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For Robert Wilson, what began as a way to pass time during the pandemic turned into a journey across the globe — and ultimately, a finish line in Boston that marked the completion of one of running’s most prestigious achievements.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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5/8/26
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Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook united families for a Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration featuring food, prayer and community activities.
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By Kayla Dechter
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5/8/26
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Local advocacy group Freeport Pride will host its first Harbor Social and Summer Kick-Off on May 30 at Freeport's waterfront.
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By Andrew Francis
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5/8/26
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Today the question isn’t simply, What do students need to know? but rather, What skills must students master to navigate the unknown?
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By Anthony Mignella
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5/8/26
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Our state was once the center of the universe economically, culturally and politically. Today the opposite is true. Costs have skyrocketed nonstop for years, families feel the burden of taxes and utilities, and the state that once led the nation is losing ground.
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By Jack M. Martins
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5/8/26
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When NATO was founded, its membership comprised Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. It now includes Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. It is a powerful union of allies who all have economic and strategic relationships with the United States.
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By Jerry Kremer
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5/8/26
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As education standards sink, we witness the rise of “influencers,” self-appointed experts who have co-opted the attention and expendable income of millions of people old enough to use a phone. We are ceding critical questions about our health and well-being to self-promoters who may have no real expertise and even less education. What many of them do have is a social media presence and the marketing know-how to garner thousands — even millions — of followers.
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By Randi Kreiss
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5/8/26
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This project began five years ago. After I retired from Congress in January 2021, I started to assemble my thoughts, news stories, photos and memorabilia from 28 years in office in an attempt to make some sense of, and put in some perspective, my experiences. The more I assembled, the more I realized how long and unlikely the journey had been — and how fortunate I had been.
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By Peter King
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5/8/26
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It began with a simple but deliberate decision: to accept and respect our differences and to embrace the discomfort of unfamiliarity. Over years of shared professional and personal experiences, we learned to understand and genuinely appreciate those differences. We discovered and cultivated our commonalities. What began as contrast became complement. That unlikely friendship became one of the most meaningful relationships of my life.
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By Scott M. Davis
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5/8/26
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Nearly 300,000 regulations drive up the cost of housing, energy and doing business. One New Yorker leaves the state every 2 minutes and 23 seconds. Those aren’t just statistics — they’re a signal that the American Dream is no longer affordable here due to Albany’s failed leadership.
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By Steve Rhoads
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5/8/26
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