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Super Bowl 50: Coleman’s Take
Former Jet gives big game analysis Super Bowl 50 couldn’t have two more similar teams. With both the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos, you have two fundamentally sound teams led by top flight quarterbacks and smash-mouth...
Careers & Profiles In Education
Student Service Center Strong With Volunteers
Mineola High School’s Falk-Sysak Student Service Center (SSC) has been helping foster student volunteers for more than three decades and its evolution from a small program to 600 kids is a testament to its mission. The...
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Tye Makes Most Of Giant Chance
The road from undrafted free agent to starting NFL tight end for the New York Giants wasn’t paved with camera flashes and TV interviews for Stony Brook University product Will Tye. A former Seawolf, Tye’s...
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Lyons Gives Back With Kindness
Former New York Jets defensive tackle Marty Lyons’ start in philanthropic endeavors with the Marty Lyons Foundation did not come from an endorsement deal, TV commercial or ad campaign. The seed was planted by a man,...
Entertainment
It’s All In The Costume
Star Wars exhibit shows that detail matters Try to imagine Luke Skywalker without his Jedi robes. Create a mental picture of Darth Vader sans the black imposing uniform. You can’t. These items, although small in scale,...
Entertainment
The Force Awakens In NYC
While the “Star Wars and the Power of Costume: The Exhibition” debuted in Seattle earlier this year, the exhibit featuring garb from Star Wars: The Force Awakens due out on Friday, Dec. 18 is an...
Lifestyle & Culture
Giants/Jets Battle For The Apple: Three Things To Win
Every four years, the Giants and Jets meet in the regular season to battle for New York (or New Jersey depending on who you ask) on the gridiron during the NFL’s regular season. The...
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Bosworth Touts Town Initiatives
While seasoned in the political realm as a former Nassau County legislator, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth says she still feels new to the mantle she took up less than two years ago,...
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7-Line Rolls Out Mets Garb Daily
By Rich Forestano, William Riggin and Stephen Romano As he pushed down on his T-shirt press years ago, Darren Meenan’s wrists hurt, but his ambition thrived. From the dark basement of his parent’s house in Douglaston,...
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Miller Place Man Honors Loved Ones At PGA TOUR Volunteer Challenge
Bob Dow of Miller Place knows the devastating impact of cancer all too well. Bob’s wife is a five-year breast cancer survivor, his mother-in-law is...
Mental Health Care Gets Short Shrift From Insurers
Have you ever sought mental health care for your child? What about care for a drug addiction? Have you made calls to multiple providers...
Oh, Ed
Hollywood icon Ed Asner to receive lifetime achievement award The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Up and Elf. If you haven’t already guessed what...
Puzzle Opens Aug. 17 On Long Island
In Sony Pictures Classics’ critically acclaimed film Puzzle, Kelly Macdonald stars as a subdued homemaker who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing...
A Four-State Gun Safety Coalition
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The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, on Feb. 14, prompted Governor Andrew Cuomo to partner with governors in...