To the Editor:In your article on village elections and its now perilous finances, “Village elections set for March 19,” (Feb. 14 - 20), Mayor Ed Fare shirks responsibility for the …
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3/7/19
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If Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget passes, the Village of Valley Stream could lose more than half a million dollars in state aid next year.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/24/19
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The Valley Stream Jewish Center, in conjunction with the Malverne Jewish Center, will host a bagel brunch featuring Lynda Kraar, development consultant for the Society for the Protection of Nature in …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/10/19
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Angela Green wanted to sleep late on Sept. 11, 2001, her first day off after nearly two weeks in her new job as an officer with the New York City Police Department. But the phone in her Valley Stream apartment rang insistently, forcing her to answer it.
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/11/18
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I can still picture the last day of my fourth and final summer as a Fresh Air Fund counselor at Camp Hayden Marks, on the 2,000-acre Sharpe Reservation in upstate Fishkill, 28 years ago. The campers . . .
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7/12/18
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Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, flooding thousands of homes and businesses and causing . . .
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10/5/17
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The question is often asked of middle-school students in social studies classes: How does a bill become a law? Well, in New York, in too many cases, it doesn’t.
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7/13/17
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Much of the Middle East now lies in tatters, ripped to shreds by terrorists. Why can this region find no peace? Why is it continually in conflict? The reasons are numerous.
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7/13/16
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A Valley Stream family hosted a fundraiser on Saturday in East Rockaway to honor Ronnie Biegner, who died of kidney cancer in 2011. He was 51.
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By Nick Ciccone
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5/4/16
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We join with good-government groups in calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature to enact three specific reforms to help reduce the ethical violations and criminal behavior . . .
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1/28/16
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