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Valley Stream native and former “Bachelorette” contestant Joe Park provided updates on his condition after receiving his second and final dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 8.

V.S. native, former 'Bachelorette' contestant gives vaccine updates

Former “Bachelorette” contestant and Valley Stream native Dr. Joe Park has been providing a steady stream of updates after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/14/21

Valley Streamer gets NYC DEP promotion

Longtime Valley Streamer Peter Fusco has been promoted to acting assistant commissioner for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection police, the agency reported in a release in mid … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/7/21

Louis Palermo at the 2019 Memorial Day parade. He was well known in the neighborhood and active in many local civic groups up until the weeks before his death.

Louis Palermo, last D-Day veteran in Valley Stream, dies at 94

Louis Palermo, the last known surviving D-Day veteran in Valley Stream and a well-known figure in local veterans and civic groups, died on Dec. 12. He was 94. He was among the last members of the … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/7/21

Valley Stream resident Janet Miserandino said she planned to call friends and family more in the new year.

Hoping for a better new year

When Americans entered the new year, they left behind the deadliest year in U.S. history, with the coronavirus killing more than 350,000 people. For many Valley Streamers, 2020 was the most … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 1/7/21

Mike Field was a Valley Stream Fire Department EMT who died in the line of duty after transporting a coronavirus patient during the first weeks of the pandemic.

Mike Field is the Valley Stream Herald's 2020 Person of the Year

During the first harrowing weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in March, lifelong Valley Streamer and Fire Department Emergency Medical Technician Mike Field told fellow volunteers that he believed he … more

By Peter Belfiore | 12/31/20

The True Christmas Miracle

Vinny LiVecchi, is the Youth Director at Valley Stream’s Bethlehem Assembly of God Church Many of us are forced to bury our emotions, past hurts and present discomfort for the sake of … more

12/24/20

Rev. Gertude Nation, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church in Valley Stream

Christmas in a difficult time

Gertrude Nation is pastor of the Grace United Methodist Church in Valley Stream. Today, over 2,000 years, the feelings of awe and wonder that echo throughout the first Christmas is still present. … more

12/24/20

Members of the Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club helped stock the Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard earlier this year.

Local Rotarians do their part during the pandemic

For more than 75 years, the Freeport-Merrick Rotary has lived by one motto: “Service above self.” And although the pandemic has hindered the club’s usual fundraising efforts, … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/21/20

Valley Streamer Tina Rodriguez-Correa is inviting all to come visit her little free library outside her home at 115 Cedar Street.

Valley Streamer opens Cedar Street little library

Valley Stream resident Tina Rodriguez-Correa recently installed a little free library outside of her Cedar Street home, and is inviting anyone interested to come visit, borrow a book and share one of … more

By Peter Belfiore | 12/17/20

Siblings Marajade, 9, and Logan, 6, waved from atop their mother’s car at the Hendrickson Park pool parking lot on Dec. 4, when Santa Claus came to visit

When a 'Winter Wonderland' came to Valley Stream

Neither rain nor a pandemic could stop the Christmas festivities in Valley Stream this year, when on Friday the village hosted a one-of-its-kind drive through winter wonderland with, of course, a … more

By Peter Belfiore | 12/17/20

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