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There were blue shirts as far as the eye could see in the stands at Firemen’s Field last Saturday as students, parents, teachers and alumni came out for Central High School’s Homecoming festivities. The lone wardrobe exception — the students who painted their chests blue with white letters to spell out “CENTRAL!”
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/24/12
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Nassau County has one of the nation’s highest rates of breast cancer, and more than 1,200 women in the county were diagnosed with the disease from 2004 to 2008, according to the State Department of Health’s New York State Cancer Registry.
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10/11/12
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Now, suddenly, it’s almost summer. This morning I woke up to the song of birds in the backyard and the buzzing of carpenter bees dive-bombing the wooden decks and railings.
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5/31/12
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The day I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I turned to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website.
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2/9/12
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Central High School students and alumni banded together in the fight against breast cancer by participating as a group in the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk at Jones Beach on Oct. 16.
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By Matt Infield
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10/26/11
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I am nothing if not trendy. On Oct. 7, I underwent surgery for breast cancer following a diagnosis two weeks earlier. It is, after all, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I wouldn’t think of having cancer any other time of the year.
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10/20/11
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In 1992, at the end of my second term in the Senate, I was approached by several courageous women from Long Island. They sat me down in my Senate conference room and brought to my attention that Long Island was producing higher-than-average rates of breast cancer.
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Al D'Amato
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12/17/09
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After women are diagnosed with breast cancer, they often start looking for a support group that could help guide them through the next steps of recovery. The Wednesdays Twins are one such group at 1 in 9’s Hewlett House.
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Stephen J. Bronner
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10/29/09
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and with more than 190,000 women being diagnosed with breast cancer this year, it is a time to raise awareness of a disease that takes more than 40,000 lives annually. Joann Antun, a Valley Stream village trustee, knows the rigors of fighting breast cancer very well.
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Anthony Bottan
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10/15/09
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