The last strands of The National Anthem had barely faded into the September sky before Valley Stream South was in trouble in last Saturday’s Nassau Conference III football opener against visiting South Side.
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By Tom Jordan
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9/13/11
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Ed Thompson has ensured that his son’s memory will stay alive for a long time. Glenn Thompson was 44 when he was killed on Sep- tember 11 in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. His body was never recovered.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/9/11
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One day about 50 years ago, John DeGrace saw a young boy while riding his bike on West Valley Stream Boulevard. “He said, ‘Hi John!’” DeGrace recounted, “and waved to me.” Little did he know that this “outgoing, friendly person” that he saw would become one of his dearest friends, and this year’s honoree at the Valley Stream Republican Club’s annual golf outing, Donald Steinert.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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8/17/11
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A group of local dentists volunteered last week to help get kids on their way to building healthy teeth.
Seventy-five dentists from the Nassau County Dental Society, with the help of …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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A Nassau County Board of Elections worker has been charged with forging a petition for a County Legislature candidate in 2009. The District Attorney’s office has accused 27-year-old Imtiaz Insanally, of Valley Stream, with writing false addresses on a nominating petition.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/8/11
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Final part in the series “Plugging the Brain Drain.”
“We don’t want to see our young people leave,” said Island Park Mayor Jim Ruzicka. “That’s our future.”
Ruzicka and others …
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Alex Costello
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12/8/10
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The Valley Stream Central/Memorial PTSA will hold its annual Holiday Boutique and Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Central High School's gymnasiums. The school is located at 135 Fletcher Avenue.
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12/8/10
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Second of two parts.
On Aug. 28, 1963, Booker T. Gibson made his way to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “It was hot. In August, it was hot,” Gibson said during a recent interview, stressing the word “hot.”
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Scott Brinton
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12/7/10
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Gather up your little goblins, conjure up some creative costumes and prepare some scary, scrumptious sweets for a great ghostly gathering. Involve everyone in fun-to-make (and to eat) Halloween recipes that are
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Karen Bloom
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10/28/10
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Oceanside knocked off East Meadow in a battle of 3-0 teams in Conference I, West Hempstead won its second straight in Conference III, and East Rockaway moved to 3-1 in Conference IV.
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Tony Bellissimo and Andrew McClure
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10/2/10
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