Seaford’s Botti is named conference's top soccer coach

Seaford High School’s girls’ varsity soccer coach, Kenneth Botti, 37, fell in love with the sport as a child, and he has never looked back. Botti’s passion is clearly evident to his …

Rescue is 'last hope' for cats

Wantagh rescue takes on feral cat problem

It’s no secret that stray and feral cats seem to be in abundance on Long Island. Seaford resident John Debacker, 25, a volunteer cat trapper for several local animal shelters and rescue facilities, attributes the excess of felines to the fact that many are not spayed or neutered.

Astronaut gives audience taste of space flight

Astronaut shares details of shuttle flight

Imagine sitting in a relatively small plane attached to a large tube, listening to a countdown, at the end of which two huge rockets ignite, creating 6 billion pounds of thrust and hurtling the plane and the tube to over 17,000 mph in a matter of seconds.

Jones Beach activist collects piles of plastic

She’s only been living in Bellmore since October. Originally from Massapequa, Jacqueline LeDuc, 29, has been volunteering with Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. in Freeport since moving back to Long Island from Maui, Hawaii. Though she grew up near the water, it wasn’t until she moved to Hawaii where she started working with marine life that she fell in love with the ocean.