Joye Brown
Brown: Mural captures more than victim's smile
October 1, 2008
Eight, maybe 10, minutes went by as Stacey Reister stood silently, staring into her husband's soft, laughing eyes.
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Inmates fund, paint mural for killed jail guard
September 30, 2008
Eight, maybe 10, minutes went by as Stacey Reister stood silently, staring into her husband's soft, laughing eyes.
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New Hyde Park homeowner wants a bailout for families
September 30, 2008
As far as Patrick Lynn is concerned, the United States Congress did the right thing yesterday. Now, they need to go back and do something that will work for him and his family.
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Who will bail the middle class out?
September 29, 2008
As far as Patrick Lynn is concerned, the United States Congress did the right thing yesterday. Now, they need to go back and do something that will work for him and his family.
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All signs seem to point to bad grammar
September 28, 2008
Have you ever seen a humidor walking?
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Cleanup breathes new life on Terrace Avenue
September 25, 2008
Once, I saw a police car roll down Terrace Avenue in Hempstead Village. A group of young men set off running, screaming "Five-O!" a code for police that descended from the television show "Hawaii Five-O."
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Safety suffers when highway patrol officers replaced
September 23, 2008
On the third day sheriff's deputies replaced Suffolk highway cops on the Long Island Expressway, a Selden woman entered the roadway.
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Nassau's taxing issues continue for Massapequa family
September 18, 2008
Doug Amante of Massapequa must be feeling a bit snakebit right now.
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Wall Street's meltdown hits Long Islanders at home
September 16, 2008
Yesterday's chaos surrounding the collapse of some of Wall Street's major investment banks made Terry Windus think of just one thing:
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Apostrophe lets use it right period
September 14, 2008
Grab a pencil. You're gonna need it.
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A parent's memorial pilgrimage
September 11, 2008
Like mother, like son.
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On 9/11 tending to their son's memory
September 11, 2008
Like mother, like son.
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Joye: Economic woes call for some tough choices
September 9, 2008
Come Friday, Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi will announce his 2009 budget proposal, a plan that includes an increase in the county portion of the property tax of no more than 3.9 percent.
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Even a tropical storm doesn't dampen their wedding day
September 7, 2008
Fourteen palm trees swayed in a hard wind yesterday as a legion of white-capped waves stormed ashore to splash them.
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Michael Phelps is proud he owes it all to his mom
August 17, 2008
Joye Brown recounts meeting Olympic champ Michael Phelps and his impromptu tribute to his mother
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Roosevelt library has key role in community
August 14, 2008
Roosevelt's public library is more than a library, with one of the largest collections of African-American literature in the region.
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Joye: Lawmakers' early warning leads to new legislation
August 12, 2008
'This smells like bad fish," Legis. Cameron Alden warned fellow legislators about a proposal to extend a contract with Global Golf Inc. in 2002.
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Suffolk's "Crash Course" teaches teens to drive safely
August 10, 2008
Relax, relax.
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Brown: New scope needed to navigate sea of change
August 7, 2008
THIS is not your grandfather's Long Island.
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Clerical error led to overassessment of Massapequa home
August 5, 2008
It took me about five seconds yesterday to determine why Doug Amante's assessment tripled after he added a second floor to his Massapequa home.
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What's up with all the jellyfish in local waters
August 3, 2008
'EVERYONE on the beach keeps saying the same thing, 'They are so early this year,'" Leslie wrote in recently from the North Fork. "I was wondering if your research found whether or not the jellyfish are here to stay for the rest of the season."
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Montauk Monster, real or not, has many fans, witnesses
August 1, 2008
Quick. Grab something. It's time to slay the Montauk Monster.
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The Montauk Monster: Legend or latex?
July 31, 2008
'If this could be certified as the Suffolk version of the Loch Ness monster," County Executive Steve Levy said, "we'd sell tickets and get a lot of revenue."
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Knowledge of rip currents can help you survive
July 29, 2008
I know about rip currents and fortunately had learned what to do if I ever got caught.
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Knowledge of rip currents can help you survive
July 29, 2008
I know about rip currents and fortunately had learned what to do if I ever got caught.
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Training needed on drug to reverse heroin overdose
July 24, 2008
There's a way to reverse a heroin overdose. And it's been available to addicts, their families and friends, in New York State, since 2006.
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Jellyfish real pain for Long Island Sound swimmers
July 20, 2008
Not long after Holger Fietkau fired his starter's gun to send a wave of swimmers off on a 5K race in Huntington Bay last Sunday, a jellyfish undulated brazenly into view.
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Addicts' parents pass along suspected dealers' numbers
July 17, 2008
Here are some dealers' numbers," an e-mail from one parent read.
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After 7 miserable years, parents make their stand
July 15, 2008
A mother, joined by her best friend, traveled to a courthouse not too far from her home.
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Daughter's fatal drug problem resonates with families
July 13, 2008
"Like the Ciappas, I have a son hooked on drugs," read one e-mail plucked from a stack almost a half-inch thick.
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Parents' struggle to save teen from heroin's clutches
July 10, 2008
TEN WEEKS after her 18th birthday, Natalie Ciappa spent an evening with friends before returning to Massapequa and the safety of her bed.
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Parents' struggle to save teen from heroin's clutches
July 10, 2008
Ten weeks after her 18th birthday, Natalie Ciappa spent an evening with friends before returning to Massapequa and the safety of her bed.
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Activist urges community to help stop violence
July 8, 2008
Karina Singh, steadfast and sure, was up and making the rounds in Wyandanch early yesterday.
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Some teachers - and students - you never forget
July 6, 2008
It reads, almost, like a poem:
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Miley posed, but adults should be ashamed
April 28, 2008
Dear Miley,
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There's more to the story
December 23, 2007
"I crossed the color line a long time ago," John White told me in one of the few informal conversations we had in the hallway during courtroom breaks during his trial in Riverhead.
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How can syringe misuse, lack of data happen now?
November 15, 2007
Hepatitis killed my mother.
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This place needs change to be great
January 25, 2007
More and more residents on Long Island, home of the nation's first postwar suburb, say it's harder than ever to pay the mortgage. That's hard to imagine. But the data are right there on page 4 of this year's Long Island Index report.
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Embracing King's radical message
January 16, 2007
Now might be a good time to cut Martin Luther King Jr. back down to size.
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Driver's widow describes a love story
October 4, 2006
Rita Rabinowitz took her daughter's hand, holding tight as the DVD began to play before a crowded, hushed courtroom. And there, as she sat watching, she saw her husband's death just as he saw it that night -- through his eyes, from the front of the limousine in which he died.
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Loss of more than a child
September 12, 2006
Jennifer and Neil Flynn skipped breakfast yesterday, hours before testimony began in the trial of a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of their eldest child, 7-year-old Katie.
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Only right step is to step down from district
August 8, 2006
Richard Hawkins ought to rethink his decision not to step down as superintendent of the William Floyd school district. And he ought to take some school board members with him.
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For Rice, it's broom for change
August 1, 2006
The question for Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice yesterday was: Are you the witch critics say you are?
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At long last, NUMC sees some heroes
July 21, 2006
Let's say you want to mess with the Roosevelt School District. You have to get past State Assemb. Earlene Hooper and State Sen. Charles Fuschillo.
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Nassau first passes blame, now buck
April 25, 2006
Nassau County Attorney Lorna Goodman says she won't use county taxpayers' money to pay a $63,000 legal bill, the highest to come out of a bitter fight settled more than two months ago over the leadership in the county legislature.
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Keep these kids stationed here
April 20, 2006
'This club has kept me off the street and kept me out of the gang."
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Stereotypes all over this case
April 19, 2006
A rich kid. A white boy. A jock. Collin Finnerty, one of Long Island's own, was arrested early yesterday on charges of raping and kidnapping a black stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party.
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A Cradle with links to history
March 23, 2006
Kathy Wojcieszak left her long white scarf at the Cradle of Aviation museum in Mitchel Field almost three years ago. It was still there yesterday, streaming behind a pilot in a plane hanging from the lobby's ceiling.
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First step toward solution
March 9, 2006
Mr. Levy went to Washington this week. And he took a collection of officials who merit serious consideration from President George W. Bush.
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Students are the principal concern
February 28, 2006
What happened in Vermont didn't stay in Vermont.
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Tom assures Nassau's not out of sight
February 26, 2006
Someone called with a suggestion recently for a two-page graphic in the center of Newsday: A state map showing every stop Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi has made campaigning for governor.
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In Nassau, no work, all pay
February 2, 2006
The Nassau County Legislature has given us a month of nothing.
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