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...
View Article10 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...
View ArticlePet 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...
View ArticleMilitary 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...
View ArticlePublicizing 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBrookhaven 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...
View ArticlePhil 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....
View ArticleSeth 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....
View ArticleBrookhaven 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...
View ArticlePhil 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....
View ArticleSeth 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....
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleHelp 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....
View ArticleMuslim 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...
View ArticleNassau 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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