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When ‘it’s just government’ isn’t an excuse

Many people woke up a couple of days before Christmas to heavy rain and wind that flooded residential streets and primary roadways, and may have left them wondering, “Where are all those Sandy flood-mitigation projects we were promised?” more

1/5/23

Will a virus end a presidency?

As I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writer-philosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” more

10/29/20

My resolution is not to become that person

I don’t want to be the person who wakes up every morning hoping to hear that President Trump had a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t want to wish for Mitch McConnell to have an unfortunate encounter with an 18-wheeler . . . more

1/3/20

Remembering a date of infamy for Long Islanders

This week we mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. For so many storm victims, it felt as though their world had been turned upside down in the aftermath of this monster storm. more

10/27/17

Remembering a date of infamy for Long Islanders

This week we mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. For so many storm victims, it felt as though their world had been turned upside down in the aftermath of this monster storm. more

10/26/17

Trump is sitting pretty while Puerto Rico suffers

I had planned to write about heart disease in this column. That can wait. Over the weekend, I grew increasingly angry with President Trump because of his inept — and, frankly, inane . . . more

10/5/17

Can natural disasters help restore national unity?

Hurricane Harvey was a brutal reminder that storms happen. We Long Islanders who lived through Hurricane Sandy, like Louisianans who lived through Hurricane Katrina, can only shudder to think . . . more

9/7/17

After Harvey, Long Islanders should pay it forward

Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . . more

9/7/17

Three songbirds offered their rendition of a classic tune last month. Natalie Gary, left, Stephanie Ramirez, and Renee Taylor performed at the Karaoke Game Night held by the Order of the Eastern Star, Nassau Chapter 718, in Baldwin.

Music and games ‘Star’ at club session

There was a lot of game-playing going on — and singing, too — when the Order of the Eastern Star, Nassau Chapter 718, had its first get-acquainted session of 2016 last month: a Karaoke Game … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 2/3/16

Merokean Noah Rubin, a freshman tennis star at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, recently had the chance to hit with President Barack Obama at the White House.

Merrick tennis phenom hits with Obama

Merrick tennis phenom Noah Rubin, a freshman at Wake Forest who is tearing up the college tennis scene, recently had the opportunity to hit with President Barack Obama at the 137th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House. more

4/29/15

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