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No, We Are Never Alone
By Robert B. Charles | AMAC Contributor
Alone? No. We are never alone, and we do not need another federal or state program, another Harvard...
The Necessary Standard for American Education: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment, in addition to being the penultimate amendment made to the Constitution to date, lowered the minimum voting age to eighteen years...
Treat People with Disabilities with the Fairness They Deserve
To the Editor,
Organizations in New York can pay a person with a disability as little as $.05 per hour, and it is legal. This...
Cheers! SCWA Meets Water Quality Standards Before Federal Deadline
Cover photo: (Left to right) P.O. McCaffrey, Exec. Romaine, Adrienne Esposito, Min. Ldr. Richberg, and Chairman Lefkowitz raise a toast (Credit: Matt Meduri)
“I’ll drink...
Ed Wehrheim Vs. Rob Trotta
The election for Smithtown Town Supervisor will be held alongside local elections in November, but the first hurdle is the primary for the Republican...
Center Moriches Boys’ Lacrosse Wins First-Ever County Title
Cover photo: The Center Moriches Boys' Lacrosse Team (Credit - Instagram @cmboysvlax)
The Red Devils needed just one chance to make a name for themselves.The...
The Christopher A. Coluccio Foundation Scholarship
Cover credit - Aiden Lorenzo
In September of 2021, the hamlet of Blue Point was rocked by the sudden and tragic passing of fourteen-year-old Christopher...
Garbarino and LaLota Welcome U.S. Labor Secretary to Long Island for Workforce Development Tour
Photo credit - Office of Congressman LaLota
Long Island took center stage in the national conversation on workforce development last week as Congressmen Andrew Garbarino...
Smith Condemns “Judicial Gerrymandering” by Albany Democrats, Calls for Federal Intervention
Assemblyman warns of partisan court-rigging as legislative session nears end
Albany, NY – With just days left in the 2025 legislative session, Assemblyman Doug Smith...
The First Mercantile (1740) & the Lake Grove General Store (c.1880)
By Ellyn Okvist, B.Sc.
This column will take us back to the very first General Store in our area, then called The Mercantile and the...
The Necessary Standard for American Education: The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Nearly a century after the end of the Civil War, civil rights violations still occurred, predominantly in the post-Reconstruction South. The exceptionally dark time...
Garbarino Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Qualified Immunity for Local Law Enforcement
Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport), in partnership with Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R, NY-24), has reintroduced the Local Law Enforcement Protection Act, a federal bill aimed...
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