Saturday, October 31, 2026
Halloween should be about imagination, community and a little harmless fright — not preventable injuries, overwhelmed children or frightened parents. Because it falls on a Saturday this year, families have an opportunity to enjoy the festivities while taking extra care to keep children safe and having nothing but fun.
Over the decades, various public officials on the Island have pushed for public transit. In his 1980 annual report, Suffolk County Executive Peter Cohalan called for “development of an efficient and reliable mass transportation system,” and that year Suffolk Transit was created and bus routes set up. The presiding officer of the Suffolk Legislature, Lou Howard, sought to have a monorail built on the center median of the LIE.
Many factors determine our chances of getting Alzheimer’s. Some are impossible to alter. The likelihood of developing it increases as we age, but we can’t change our age. The same goes for genes and family history: Our genetic makeup and DNA are not modifiable.
The Board of Regents’ vote last month to eliminate Regents exams as a graduation requirement will further erode any standard of measuring student achievement, and eliminate the last remains of accountability in schools. What’s more, it threatens to destroy the very concept it purports to defend: equity.
Glen Cove adopted a $70 million budget for 2027 Tuesday night after a 3-3 City Council split, with opponents questioning the reliability of projected revenue and whether the administration has a concrete plan to address the city’s existing financial shortfalls created by the past two budgets.
After a debilitating stroke at 53, former Glen Cove City Councilwoman Barbara Peebles’ younger brother Steven Bella became partially paralyzed. He struggled with depression and had difficulty finding hope as he adjusted to life after the stroke. That began to change when Peebles persuaded him to visit Glen Cove chiropractor Dr. Maxine Mayreis.
For Connolly Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Susan Bouza, the school’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk-a-Thon is personal. Five years ago, Bouza was diagnosed with breast cancer, beginning months of treatment that required her to balance teaching with radiation appointments. Her mother, Elizabeth Bouza, a retired Glen Cove school district teacher, had already survived breast cancer and would later face a second diagnosis.
