New Beginnings at North Shore Synagogue
(Photo courtesy of North Shore Synagogue) North Shore Synagogue welcomed the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and the new year 5780 with prayer and majestic music touching the souls of the...
View ArticleGiovanni Bromante Gears Up For NASCAR Ride In 2020
Giovanni Bromante (left) celebrates a late model stock car win with his father, John Bromante (right). (Photo courtesy of the Bromante family) It’s quite common to see teenagers attempting to work...
View ArticleAthlete Of The Week: Cole Nevins
Cole Nevins prevents a goal from being scored at a recent Syosset Braves soccer match.(Photo courtesy of the Syosset School District) One day, Syosset High School’s Cole Nevins hopes to own a sports...
View ArticleStudent-Journalists Get Hands-On Experience With Climate March
Groups of students took to New York City for the Climate March on Friday, Sept. 20. Students were given excused absences and protested in several areas in the Big Apple. (Photos courtesy of JerEcho) By...
View ArticleLIU Sharks Head To Syosset With Realistic Goals
LIU Women’s Ice Hockey v. Metropolitan Riveters held at the Ice Works Skating facility in Syosset on Saturday, Sept. 28. (Photos by Alan J Schaefer) It’s a year of firsts at Long Island University,...
View ArticleAthlete Of The Week: Jordan Miller
Jericho High School senior Jordan Miller (center, in blue) dribbles around two defenders at a recent Jayhawks soccer match.(Photo courtesy of Jordan Miller) Two fall sports might be difficult to handle...
View ArticleNicole Henn Set To Run New York City Marathon After Neurosurgeon Saved Her
Nicole Henn practices for the New York City Marathon. (Photos courtesy of Northwell Health) Thirteen months ago, Nicole Henn’s life flashed before her eyes. The Syosset wife and mother of three was...
View ArticleAthlete Of The Week: Bryan Zhao
Bryan Zhao swings at the PGA Junior League Championship in Arizona.(Photo courtesy of the Southwest PGA) At just 12 years old, Bryan Zhao is one of the best golfers on Long Island. It might seem like a...
View ArticleMandel Clan Is Determined To Make A Difference With Having Maddie: Our True...
Jason Mandel and his family celebrate the launch of Having Maddie: Our True Storyat K. DiResta Collective in Sea Cliff. (Photo by Kathleen DiResta) About 15 years ago, the Mandel family had a baby...
View ArticleAthlete Of The Week: Ari Kantorowitz
Ari Kantorowitz (No. 21) dribbles the ball at a recent Jericho High School soccer match.(Photo courtesy of Ari Kantorowitz) Everyone on Long Island knows when it comes to soccer, Jericho High School is...
View ArticleEditorial: Election Day Should Be A Holiday
Politicians at every level of government, incumbents or challengers, spend the weeks before Election Day doing two things: getting people excited about voting for them, and getting people excited about...
View ArticleHarold Goren Dies At 94
Harold Goren, of Wareham, MA, formerly of Taunton, MA entered into rest on Friday, Nov. 1 at the age of 94. Dear son of the late Isadore and Jennie (Bloom) Goren. Beloved husband of Marjorie (Kraft)...
View Article199-Year-Old Jericho Cider Mill Represents Best Of American Culture
Come Thanksgiving week, the Jericho Cider Mill will be stuffed with apple pies. Dozens of them. At least 8,000. That’s a whole lot of apple pie, and it’s the cider mill’s way to show an American...
View ArticleHouston Astros Fire Syosset Native During World Series
Brandon Taubman’s Syosset High School Class of 2003 yearbook picture. (Photo courtesy of the Syosset Public Library) Brandon Taubman, who served assistant general manager for the Houston Astros since...
View ArticleNew Hotline Will Establish Life-Saving Abilities
Legislator Joshua Lafazan announces that he is introducing a bill to create a suicide prevention hotline. (Photo courtesy of Joshua Lafazan’s office) The days of dialing 10 whole numbers in the case of...
View ArticleTown Officeholders Keep Their Seats After Election Day
Legislator Josh Lafazan The local election season has come to an end as ballots have been cast and seats have been won. For the Town of Oyster Bay, things remain very much the same. Supervisor Joseph...
View ArticleStreet Named In Syosset After Former Mets Star
Ron Swoboda (right) holds his brand-new “Swoboda Dr.” sign.(Photo courtesy of Mary Petersen of the Community Church of Syosset) As the New York Mets continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticleLong Islanders Come Together To Repaint Syosset American Legion
Post 175 received a truck full of supplies from PSEG Long Island as volunteers repainted the building. (Photos by Joseph Wolkin) At 7:30 p.m., Barry Goldblatt received a call. On the other side was a...
View ArticleMidway Jewish Center’s Rabbi Pens New Book
Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank Jewish values and practices are complicated, with questions often leading to more curiosities, rather than simple answers. After years upon years of dealing with complex...
View ArticleAthlete Of The Week: Justin DePinto
Syosset High School’s Justin DePinto just won the Nassau County varsity boys cross country Class I title. (Photo courtesy of the Syosset School District) As the leaves began to change colors, the...
View Article