A Long Beach woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing Park Avenue early Thursday morning, Long Beach police said.
The 63-year-old victim, Debra Batus, was pushing a baby carriage as she …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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3/2/17
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President Trump’s controversial travel ban suffered a setback when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold the block on his executive order. The ruling . . .
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2/17/17
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Like him or not, President Obama will always be remembered as a transformational figure. The 44th president, the first African-American, is a tremendous orator who promised . . .
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1/19/17
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On Sept. 26, our very own Hofstra University hosted the first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This was the third time . . .
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10/6/16
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The Long Beach Stop & Shop held its grand opening on Nov. 13, and the store was flooded all weekend with shoppers looking to give the new supermarket a try. The store, at 85 E. Park Ave., is the …
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By Matthew Ern
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11/18/15
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On June 2, 1865, Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signed surrender terms offered by the Union army.
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7/1/15
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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
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4/24/14
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I think of you as fellow travelers. We are, after all, living our lives in sync, reading the same news, reacting to the same events.
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1/17/13
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“I woke up this morning and I went into his room and I grabbed his pillow and I hugged it and I just sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him, because I know he’s still with me,” Christopher Cuzzo’s father, Chris Cuzzo Sr., told the crowd at a candlelight ceremony for his late son on Tuesday. “I think about him every day, and I’ll always hold him here in my heart.”
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By Vanessa Canner
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7/11/12
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On Tuesday, the Allegria Hotel in Long Beach continued to accommodate some 175 distressed passengers since last Friday, after Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano that brought European air travel …
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4/22/10
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