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Fog Two steal SUV from woman, police report
Two men reportedly approached a woman in the Green Acres Macy’s parking lot on Wednesday while she sat in her SUV, demanded she get out of the vehicle and drove west on Sunrise Highway, Nassau …
Pandemic brings large reduction in plane noise to V.S.
For Valley Streamer Nicole Fischman, the plane noise was so constant that she started counting the intervals. About every three or four minutes, the commercial jets would pass over her home near …
Valley Stream students adapt to college life in pandemic
“My freshman year is definitely not a normal one,” said Valley Stream resident Munahil Sultana. This fall she began her first semester at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. …
Village workers rescue kitten from storm drain
Village Highway Department workers rescued an injured kitten from a storm drain early Tuesday afternoon. According to Highway Department dispatcher Robin Giammarino, a homeowner near the …
Three in V.S. Troop 116 become Eagle Scouts
Three members of Valley Stream BSA Troop 116 officially became Eagle Scouts on Saturday. Owen Bogle, Ian Burke and Brandon Yu gathered along with family, mentors and their fellow scouts to at the …
V.S. doctor to appear on ‘The Bachelorette’
A Valley Stream anesthesiologist will be one of 42 men to try and gain the love of bachelorette Clare Crawley in the upcoming 16th season of the ABC show “The Bachelorette.” Joe Park, …
Districts 13 and 24 expand reopening plans
With statewide coronavirus transmission rates remaining low, school officials in Valley Stream elementary districts 13 and 24 announced plans last week to expand in-person schooling to five days a …
Editorial
Breast screening is still a must, despite pandemic
There is perhaps no disease that strikes greater fear in the hearts of women than breast cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, behind lung cancer, and . . .
Randi Kreiss
As if it couldn’t have gotten worse, he was contagious
Millions of Americans seem to be manifesting what has been called “insane” behavior: They keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different and better result. They keep flouting coronavirus regulations . . .
Op-Ed
MTA will risk much if it cuts service and hikes fares
Pat Foye, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has said that service on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro North could be reduced by as much as 50 percent — and bus and subway service by 40 percent — in the coming months if . . .