“It’s OK to be different,” MacArthur High School junior Katelyn Safoschnik said. “We all bleed the same color blood.”
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By Rebecca Anderson
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4/19/16
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I covered Donald Trump long before he ran for president. It was the mid-2000s, and the American economy was tanking –– big time. The Donald wanted to construct a posh, $24 million, 86,000-square-foot catering hall called Trump on the Ocean . . .
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3/31/16
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For many people who live in Wantagh, Jones Beach State Park is considered their go-to beach. But what they don’t know, is that there are other ocean-dwelling mammals who also call the beach their home.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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2/23/16
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The Jones Beach Holiday Lights Spectacular is back. The drive-through show opened last Friday night and will continue into the new year.
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11/24/15
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An estimated crowd of 65,000 people clad in pink raised $2.7 million for breast cancer research and awareness on Oct. 18 at Jones Beach in the annual Making Strides of Long Island Walk.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/20/15
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More than 8,000 people came out to Jones Beach on Sunday morning to fight a disease that claims about 40,000 lives in the United States every year. The Lustgarten Foundation held its 15th annual Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk, raising more than $1 million.
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10/14/15
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Despite the threat of a Hurricane that never came to be, thousands came out to support the Foundation Fighting Blindness and Autism Awareness and at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday and Sunday.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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10/6/15
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More than 4,000 people joined the walk against heart disease at Jones Beach on Sunday. Participants sported red and white attire with pictures of loved ones on their T-shirts to demonstrate support and raise awareness for cardiovascular illnesses such as stroke.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/23/15
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Although the summer is coming to a close, Jones Beach will continue to draw crowds. As families gather at Field 5 in the dim hours of the morning, there will be only one thing on everyone’s mind: finding a cure for a dreaded disease.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/16/15
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It was 5:50 a.m. on a recent Friday when my alarm rang. Typically I dread waking before 9, but on this day I was to engage in an activity that I never tried before — paddle boarding at Jones Beach
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By Ryan Pane
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8/27/15
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