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Promoting October’s designation as Breast Cancer Awareness month, village officials partnered with the MLK Community Center to offer residents free screenings in Nassau University Medical … more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 10/21/21

Lois Mitchell, left, Sharon Sheppard and Kathy Baxley in front of the NUMC Mammography Van at the MLK Center.

Frasada raises funds for childhood cancer research

Frasada Salon and Day Spa in Oceanside kicked off its month-long “Cut-a-thon” to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Children’s Health Initiative and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The effort began in September and will wind down Oct. 27. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 10/21/21

Becoming the expert in your own disease

It’s the job nobody wants, but when you get a diagnosis of breast cancer, the job is yours. more

10/21/21

The sharp decline in mammograms is worrying

There is perhaps no disease that strikes greater fear in the hearts of women than breast cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, behind lung cancer, and . . . more

10/21/21

Life for Gina raises fund for pediatric cancer research

September was pediatric cancer awareness month, and Rockville Centre-based group the Life for Gina Foundation continued its work to help affected families. Late last month, it partnered with the village and Mary Ruchalski Foundation for a tree lighting at village hall to spread awareness for the lack of funds currently going into pediatric cancer research. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 10/14/21

Phyllis Satz and Hope Hassouni, both of Roslyn, were lucky raffle prize winners

Glen Cove women's golf league raises money for breast cancer coalition

Several dozen women gathered on the outdoor back patio of The View Grill on Sept. 30 for a fundraising brunch benefiting breast cancer research and support. The Glen Cove Women’s Golf Club 9 Hole Golf League raised more than $5,000 for the Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer, an organization that supports women who develop breast cancer. more

By Jill Nossa | 10/7/21

Nick and Fabiana Pellicani with their son, Antonio, at the golf outing in honor of their daughter, Gabi, who died of brain cancer in 2018, when she was 5.

Golfing for Gabi nets $80,000

The third annual Golfing for Gabi fundraiser was the most profitable yet, with residents hitting the Rockville Links on Sept. 23 and raising $80,000 for brain cancer research. The event is named in for Gabi Pellicani, who died of brain cancer in 2018, at age 5. The activities included golf, dinner and a silent auction. Over the past three years, the outing has raised about $200,000 for Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where Gabi was treated. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 9/30/21

Anthony Bolden began to work with the Baldwin High School Junior Varsity football team in 2016, in 2021, he began coaching the Varsity team as well as Baldwin middle school boys’ track and field in 2017.

Baldwin Coach Anthony Bolden passes away at 40

Father of one and coach of over a decade's worth of Baldwin athletes, Anthony Bolden, 40, passed away on Sept. 7th due to complications with pulmonary fibrosis. He developed this condition in May … more

Matt Hughs | 9/28/21

Hareesha Boyagodage, President of H & B Premier Tax and Accounting LLC, his wife Buddhini and Hareesha's brother Dilshan Senevirathne, a manager at H & B. Kids Serah, Sky and Sage, also participated in the 5K.

Baldwin holds 14th annual 5K AIDS Cancer Run Walk

Long Islander Richard Brodsky has been HIV positive since 1997, a brain cancer survivor since 2002, and “marathon runner for life.” Hosted by the city of Baldwin, the Richard M. Brodsky … more

Matt Hughs | 6/17/21

Ryan Aguilar, second from right, with, from left, his grandparents Barbara and Horace Brown; his parents, Deirdre and Raul Aguilar; his brother, Jaden, and Spider-Man, who made a special visit last Saturday.

Glen Cove High School junior continues to fight cancer

For the past six months, the Aguilar family of Glen Cove has been dealing with a harrowing challenge: pediatric cancer. Ryan Aguilar, 17, a junior at Glen Cove High School, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, last November. To show support and raise his spirits, relatives, friends and neighbors organized a car parade past the Aguilar home on Doxey Drive last Saturday morning. more

By Jill Nossa | 5/27/21

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