The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games.
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6/13/13
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Forty-one years ago, we bought our house in Woodmere because it had a back porch.
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5/31/13
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Good for CVS! The mega drugstore chain, with retail outlets on every corner, is requiring employees to disclose their weight to the company’s insurance carrier or pay a $600-a-year penalty.
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4/4/13
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Every day, Nassau and Suffolk counties’ roughly 2.8 million inhabitants draw 375 million gallons of water from the ground to boil spaghetti, wash their cars, water their lawns and, of course, drink, among thousands of other uses, according to the Long Island Water Conference, a consortium of the Island’s public and private water suppliers.
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7/12/12
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New York state’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is making national news regarding his opposition to a nationwide $20 billion foreclosure settlement involving some of the largest banks …
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Al D'Amato
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9/9/11
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A visit to LB Wellness will take you into a calming, spa-like, eco-friendly facility. Using a holistic approach, the goal of this center is to care for, educate and inspire you to choose wellness as a way of life.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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4/20/11
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A simple phone call, placed from the Waldbaums at 905 Atlantic Ave. in Baldwin, may have saved the life of a Rockville Centre woman and numerous animals trapped in her home.
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Chris Connolly
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1/26/11
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During a routine inspection on May 19, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation found traces of ethanol in one of six monitoring wells near Rockville Centre's Department of Public Works garage on Sunrise Highway.
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Jennifer Gundersen
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7/14/10
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Richard Lawrence of Merrick, a former Nassau County Family Court judge, longtime legal counsel to a state senator, and well-respected, well-loved community activist, died suddenly on April 21 of complications from a bone-marrow transplant. He was 66.
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Scott Brinton
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4/28/10
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