New York Jets Returning To Hofstra On Aug. 23
Mike Barry August 18, 2015
Despite having expanded their New Jersey presence, the New York Jets are making their annual pilgrimage to Hofstra University’s James Shuart
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Saratoga To Recognize Whitney’s Place In History
Mike Barry August 4, 2015
John Hay (Jock) Whitney (1904-82) moved in rarefied circles during his lifetime and this tradition will continue posthumously following Whitney’s induction
Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton To Rock Huntington
Mike Barry July 29, 2015
Besides the fact I viewed the film on an airplane, Cheap Trick’s cameo in the mirthless 2003 Eddie Murphy vehicle Daddy
Best Of Enemies Gathering In Great Neck On July 29
Mike Barry July 22, 2015
The network’s televised political debates featured pointed personal insults, rehearsed ad-libs and shopworn clichés. Yet WABC broadcast them live anyway and
Suffolk GOP Taps O’Connor For County’s Top Job
Mike Barry July 15, 2015
More than a decade ago, James O’Connor and his family moved to Suffolk from Nassau and, in a remarkable turn of
Coliseum’s Next Chapter About To Unfold
Mike Barry July 5, 2015
There’s a calendar posted at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum’s website and it lists nothing after Tuesday, Aug. 4, when a
Murray’s Foes Underestimate Her Strength
Mike Barry June 26, 2015
Social media platforms and Newsday have been pushing one consistent message about this year’s Nassau County District Attorney (DA) election—Republican DA
MTA’s Courtesy Campaign Fights Uphill Battle
Mike Barry June 13, 2015
Realizing it must do something to curb the excesses of its cuticle-clipping, multiple-bag carrying, bottomless-bag-of-popcorn-eating denizens, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Demille’s Latest Arrives In Time For Summer Readers
Mike Barry May 28, 2015
Raves are already coming in for Nelson DeMille’s just-released Radiant Angel (Grand Central Publishing), but I think Kirkus Reviews put it
The Sidemen Come To Landmark On Main Street
Mike Barry May 22, 2015
Praised for its depiction of talented back-up singers who toil anonymously behind legendary performers, 20 Feet from Stardom won 2013’s Academy
Charges Against Skelos Father, Son Rock Albany
Mike Barry May 12, 2015
The 43-page federal complaint against state Senator Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and his son Adam Skelos has a running theme: Senator
Belmont Stakes Preparations Are Underway
Mike Barry May 7, 2015
The outcome of the Saturday, May 16, Preakness Stakes will determine whether a Triple Crown championship is on the line when
Algieri Returning To Barclays On May 29
Mike Barry April 30, 2015
The Saturday, May 2, bout between superstars Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, to be held at the MGM Grand in Las
Maragos Highlights County’s Sales Tax Dilemma
Mike Barry April 22, 2015
Nassau County’s government received $1.09 billion last year in sales tax revenue, an ominous sign for its policymakers, according to a
Post-Sandy State Program Selling 81 Nassau Parcels
Mike Barry April 18, 2015
A colleague of mine likes to say if you can see the water from your home, the water can see you.
Brooklyn Scored After Nassau’s Voters Sent Isles Packing
Mike Barry April 3, 2015
The Islanders are playing their final regular season home game in Uniondale, as the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum’s anchor tenant, on
MTA Fares Have Risen More Than 80 Percent Since 2003
Mike Barry March 27, 2015
The cost of a monthly MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ticket to Penn Station from western Nassau has increased 87
Novelist Colum McCann Coming To Manhasset
Mike Barry March 17, 2015
New York Times bestselling author Colum McCann is visiting
Manhasset Homecoming For Long Island Ducks Chief
Mike Barry March 5, 2015
Michael Pfaff, the president and general manager (GM) of minor league baseball’s Long Island Ducks, is returning to his old stomping
Jericho Author Channels Dorothy Parker
Mike Barry February 28, 2015
The New Yorker magazine published a cartoon years ago where one woman, talking to another at a cocktail party, says, “I
