1+ day, 18+ min ago   (250+ words) Sunday, September 13, 2026 “I am the sister of firefighter Thomas Hetzel and the wife of firefighter Christopher Dand,” said Dorine Hetzel-Dand, of Garden City South, during her keynote speech at Friday’s Town of Hempstead 9/11 memorial service. “My brother, Thomas, perished on…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (729+ words) For Michael McNelis, Sept. 11, 2001, began with an answering machine message. McNelis, 54, was home in Malverne preparing for his overnight shift with the New York City Police Department when he was told to report to work. A member of the NYPD…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (626+ words) The Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center irrevocably changed life for New Yorkers. Parents, siblings, friends and neighbors were lost, leaving families shattered and communities around the world forever affected. Each year, the promise to “never forget” carries renewed…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (682+ words) Five Seaford High School alumni were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and their names continue to shape generations of students through an award built not around grades, but around the qualities their families believed defined them: service, character and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (287+ words) Like many Long Island and New York communities, Freeport’s losses connected to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are painful scars on local households and the village at large. These losses, however, have not prevented Freeport from making concerted efforts to remember…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (607+ words) For Dr. Suzanne Sirota Rozenberg, Sept. 11, 2001, began like any other workday. But as she drove to work, the physician heard reports of the first plane striking the World Trade Center and quickly realized the day would be anything but ordinary....

4+ day, 38+ min ago   (727+ words) 10, 3:00 p.m. Away at Valley Stream North 18, 6:00 p.m. Home v. Seaford 26, 2:00 p.m. Home v. Elmont 3, 2:00 p.m. Away at Floral Park 9, 7:00 p.m. Home v. North Shore 16, 6:00 p.m. Home v. Lynbrook 23, 6:30 p.m. Away at Island Trees 30, 7:00 p.m. Away at Cold Spring Harbor For the first time, East Rockaway and West Hempstead will join forces on…...

4+ day, 48+ min ago   (277+ words) 10, 5:00 p.m. Home v. Valley Stream Central 19, 1:30 p.m. Away at Carey 26, 1:30 p.m. Home v. Westbury 3, 2:00 p.m. Away at Kennedy 9, 6:00 p.m. Away at Jericho 17, 1:30 p.m. Home v. Roosevelt 24, 1:30 p.m. Home v. Mepham 31, 1:30 p.m. Away at New Hyde Park While the school undergoes construction for a new athletic complex, Baldwin football will similarly need time…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (569+ words) Oceanside girls’ soccer has gone from ending a 45-year championship drought to becoming the team everyone is chasing. Entering her third season as coach, Danielle Chiera has guided the Sailors to back-to-back Nassau County Class AAA championships and last year’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (41+ words) Saturday, September 5, 2026 Ease into fall with colors from your garden Rabbi Irwin Huberman leaves legacy of kindness at Congregation Tifereth Israel Hofstra starts coach Roche era with victory NY-3 Democrats choose between incumbent Tom Suozzi and challenger Danielle Welch...