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Growing number of Long Island parents opt out of Common Core exams

By Amanda Ocasio, Rayvin Bleu and Stephen Levine When the Common Core exams were first given in 2013, only about 1,000 students on Long Island opted out of the tests. Two years later, that number has...

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10 Summer Activities On Long Island

With school coming to an end and warmer weather approaching, Long Island provides many activities from beaches to the wineries to the outlet. For both outdoor and indoor fun, here are 10 suggestions in...

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Pet adoption roadshow ‘pawses’ in New York

The Port Washington-based North Shore Animal League is giving people across the U.S an opportunity to save a dog or cat with a nationwide adoption event, Tour For Life. New Yorkers will have the chance...

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Military families at Mitchel Complex: another address, but still a home

Military families pack up and move every three to four years, but the families living at Belfour Beatty Communities at Mitchel Complex bring the sense of community wherever they go. Matching tidy brick...

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Publicizing Safety for Students and Residents

It is 9:00 p.m. on a Wednesday night and you get a knock on the door. One of your roommates opens the door slowly and realizes it is a solicitor claiming to sell window treatments. Realizing that it...

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The 2015 World Series broke our hearts and wallets

On October 15th, the Mets officially made their way to the 2015 World Series and New Yorkers broke into hysteria of excitement, then broke into hysteria over the ticket prices. Ticket prices for the...

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Brookhaven Women’s Conference encourages women’s success

At the age of 25, Cherie Christmas’ home burned down leaving her with only two outfits. After spending $200 on new clothes and working to buy supplies, she decided to create her own line of luxury...

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Phil Levy, a Long Island Magician, Making People Smile

By Neil A. Carousso Philip Levy, of Theatricks by Phil, is a retired junior high school teacher of 34 years and a full-time entertainer, making people laugh and dazzling the community with magic....

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Seth Sackowitz, East Meadow’s 24-year-old entrepreneur celebrates year one

By Neil A. Carousso Long Island native Seth Sackowitz opened Treasure Island Desserts in East Meadow, NY at 24-years-old. Sackowtiz just celebrated the first anniversary of his company this month....

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Brookhaven Women’s Conference encourages women’s success

At the age of 25, Cherie Christmas’ home burned down leaving her with only two outfits. After spending $200 on new clothes and working to buy supplies, she decided to create her own line of luxury...

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Phil Levy, a Long Island Magician, Making People Smile

By Neil A. Carousso Philip Levy, of Theatricks by Phil, is a retired junior high school teacher of 34 years and a full-time entertainer, making people laugh and dazzling the community with magic....

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Seth Sackowitz, East Meadow’s 24-year-old entrepreneur celebrates year one

By Neil A. Carousso Long Island native Seth Sackowitz opened Treasure Island Desserts in East Meadow, NY at 24-years-old. Sackowtiz just celebrated the first anniversary of his company this month....

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New York City Students Share Plan to Fight for School Integration

Teens Take Charge Founders Nelson Luna and Whitney Stephenson opened their event “We Regret to Inform You” at Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center Brooklyn, New York – A standing room-only crowd...

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U.S Army Considering A New Physical Assessment Test

Ivette Tufino (third from left), an Army unit supply specialist at the Fort Jackson training base in South Carolina. For nearly 40 years the Army has had the same physical training test, known as the...

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Help on the way for deaf and hard of hearing drivers

Michelle Guerrero, 39, of Mineola vividly remembers the night her husband Israel was pulled over. A police officer and detective approached on either side of the car and asked for his driver’s license....

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Muslim voters vow to combat Islamophobia in midterms

Muslim men pray at Hillside Islamic Center in New Hyde Park, NY on Oct. 5, 2018. Photo by: Fatima Ali Khan “As a democracy, it is so important that we go out and we vote and we engage with our...

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Nassau County veterans receive aid in time of need

It was an ordinary Sunday mass at Bethel Assembly of God in Franklin Square in 2017 when one parishioner approached another to discuss a vision he’d had. “He felt God gave him this vision,” said...

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