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Freeport students take part in Read Across America Day, with a reading ‘sit-in’ hosted by Leo F. Giblyn School Assistant Principal Joanna Bowers and Principal Amy Lederer where students and staff gathered to read a book of their choice.

Students celebrate Read Across America Day

In recognition of the value of reading and literacy, the students from Freeport Public Schools’ Bayview Avenue, Leo F. Giblyn and New Visions elementary schools participated in Read Across America … more

By Mohamed Farghaly | 4/2/23

Banning books is un-American

Last week was Banned Books Week, a time to spotlight censorship and attempts across the country to take books off library shelves. more

9/29/22

When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?

I implore readers to watch the new six-hour, three-part series on PBS, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. more

9/29/22

Closing one chapter, but preparing for the next

"The pandemic is over.” With those words last weekend, President Biden declared . . . more

9/22/22

We must back the blue to take back our streets

Most New Yorkers want the same thing: a safe, affordable place to raise a family, one where our children can play outside without worry. more

By Christopher Carini | 2/3/22

Babies or bulldogs: What’s a couple to do?

I hate to even appear to disagree with the pope, but not everyone wants to have children these days. more

2/3/22

Conservative politics could play into school elections

The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. more

By Alan Singer | 12/23/21

Audubon Society confronts its racist namesake — sort of

Birds have fascinated me since I was a boy growing up in Yaphank, in Suffolk County, in the 1970s. My parents spread birdfeed on our slate-covered cement patio in winter . . . more

7/1/21

Lifelong Freeporter Theresa Duran, above, became the New York State regent of the Catholic Daughters of America on May 1.

Women of faith unite

Theresa Duran, of Freeport, was 18 years old when she first joined the Catholic Daughters of America, an international organization with more than 1,150 local chapters that seeks to unite Catholic … more

By Ronny Reyes | 5/7/21

Fighting the good fight against conspiracies (Part 2)

America has been fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Some social scientists say that the conspiracy world began to flourish with the Kennedy assassination in 1963. more

3/11/21

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