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What happened in Florida?

Q. What is your take on why the building collapsed in Surfside, Fla.? more

By Monte Leeper | 7/9/21

A letter to my fellow health care CEOs about guns

Dear Colleagues: In the weeks and months following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year . . . more

By Michael J. Dowling | 9/6/19

State deserves praise for passing gun measures

The Democratically controlled State Legislature moved on Jan. 29 to protect New Yorkers by enacting common-sense measures to combat gun violence. more

2/7/19

A book for all time — read it this weekend

The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . . more

5/24/18

Roughly 70 Hofstra University students took part in a march across campus on March 14 to call for stricter gun control.

Hofstra students march to end mass shootings

Editor's note: Melanie Haid is a freshman journalism major at Hofstra University. This piece originally appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle, the student-run newspaper. Exactly a month after the mass … more

By Melanie Haid | 3/29/18

Are our children our last hope on guns?

The latest mass killing, in Parkland, Fla., may have unleashed a new political force in our country, though only time will tell. That force is the teenagers of America, who go to school each day hoping . . . more

3/2/18

A survivor’s story: Part 2

After World War II, Walter Schacherl returned to Palestine, where he had lived with his older brother before the war. Hope for a Jewish homeland marked life there, but so did strife. more

By Brian Racow | 8/5/15

Mepham cheerleading squad headed for national championships

The Mepham High School varsity cheerleading squad recently placed first in the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s Northeast Regional Championships, earning the team a spot in the Small Varsity Coed Division in the national championships in Orlando, Fla., in February. more

12/11/13

Sit with me a spell out on the back porch

Forty-one years ago, we bought our house in Woodmere because it had a back porch. more

5/31/13

Mepham cheerleaders take fifth in the nation

The Mepham High School varsity cheerleading team continued its winning ways when it was recently ranked nationally. more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/22/13

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