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By sports May 29, 2009
Walsh Needs to Improve Knicks With Top 10 Draft Pick The Knicks didn't get the break they needed from the ping-pong balls at this year's NBA Draft Lottery and will have to settle for the ...
By fatherfrank May 29, 2009
If you pick up the newspaper, most of the first 10 pages are filled with doom and gloom. Even heartwarming stories about people making a difference are few and far between. Our economic woes are ...
By travel May 22, 2009
There is perhaps no better example of the heroism of The Greatest Generation than D-Day, June 6, 1944, when American and Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, in the face of Nazi firepower ...
By sports May 21, 2009
Mets Should Have Dunn Deal in Winter When the Mets headed into the season with question marks in the two corner outfield positions, their lack of depth showed in more than just left and right ...
By fatherfrank May 20, 2009
Summer vacation is fast approaching. For many parents of school-age children, summertime is their worst nightmare. Unfortunately, due to our economic landscape, many of the recreational programs available for school-age children and young adults wi
By fatherfrank May 15, 2009
Parents, teachers, clergy and concerned community members are alarmed at the rate drug use is escalating across the country. What is even more troubling is the growing number of drug dealers that are infecting our ...
By sports May 14, 2009
A Decade and 4 Million Fans Later, the Ducks Rule Long Island In retrospect, it is almost laughable that some people thought minor league baseball would not work on Long Island. The vision that Frank ...
By travel May 12, 2009
Not for nothing, as they say in Brooklyn, is Nashville known as "Music City." Music is in every nook and cranny of this clean and lovely city, showing that Nashville is worthy of its designation ...
By sports May 08, 2009
Baseball's Best All Paying the Price of Stardom Poor Bud Selig. The commissioner of baseball is trying his best to clean up the game amidst criticism that he himself caused it to get this far. ...
By liseniors May 06, 2009
When you die, you leave behind your estate. Your estate consists of your assets--all of your money, real estate, and worldly belongings. Your estate also includes your debts, expenses, and unpaid taxes. After you die, ...
By fatherfrank May 05, 2009
After almost sixty years, Washington finally built a memorial to honor all of our World War II veterans. Editor Robert Dole was instrumental in getting the memorial built. It was finally dedicated in May 2004. ...
By sports May 01, 2009
Yankees Slashing Ticket Prices in Half Not Enough Call it a nice gesture, similar to when a quarter is put into a beggar's cup. You feel better about yourself for being thoughtful but is that ...
By fatherfrank April 30, 2009
There is an interesting issue that keeps reemerging and it has to do with parental rights. Unfortunately, we live in a state that has a double standard. Technically, we say that at the age of ...
By sports April 24, 2009
Time flies when you're having fun. That old saying fits the 'bill,' if you will, when you sit back and realize that this summer marks the 10th anniversary of the Long Island Ducks. While the ...
By wedding-planning April 22, 2009
By Kelly Ficarra
Finding Your Rhythm
Our current economic times have not only tightened our budgets they have added to our stress levels. The effects of sustained financial stress can impact our ...
By fatherfrank April 22, 2009
Every day one can turn on the TV or open the daily newspaper and see and read horror story after horror story of what human kind is doing to our planet and to each other. ...
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