After Bessie Lamonica lost her son, Rudy, a gifted soccer player, to bone cancer at age 17, she dedicated the rest of her life to ensuring that others could play the sport he enjoyed. She spent decades volunteering for the Oceanside United Soccer Club and the Long Island Junior Soccer League in his memory, and helped form the first girls’ soccer team in Oceanside.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/2/20
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Chants of "Classrooms not Class Zooms" and "Classrooms are essential" could be heard through the crowd of roughly 50 parents and teachers from across Long Island that gathered on Franklin Avenue in …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/20/20
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A bill in the New York State Legislature would help small business owners better market themselves and promote their businesses, as Long Island’s economy begins to reopen.
Under the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/9/20
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Just take those old records off the shelf.
I’ll sit and listen to ’em by myself.
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5/29/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo elaborated on his plan to reopen New York's economy in a 51-page report titled "New York Forward," which he released on Twitter Monday night.
Reopening of the economy, which is …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/12/20
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In the coronavirus crisis, Oceanside is among Nassau County’s moderately high-impacted areas with 475 confirmed cases as of Tuesday.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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4/30/20
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New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are allowing marinas, boatyards and marine manufacturers to open for personal use, provided they adhere to social distancing protocols and sanitize their …
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4/19/20
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The number of deaths because of the coronavirus dropped a little more than 14 percent across New York state overnight from Friday into Saturday, from 630 to 540, Governor Cuomo said Saturday …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/18/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended New York on PAUSE, a 10-point plan that shuts down “non-essential” businesses and schools and requires social distancing, through May 15. The announcement came during his daily briefing Thursday, when he also continued to lay out his vision to reopen the economy — and the challenges doing so will present.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/16/20
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School budget votes have been delayed until at least June 1 because of the coronavirus outbreak, by order of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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4/7/20
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