Piccolo's: Serving Bellmore for 45 years

What keeps customers coming back to Piccolo’s for 45 years? Is it the food, the price, or the convenience? According to longtime customer Tom Grillea, it is all of those things plus one more ingredient: community.

Girl Scouts build memorial bridge at dog park

A dog’s collar now hangs on a glossy rainbow bridge that sits at the entrance of Bellmore’s Newbridge Road Dog Park.

PFY: 'Now more than ever'

PFY, formerly Pride For Youth, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ communities, hosts a fundraising gala each year to celebrate Pride, but this year’s event also served as a call to action.

Merrick Avenue celebrates moving up ceremony

Merrick Avenue Middle School’s Class of 2025 celebrated its moving up with two ceremonies on the school’s turf field on June 13.

Moving up ceremony is 'Grand' finale for grads

Grand Ave. Middle School’s Class of 2025 celebrated its moving up with three ceremonies on the school’s turf field on June 13.

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A holiday that we should never take for granted

July Fourth is a holiday that truly deserves to be celebrated by all Americans. The bottom line is that July 4, 1776 began the daring experiment that led to the formation of the greatest nation in the history of the world, which has produced more opportunity and more freedoms for more types of people than ever thought imaginable.

How do we make sense of the rise in antisemitism?

We can't allow the atrocities of Oct 7. 2023 to be minimized or forgotten.

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Jerry Kremer: We need to stop the attacks on America’s elected leaders

I think if I were interested in running for the first time, my family would be begging me to reconsider. If qualified people decide that being an elected official is too dangerous, the country, and our system of government, will be the losers.

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Delia DeRiggi-Whitton: Standing up for Nassau’s families, and getting results

But make no mistake, our work is far from over. We’re still holding this administration accountable, especially when it comes to public safety.

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Peter King: Saying goodbye to Bernie Kerik

A man who had done so much to lead New York through its darkest hour was leaving the arena. But the memories would remain.