After 53 years, the Merrick Film Forum may be coming to an end. Owing to a lack of funding, President Jay Broad has announced that the 2010-11 season will be the forum’s last. more

Over 70 people from different parts of Long Island gathered at the United Church of Rockville Centre late last month to hear the stories of seven lesbian and gay couples, and to learn why marriage … more

    Just in time for the summer season, Gov. David Paterson and Albany lawmakers reached a tentative agreement to keep a number of state parks open and maintain park services … more

It was a night of contrasts as three candidates vying for two school board seats took to South Side Middle School's stage on May 5. Under bright lights and with a camera rolling, they responded to audience-submitted questions at the PTA-sponsored Candidates Forum, moderated by a representative from the League of Women Voters. more

Drug addiction infects every community and now, heroin is the new drug of choice for kids in Nassau County. It’s cheap, easy to find and easy to do — it can be snorted rather than injected — which is why the Valley Stream Central High School District hosted its second annual community forum on substance abuse March 18. more

Peter Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates, and a New York Times best-selling author, was the featured speaker at a special conference hosted by Molloy College and its Sustainability Institute on March 12. more

Seven members of the Rockville Centre Clergy Association — Rabbi Marc Gruber of Central Synagogue; Father Tom Pellaton of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension; Father John McCarthy, associate … more

A representative from the Nassau County District Attorney’s office will be the keynote speaker at a substance abuse prevention forum next week at Valley Stream South High School. more

"Four DWIs [is what] it took before that woman killed my child," said Deena Cohen, president of the Long Island chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Cohen was speaking before an assembly of about 50 students at Seaford High School, arranged by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican, and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, a Democrat who is up for re-election. Cohen’s 21-year-old daughter, Jodi, was killed by a drunk driver 20 years ago. "I need you to understand the importance of [not] drinking and driving and drugging and driving," Cohen told the students. "The pain never goes away, ever ... The pain is still here. The 20-year number did something to my head. Jodi is gone almost as long" as she was alive. Tears were welling up in students' eyes as Cohen spoke. more