The D'Addario Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the world's largest maker of guitar strings, has been helping students in under-served communities for years by funding other programs. But this time, it wanted to do it directly, and help people in its own back yard on Long...
The League of YES gives young people with disabilities an opportunity to play the American pastime. The group started out as part of the Miracle League, but last year branched out on its own. It plans to expand beyond baseball with chapters across the country. As...
If ever there was a recipe for a cool profile, this was it. Meet Tony Della, a weekend singer at Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace stores....
I’m proud to share that my newsday.com/towns team won first place for Best New Blog at the 2011 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards dinner on June 9. Contributors to the blog, Long Island Now, during 2010, which is when the blog posts we submitted ran, included...
I happened to be passing Wellwood Cemetery on the way to work when I saw smoke billowing up from the center of the property. You don't see that everyday. So I drove into the cemetery and snapped a picture and some video with my BlackBerry. The...
After so many years in the business, I don’t often save “clips” anymore. But this is a story of which I am particularly proud to have covered....
I'm happy to announce the launch of newsday.com/towns, a place to find out news and information about every community on Long Island -- all 274 of them. ...
As of March 1, things came full circle. I'm back at Newsday, this time as the online editor for local news and products, handling all things hyperlocal....