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Long Island Real Estate is Changing

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The Ronkonkoma Hub could create a reverse commute from New York City image: tritec They’ve been called the selfie generation, entitled and lazy. But Millennials are now the largest generation and, after a decade of moving away from New York’s metro Long Island region , they are beginning to stick around. The number of people aged 20 to 34 living on Long Island rose 7 .6 percent from 2010 to 2015 according to a report released by Long Island Association in June. Despite the stereotypes, experts see the increase as reason for optimism. “It’s vitally important, particularly for businesses that make their home here,” said Robert Loscalzo, the chief operating officer of Tritec Real Estate Company, which specializes in the type of mixed-use housing this generation favors. “You need a vibrant workforce and from the standpoint of job creation it’s vital that companies have a source of labor.” But a home doesn’t necessarily mean a house, especially for Millennials. Nationwide, 34.1 percent of...

Letters penned by reclusive author J.D. Salinger hit auction

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http://www.thehour.com/news/article/Letters-penned-by-reclusive-author-J-D-Salinger-11956636.php By Kaitlyn Krasselt Published 6:08 pm, Thursday, August 24, 2017 Photo: Amy Sancetta / AP Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Image 1 of 8 Copies of J.D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as his volume of short stories called "Nine Stories" are seen at the Orange Public Library in Orange Village, Ohio on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, died Wednesday at the age of 91. At left is a 1951 photo of the author. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) less Copies of J.D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as his volume of short stories called "Nine Stories" are seen at the Orange Public Library in Orange Village, Ohio on Thursday, Jan. 28, ... more Photo: Amy Sancett...

Dental assistant expands role to be tooth fairy

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UPDATE (MONDAY, 3:00 p.m.)-  According to Klass Kids, a prayer service is being held Monday night for missing Naomi Jones at 6 o’clock. The prayer service will be held at Olive Baptist Church (the main site) located at 1836 E Olive Rd, Pensacola, FL 32514. UPDATE (MONDAY, 12:45 p.m.) – Law enforcement established a checkpoint Monday afternoon outside the apartment complex of Naomi Jone’s mother. The checkpoint is on East Johnson Blvd outside the Aspen Village Apartments . 12-year-old Naomi Jones has been missing from her Pensacola home since last week. Officers tell News 5 that the checkpoint is being used to check vehicles and hand out flyers of the missing girl. If you have any information about Jones, please call 9-1-1. BREAKING:  (MONDAY, June 5th 2017, 6:54 a.m.) Law Enforcement is assessing whether the search for 12-year-old Naomi Jones is still a rescue operation or whether it has become a recovery effort, Sheriff David Morgan said during a press conference early Monda...

The Midnight Train to Moscow

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The search began before dawn; the train had just crossed the border of Tajikistan into Uzbekistan. We were only three hours into the four- day train ride between Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital, and Moscow. An Uzbek border guard , clad in brown fatigues , boarded the train — a Soviet-replica, green, with a silver roof — and began yelling. He moved through the car, searching passenger after passenger, ripping apart belongings, interrogating everyone about terrorism and narcotics, and scanning flip phones and cheap Nokias for “sex photos” (pornography is banned in Uzbekistan). The passengers endured this, unfazed. Almost all of them were migrants traveling to Russia for work. They’d seen this routine before. It was March. Across Tajikistan, thousands of people — mostly young men — were departing for or preparing to leave for Russia. The long Russian winter was nearing its end; construction projects in cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg were slowly coming back to life. Tajikistan, t...