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Why we still need Women’s History Month
In late 1916, Brooklyn’s Inez Milholland Boissevain, a prominent New York attorney and suffragist, was traveling the country, demanding equal rights for women, including the right to vote. By the time she reached the West Coast . . . more
The T.K. Blue Quartet played music from its upcoming album, “Amour,” at the Black History Month celebration at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Elmont on Feb. 12.
Elmont activist honored at black history celebration
The blues could be heard loud and clear and Caribbean food was in abundance at a Black History Month celebration hosted by St. John's United Methodist Church of Elmont on Feb. 12. more
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We need Black History Month now more than ever
We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . . more
Charlie Thomas and the Drifters share an evening of music and memories with The Platters' Sonny Turner.
The beat goes on at the Madison Theatre
Feel the beat at the Madison Theatre when some chart-topping vocalists get together for a fast-paced evening of memorable hits. more
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