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The vast majority of Americans don’t believe that it’s in our best interests to use military force in Syria. And for the most part, I concur with the majority. more

9/12/13

Let's keep our beach communities vibrant

It’s been five months since Hurricane Sandy devastated many South Shore communities, but it appears that some of the areas most impacted will finally receive the necessary funding to start the process of rebuilding damaged beaches and dunes. more

3/28/13

Think the storm is behind us? Think again.

Some doctors tell us that us “time heals all wounds,” but for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, a great deal remains to be done, and the public has to be reminded of it as often as possible. more

12/13/12

In the case of love and power, history repeats itself

The stunning fall from grace of CIA Director David Petraeus surprised me, in a day and age when nothing surprises me. more

11/23/12

Thirty-two years later, the question is the same

With just a week left before the 1980 presidential election, Republican candidate Ronald Reagan asked Americans whether they were better off than they were four years earlier. more

9/13/12

The Lynbrook fire department took first place for Best Appearing Overall Fire Department for an unprecedented fifth year in a row. Chief Anthony DeCarlo is in the lead.

East Rockaway hosts 4th Battalion parade

Sirens and lights were roaring for first place on Saturday, June 23 when East Rockaway Fire Department hosted the annual 4th Battalion parade. The parade took off at 6 p.m. starting on North … more

By Nikki Roeill | 6/27/12

Fried bananas, anyone?

Lynbrook firefighters battled a truck blaze at 5:30 a.m. last Sunday in the Long Island Banana Company’s parking lot on Williams Street. Tally-Ho Engine 3 from nearby Horton Avenue and … more

6/6/12

Tally-Ho members on their first motorized Model-T in 1919.

Lynbrook's Tally-Ho Fire Company’s Centennial celebration

In the early 1900’s, the Tally-Ho Inn, a three-story restaurant/bar and rooming house, stood at the corner of Merrick Road, then called “Plank Road” for its wooden roadway, and Horton Avenue, … more

3/22/12

Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka estimated that Little Beach has eroded 75 percent over the last decade. An Army Corps of Engineers report recommends replacing the deteriorating eastern bulkhead of the beach, at right, which abuts Suffolk Road. Sen. Charles Schumer has said he will help the village, the Town of Hempstead, the DEC and the corps come together to find a solution to the problem.

Schumer pledges aid for Island Park beach

Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the … more

Alex Costello | 7/27/11

Merrick Fire Department volunteers saluted two World Trade Center beams that will be used to create memorials in the community, just before they were transported from Kennedy Airport’s Hangar 17 to Friendship Engine and Hose Company, off Meadowbrook Road.

Merrick F.D. salutes 9/11 heroes

Dressed in a black blouse and blue jeans, Carol Gies stood silently on Tuesday morning, her chin in her hands, her elbows resting on a crane that was lifting a twisted World Trade Center girder into the parking lot at the Merrick Fire Department’s Friendship Engine and Hose Company. Gies, who lost her husband, Ronnie, in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, looked forlorn. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/26/11

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