This week's letters to the Editor come in response to the Proud Boys march through Rockville Centre.
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12/9/21
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On Saturday afternoon, the far-right political group The Proud Boys made a surprise march through the streets of Rockville Centre.
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By Tom Carrozza
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11/29/21
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Mur-Lee’s Men’s and Boys’ Shop in Lynbrook recently celebrated 75 years in business
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By Madeline Armstrong
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11/11/21
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Race and racism are in the news and on our minds. In response, many thoughtful commentaries have referred to W.E.B. Du Bois and James Baldwin, both of whom, in their day, wrote about the “Negro problem.”
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By Robert A. Scott
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10/21/21
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Valley Stream’s Troop 109 recognized four new Eagle Scouts at its Eagle Court of Honor at the American Legion Post 854 Aug. 8. Nicholas Cavaliere, brothers Alessio and Fabrizio Fratarcangeli, …
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By Juan Lasso
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8/20/21
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Paul Bartolomea, from second to the left, Michael Cavanagh, Nehemiah Segure, Cordell Neely, and Robert Llompart achieved the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America, …
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6/17/21
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Evelyn Ortiz, 18, a senior at Oyster Bay High School, was named the 2021 New York State Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year on May 24. Ortiz was selected after three years of volunteering and working at the Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Bahnik Youth Center, and dedicating herself to improving the club.
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By Mary Sotiryadis
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6/11/21
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An osprey couple recently moved to a new home in the marsh next to West Harbor Beach. The surroundings are ideal — a 360 degree view of the Long Island Sound where dinner is a stone’s throw away. They arrived the day after the osprey nest platform, atop a 20 foot pole, was driven roughly 4 feet into the marsh in Bayville. The couple immediately began crafting their nest and a day later, the male was seen flying over their new home defending it.
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By Laura Lane
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6/7/21
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David DeRienzo, a senior at General Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown, has a busy schedule, between working as a barista at a Starbucks in Seaford and leading his school’s Key Club as president. Adding to his list of to-do’s, the Eagle Scout candidate, a member of Troop 330, is taking on an extensive project in the garden at Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh.
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By Jennifer Corr
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4/8/21
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It nearly killed me. One of my grandkids said they “hate” books. They don’t read books except when one is assigned in school. Given the options of smartphones, TV and computers . . .
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1/7/21
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