Celebrate with us as Newsday turns 80

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Pat Dolan: A proud history and a bright future

A letter from Newsday's owner.

A note from publisher Debby Krenek

As our past, present and future come together, I’m happy to say that the best is yet to come.

Brown: The ‘roughneck’ who made Newsday happen

The one thing about Alicia Patterson, Newsday's oh-so-very prim and proper looking founding publisher, that's always captured my imagination was her childhood nickname, Roughneck.

The 1940s: Growing up in wartime

The Depression was waning, and Long Island was growing.

The 1950s: The age of suburbia

In the postwar years, the march onto Long Island became a stampede.

The 1960s: Hope, shock and awe

John F. Kennedy swept into office in 1961 with the promise of a "New Frontier."

The 1970s: Days of soul searching

For the first time, people began leaving the region to seek the good life somewhere else.

The 1980s: Any port in a storm

The Cold War was still grinding on, the economy was in recession and fighting in the Middle East continued to flare

The 1990s: Heroes rise and fall

At the start of the '90s, few used the Internet regularly, or could imagine the words "sex scandal" paired with "Oval Office."

The 2000s: Heartbreak and hope

The new millennium dawned on an age of wealth and optimism.

The 2010s: Storms brewing

It was an event Long Islanders will never forget.

The 2020s: Just getting started

The decade began with a president being impeached and a Newsday investigation shining a light on Long Island’s Grumman plume.