Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . .
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9/7/17
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Last week, at the height of hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that forecasters are predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and increased the predicted number of . . .
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8/17/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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Island Park resident Dolores Hofman was a pioneer, a trailblazer, and a woman before her time. But these days? Well, you can just call her Queen Dolores.
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By Mary Malloy
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12/13/16
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In recent years, Jordan Lobster Farms has evolved into a dining spot and a source for take-home seafood that is clearly much more than a summer go-to. Sure, warm weather still means . . .
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By Terry Biener
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11/23/16
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Nine bakeries –– six of them Italian pastry shops –– were in business in Elmont when Paul Sapienza took over his parents’ popular Hempstead Turnpike bakery, Sapienza’s, in 1973.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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11/14/16
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Communities across Long Island are working to “Pay it Forward” for Louisiana.
When Hurricane Sandy hit people from all over the country came to Long Island to help us. For many it was the …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/27/16
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When I was a kid growing up in Island Park, “water play” was a sprinkler set up on the front yard of the family lucky enough to have enough property to grow a lawn.
A couple of generations later . . .
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8/24/16
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LB Wake brings us everything related to water sports and more. From instructors and sports equipment to Jet Skis and boat rentals . . .
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By Teri Ann Loeser
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7/27/16
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Dolores Hofman, of Island Park, was crowned the new Ms. New York Senior America last Sunday at the organization’s 31st annual pageant held at the John …
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By Mary Malloy
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4/6/16
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