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Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 12/6/11

Maureen Chiofalo, right, the director of the Rockville Centre Public Libarary, accepted "tobacco-free" signage from Carol Meschkow, the Nassau coordinator of the Tobacco Action Coalition. The library was an award recipient for creating a policy to protect patrons and employees from the dangers of second-hand smoke

Rockville Centre library to go smokeless

The Rockville Centre Public Library was one of six local libraries honored for protecting their patrons from second-hand smoke, and as a hub of the community, to help change the social norms associated with the acceptability of tobacco use, at a recent luncheon hosted by the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island. more

8/3/11

Estelle Scarpinato, co-owner of Ormond Park Realty, left, received the 2010 Tobacco Control Champion Award. She was accompanied by One Jefferson Ave Coop President Cathy Sama, center, and Carol Meschkow, the Nassau Tobacco Action Coalition coordinator.

Rockville Centre co-op goes smoke free

The One Jefferson Avenue Coop Corporation has set a precedent in implementing a smoking ban on its 3-acre complex.. The ban on smoking extends to a large landscaped courtyard and four commercial tenants. more

10/20/10

Apartment complexes, like this one in Long Beach, are a rarity in Nassau County. However, more and more young adults are leaving the area to places with more affordable rental housing.

The continuing exodus

Part two in a series, “Plugging the brain drain.” The lack of affordable housing on Long Island is forcing young adults to leave the area in droves. And as their population decreases and the … more

Alex Costello | 9/22/10

AvalonBay’s proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre, one of the few Nassau County areas with apartments, faced steep opposition from the community. The project was eventually approved. AvalonBay has built many complexes similar to this on Long Island, and includes some units of affordable housing in its developments.

Leaving Long Island

Part one in a series, “Plugging the brain drain.” For the past decade, Long Island has been losing college graduates and young professionals. The high cost of living and lack of … more

Alex Costello | 9/15/10

Demonstrators called for the establishment of a clergy sex abuse victims fund in a sidewald "news conference" on Sunday morning at St. Agnes Cathedral.

A message for the Rockville Centre diocese

Members of a national coalition led by Send the Bishops a Message delivered 20,000 pennies and a letter to Bishop William Murphy last Sunday morning during a sidewalk "press conference" outside St. Agnes Cathedral. more

Judy Rattner | 9/8/10

Health care, a question for rich and poor alike

Updated: Dec. 10, 12:24 p.m. No doubt, the current recession is an equal-opportunity offender, battering rich, poor and everyone in between. According to a recent report, … more

Scott Brinton | 9/17/09

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