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Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hosted a safety and emergency management fair last week to inform the community how the hospital is prepared for situations that could potentially occur in the …
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By Nick Ciccone
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11/23/16
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Discussions about road safety in Valley Stream began again after a Central High School student was hit by a car on Sept. 13 at the intersection of West Merrick Road and Fletcher Avenue — just one block west of the site of a crash that killed 12-year-old Zachary Ranftle in December 2014.
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By Nick Ciccone
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9/21/16
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A five-year study undertaken by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health found that U.S. firefighters develop malignant mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, at twice the rate of the general population. The study also revealed . . .
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9/8/16
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Public and private pools are busy all over Long Island’s South Shore, and the Atlantic Ocean is finally warm enough for comfortable swimming. In any of those settings, an emphasis on safety . . .
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7/13/16
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It was a beautiful day at Point Lookout town beach when a swarm of news people and town employees were following Town Supervisor Anthony Santino around the coastline while he distributed free packets of sunscreen to beachgoers.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/12/16
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Nassau County has agreed to undertake a traffic study of Merrick Road in Valley Stream, at the village’s request. It will survey the two-mile stretch from Rosedale to Lynbrook, examining traffic patterns and identifying ways to make the roadway safer for pedestrians.
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By Nick Ciccone
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6/22/16
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On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/30/16
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Many American food corporations –– particularly the processed food corporations –– want the federal government to usurp states’ rights. In particular, they want Congress to pass legislation . . .
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3/24/16
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March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . .
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3/3/16
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On Feb. 1, an Elmont family experienced an almost unimaginable tragedy. Gabrielle Christina Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh-grader at Elmont High School, stood on the corner of Village Avenue and …
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By Steve Smirti
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2/1/16
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