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Communities around the world held vigils after the shootings, like the one here near the Stonewall Inn in the West Village, New York City.

After Orlando, sadness and stepped-up security in New York

As the shocking details of last Sunday’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., emerged this week, local police and community organizations ramped … more

By Mary Malloy, Barbara Rubin-Perry, Julie Mansmann and Anthony Rifilato | 6/14/16

Dear Senator Skelos: My mom called. She isn't happy.

After my last column, “For crying out loud, give cyclists a ‘brake’” (Sept. 18-24), my mother called from Florida, worried. more

10/9/14

What a special election in Florida means for Democrats

A special election in a congressional district in Florida shouldn’t concern New Yorkers. However, the election to fill the seat made vacant by the death of 40-year Republican Congressman Bill Young . . . more

3/20/14

Predawn sighting stirs a mother's soul

A brilliant beam of moonlight came through the window, waking me. The clock said 4:15 a.m., but a sense of mystery afoot propelled me out of bed. more

5/9/13

One way in which our society is unequal? Education.

Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus. more

4/25/13

If you can't win fairly, try changing the rules

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a cheater. My rule applies to athletes who take steroids to gain an advantage over their competitors, or my neighbor who calls my tennis shots out of bounds even though he knows the balls were inside the line. more

1/31/13

Medicare: Who's scaring whom?

This week on the campaign trail, both the president and his challenger are trying to convince voters that the other is trying to destroy Medicare, the health insurance plan for the elderly. more

8/23/12

Marc Chagall's "L’acrobate" is among the works on display at Nassau County Museum of Art's newly opened exhibit.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

7/25/12

Oceanside resident and author Ron Ross, right, presented the award for Al “Bummy” Davis’s induction into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame to Davis’s grandson, Jeffrey Carus, at the ceremony on April 29.

Oceanside author is honorer and honoree

Oceanside resident and author Ron Ross is having one of his books, “Bummy Davis vs. Murder, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Mafia and an Ill-Fated Prize Fighter,” auctioned for a movie. … more

By Alex Costello | 5/2/12

Victor Nitlow was a pilot for Pan American Airways for decades.

A pilot, friend and father

Victor Nitlow, a longtime Island Park resident and a pilot for Pan American World Airways, died in his home in Naples, Fla., on Dec. 12. He was 91. Nitlow was born Victor Nittolo in Brooklyn in … more

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