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With temperatures finally beginning to drop toward a brisk autumn chill, local businesses in Malverne and West Hempstead have started turning up the heat on their biggest offers this season. In … more

By Emily Webb | 10/15/13

The Nassau Land Trust purchased a parcel of the Grossmann’s property in 2010 to conserve the farmland and establish Crossroads, the last farm in southern Nassau County.

Growing out of homespun tradition with an organic twist

While cultivating farmland that is more than 100 years old and still borders Hempstead Avenue in Malverne, the workers of Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s have striven to modernize the farm’s … more

By Emily Webb | 7/9/13

On an island of plenty, hunger abounds

When people in other parts of the country think of Long Island, they may imagine lavish Hamptons soirees attended by A-list Hollywood glitterati. They see Gold Coast palaces. But this American paradise has a desperate side that is too often hidden by the glare of its wealth. more

9/20/12

Everyone is Just “Wild about Harry” at the rousing finale that closes the annual tribute on Monday.

Concert in memory of Harry Chapin, July 23

Harry Chapin's music and philanthropic contributions live on, highlighted by the annual tribute concert held in Eisenhower Park at the theater that bears his name. more

By Karen Bloom | 7/18/12

Wilbur Sanchez, an immigrant day laborer from Nicaragua, tended to the cucumber plants at the Freeport Work Hiring Trailer on a recent Thursday.

Freeport communal garden helps feed day laborers

On a recent sunny Thursday, Wilbur Sanchez spoke in slow, deliberate English as he pointed out vegetables amid the greenery fanning out around him. Sanchez noted the peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers hanging from tall plants in a red box before him. In a second box to his right were chives, oregano and lettuce. In the middle of the garden, watermelon vines looped in all directions. At the back, cornstalks popped out above still more pepper plants. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/3/11

From left, Malverne schools Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund, County Executive Ed Mangano; HTH teacher and student council advisor Jill Prescott, Long Island Cares rep Paule Prachter, HTH Principal Steven Gilhuley and Assistant Principal Steven Benfante.

Malverne middle school kids collect 2,500 cans of food

With the help of school staff and fellow students, the student council at the Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne held a two-week holiday food drive that resulted in the collected of more than … more

12/21/10

Robert Jesberger, owner of Mid Island Collision in Lakeview, donated $50,000 worth of turkeys and trimmings to help feed those in need.

A man to be thankful for

Thousands of Long Island families had a more abundant feast this Thanksgiving Day due in large part to the generosity of Robert Jesberger, proprietor of Mid Island Collision of Rockville Centre. At a … more

By Andrew McClure | 12/15/10

Tribute to Harry Chapin

Singer-songwriter-activist Harry Chapin's life and works live on at the annual tribute concert held in his honor at Eisenhower Park on Aug. 9. more

Karen Bloom | 8/4/10

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