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A Few Clouds Making friends through the Jones Beach Club
For some, it’s just a place to relax for the day, but for thousands of Long Islanders, Jones Beach State Park holds a special place in their hearts. The Jones Beach Club, a Facebook group …
Water authority seeks path to takeover of Liberty
The South Nassau Water Authority is making progress on a potential public takeover of Liberty Water. Yet, even as progress is made, one question lingers: Is a public takeover of the utility even …
Kindness fills the halls at Lee Road Elementary
Students at Lee Road Elementary School in the Levittown School District prepared for World Kindness Day on Nov. 13 with a variety of positivity-themed projects. Third graders in Jennifer …
Lee Road honors those who served for Veterans Day
Students at Lee Road Elementary School in the Levittown School District took time to recognize and honor veterans on Nov. 6. Using each letter that spells out “veterans,” third …
Wantagh ceremony honors veterans
In a heartfelt tribute to the men and women who have selflessly served in the United States armed forces, the Wantagh American Legion Post 1273 recently played host to a Veterans Day ceremony. The …
Sewage project construction on Sunrise nears an end
If your commute on Sunrise Highway has been interrupted by construction, there’s good news: It’s almost finished. Construction crews are in the final stages of installing over 10 …
Bring your imagination and catch a show at Wantagh High
A tale of imagination, adventure and the power of dreams comes to the Wantagh High School stage on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 as the drama club will present “Peter and the Starcatcher.” The show …
Seaford actors are clued in for inaugural drama
Seaford High School student-actors are getting ready for a new venture, the fall drama production. The performance of “Clue” on Nov. 16, 17 and 18 will be in addition to the traditional …
2023 Wantagh election results: Carini, Giangregorio re-elected
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the Nassau County Legislature and the Hempstead Town Board. In the race in the Legislature’s 12th District, Republican Michael …
Country Fair brings neighborhood together
It was all fun and smiles at the Church of St. Jude’s Country Fair in Wantagh on Nov. 4. Crowds gathered at the church on Lufberry Avenue to see all the fun vendors on display. Knitted …
Peter King
Why is Israel urged not to ‘overreact’ against Hamas?
If ever there were a just war, it is Israel’s war against Hamas. If ever there were a war in which there is no moral equivalence, it is Israel’s war against Hamas.
Op-Ed
Antisemitism in our schools is way too common
In May, I took part in a special hearing convened by the Nassau County Legislature’s Special Legislative Task Force to Combat Antisemitism in Nassau County. The hearing gave students, parents, rabbis and other interested members of the community the opportunity . . .
Op-Ed
‘Hunger in America is the ultimate obscenity’
My parents were worried the moment I laid eyes on the apartment for the very first time. It was the entire top floor of a car dealership just off what would eventually become Interstate 86, at the edge of the Finger Lakes region upstate. This would be my first apartment — my first home outside the family home where I grew up in Pennsylvania.