The basement of Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church in Malverne was filled wall-to-wall with donations as neighbors unloaded food from wagons while others sorted the donations into categories marking …
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By Nicole Formisano
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3/22/24
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Don’t be confused if you see bags of soup, peanut butter or macaroni and cheese on your neighbor’s doorstep this Saturday — the 13th annual “Souper Food Drive” is simply …
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By Nicole Formisano
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3/15/24
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For the 13th year in a row, Rob Hallam is stacking his living room with boxes of food for his annual People’s Food Drive.
“It’s gotten so big,” Hallam, of Lynbrook, said. …
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By Nicole Formisano
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3/1/24
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Thanksgiving and the upcoming December and January holidays are a joyous time for most Nassau County families, but every year, neighbors go hungry. It’s an unfortunate reality, …
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By Mark Nolan
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11/17/23
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Improving the environment doesn’t always entail a big undertaking. It can start small, with local, eco-friendly initiatives like . . .
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By Michaelle Solages
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11/16/23
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My parents were worried the moment I laid eyes on the apartment for the very first time. It was the entire top floor of a car dealership just off what would eventually become Interstate 86, at the edge of the Finger Lakes region upstate. This would be my first apartment — my first home outside the family home where I grew up in Pennsylvania.
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By Michael Hinman
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10/26/23
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Really, the world outside is conspiring to corrupt us. The mindless chatter is deafening, the distractions are pervasive . . .
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9/7/23
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Summer leaves some school-aged kids scrambling to find a healthy meal, since they can’t depend on the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs at their school.
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7/13/23
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Robert Hallam, 61, of north Lynbrook, is organizing the 12th annual People’s Food Drive, in coordination with the Long Island Council of Churches Food Pantry, to help families in need in Nassau …
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By Andre Silva
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3/12/23
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Most Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. We get our electric bills from PSEG, yet there's also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what?
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By Fred Harrison
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2/23/23
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