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Before the pandemic, the Oceanside SAFE Coalition met on Feb. 27 at the Oceanside Library.

Oceanside SAFE Coalition aims to curb youth substance abuse

The Oceanside SAFE Coalition stands for “substance abuse free environment,” and is dedicated to curbing substance abuse among minors. more

By Sarah Baum | 8/27/20

Last year, members of SPEAC came together for a Red Carpet Event talent show at the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside. Due to Covid-19, the group has now been holding virtual talent shows via Zoom.

Friedberg JCC's SPEAC continues talent shows on Zoom

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, members of the Friedberg JCC’s Special Advocacy Coalition (SPEAC) were disappointed about canceling the group’s May talent show, dubbed the Red Carpet Event. So naturally, the event moved to a virtual format — Zoom. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 8/10/20

Honor Martin Luther King at the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside

Friedberg JCC hosts a day of service learning for all ages on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. more

1/15/20

Long Beach Aware Executive Director Judy Vining.

Oceanside Safe Coalition to receive grant funding

Long Beach Aware will receive $625,000 in funds over five years to assist the Oceanside SAFE Coalition in involving and engaging the Oceanside community in preventing substance abuse among youth. more

11/20/19

Enough with ‘drill, baby, drill!’

At the 2008 Republican National Convention, party stalwart Michael Steele declared, “Drill, baby, drill! And drill now! Do you want to put your country first?" more

4/25/19

Common sense or more nonsense?

Well, that didn’t go so well. Just when it appeared that a bipartisan group of senators calling themselves the Common Sense Coalition would finally find a way to break the endless impasse over immigration . . . more

2/23/18

Cynthia G. Scott, executive director of The Safe Center LI, left, and Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO of Island Harvest Food Bank, cut the ribbon to officially open the Healthy Harvest Pantry in Bethpage, surrounded by board members of both organizations.

Helping domestic abuse victims through nutrition

Island Harvest Food Bank, in conjunction with Stop & Shop, cut the ribbon on Monday at the Healthy Harvest Pantry in Bethpage, a new facility that will offer healthy food choices to victims of domestic abuse. more

By Stephany Reyes | 12/6/17

This month, let’s all join the fight against breast cancer

Breast cancer has killed far too many of our wives, mothers, sisters and friends. It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the U.S., after lung cancer, and . . . more

10/12/17

After Harvey, Long Islanders should pay it forward

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 . . . more

9/7/17

New York’s infrastructure plans are on right track

In politics, talk is cheap, as they say. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump talked a good game, calling for a $1 trillion national infrastructure program that would modernize the country’s ailing transportation network. So far, nothing. more

7/27/17

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