When people comment on the recent family photos in Celia Strow's home, she smiles. In her heart, however, there is pain. Not pictured is Strow's daughter, Janice Robin, who was killed by a drunk driver just blocks from her home on Nov. 13, 1980. She was 22 years old. More...
East Lake Elementary School kindergarten student William Delmange recently received first place honors in Massapequa's Fire Safety poster contest. William's reward for his designed poster was a fire truck ride to East Lake School in the Massapequa Public School District. His two siblings, Nicholas... More...
Massapequa Park resident U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Peter Lawless just home from his second tour in the Kuwait was honored at this years Memorial Day Parade of the Massapequa's. The parade was sponsored by Massapequa Park V.F.W. Post 7763 under Commander Richard Begandy and American Legion Post 1066 ... More...
The Hagedorn Little Village School's staff and members of the 2007 Golden Rule Dinner committee held a kick-off meeting May 17 in the school's conference room. The 19th annual Golden Rule Award Dinner is set for Tuesday, October 23 in the Garden City Hotel. More...
Students of tSe Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale are learning to experience real-life entrepreneurship. Lisa Leone's seventh-grade home and careers class created various class businesses. Throughout April and May, the students were actively participating in businesses that cater to the school a... More...
Spider Man! Shrek! Designing cat costumes is easier said than done. Since every product from cereal to cheeseburgers has merchandising tie-ins with the latest box office hit, shelter cats also should cash in on Hollywood's hottest. It's kitten season so an adult needs a gimmick to stand out in the... More...
Massapequa 523 Central Avenue 798-4607 Massapequa Park 40 Harbor Lane 799-0770 +Both branches of the Library will be closed Sunday, May 27 and Monday, May 28 in honor of Memorial Day. +The Harbor Lane Library offers programs on an ongoing basis including aerobics and toning classes, M... More...
Local runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes are invited to join the investment firm of David Lerner Associates ("The Asset Builders") and the Greater Long Island Running Club for the 16th annual David Lerner Associates Long Island Police Appreciation Run, to be held on Thursday evening, June 14... More...
Longtime Massapequa Park resident and music lover Robert E. Walters died May 10, 2007. He was 85 years old and was a founding member of the Long Island Philharmonic Choir. "He was the anchor of our bass section and was very committed to the choir," said Frances Roberts, chorus director from the L... More...
The faces of the young men in uniform that appeared in last week's edition stand as a testament to the pride with which they served their country, and the pride their families privately nurtured over the decades that followed. Few recounted the stories of their service over those years. More...
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