Even if you’ve never seen it, Cymbeline, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays, will feel familiar. However, I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to the three-hour evening …
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8/14/15
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Jake Thomas and Alex Vargas, both 21, played baseball together in 2011 at Calhoun High School under legendary coach Joe Corea. In 2010, Thomas led the Colts squad that captured the Nassau County Class AA title. In 2012, Vargas played a critical role in the Colts’ victory at the Long Island Class AA championship.
Major League teams recently drafted them both.
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/15/15
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Among the most impressive aspects of ‘The Tempest’, the first offering of The Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park this summer, are the special effects done with lights and percussion. …
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7/14/15
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A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest.
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By Brian Racow
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6/5/15
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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ...
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By Brian Racow
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6/3/15
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The acclaimed trio shares some spirited harmonies when they take to the stage this weekend.
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6/3/15
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A: As we move through spring into summer, the heat and humidity will be expected to climb. Pet owners should take special care in ensuring their pet’s safety. Here are a few tips to help …
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Central Veterinary Associates
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5/21/15
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The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will host a Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mepham High School, 2401 Camp Ave., Bellmore.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/20/15
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“He didn’t even allow her during those days to take a shower somewhere, to wash herself …,” said Amanda Burke, chief of the Human Trafficking Unit of the Nassau County District Attorney’s office’s Special Victims Bureau. “Because he didn’t even allow her that small dignity — to be able to clean herself.”
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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5/6/15
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Central Synagogue marked a solemn Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, on April 15, with prayers, songs and speeches from the adult children of Holocaust survivors.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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4/22/15
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