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When it comes to guns, what are we waiting for?

It is hard to imagine that I would find myself writing about the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11 and the worst mass shooting in American history. Make no mistake about it. The mass shooting in Orlando . . . more

6/23/16

Seven more Americans died while we fiddled

Dylan’s mom and Daniel’s dad write to me often. In truth, I dread reading their emails; their words darken the day. But how wrenching it must be to write those words. These parents are leaders of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation . . . more

5/19/16

Recalling L.I. before suburbia took hold

I grew up in Yaphank, a 14-square-mile hamlet in Suffolk County, virtually in the middle of Long Island. (The community to the north is, in fact, called Middle Island.) I remember . . . more

5/12/16

Upgrading the standard IQ test

In 1983, famed Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner published his seminal book, “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” which laid out seven primary intelligences . . . more

3/12/15

Island Park was among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012.

Some Sandy damages can’t be measured

In some ways, we have assessed the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, as disturbing as the figures may be. Sandy’s destruction caused at least $65 billion in damages nationwide, and no region was hit harder than Long Island’s South Shore, Oceanside and Island Park in particular. more

By Tom Jordan | 10/29/14

Jaquelin Kerschenbaum of Oceanside High School sang the national anthem at the 9/11 memorial at the Schoolhouse Green last Thursday.

Oceanside remembers 9/11

At 6 p.m., the Schoolhouse Green was filled with children’s laughter. There was a soccer game being played next door, and kids from the Boardman Elementary School Chorus frolicked near the gazebo with kids from Cub Scout Pack 230. Their exuberance was a welcome sight, their laughter a welcome sound. None of these kids had yet been born on September 11, 2001. more

By Tom Jordan | 9/17/14

John Etzel, a BOCES supervising security guard, and another guard, James Wood, monitored school video feeds at the new Board of Cooperative Educational Services security center on April 18.

BOCES connects school security systems

Nearly five months after the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services unveiled a high-tech surveillance center in Westbury that will allow police and security officials to monitor school video feeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/23/13

Hallelujah! New York gets tough on guns.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Senate majority coalition leaders Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver! You led while others squirmed. more

2/21/13

School shootings leave communities heartsick

I have, over the years, written about tragedies that have touched our lives. more

12/20/12

Put politics aside and hug your children

Before I get into the goings-on in Washington and Albany, I think it is more important to touch on the heartbreaking tragedy that took place last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., not far across the Sound from all of us. more

12/20/12

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