Ellen Yan

"His legacy is ensured, but his legacy would be even more robust if he didn't have the burden of being so far ahead of his time," said a chemist who worked with Grollman.

On a recent March evening, men in red capes stomped, women waved imaginary fairy wands and a guy in a suit jumped over a shepherd's staff in the Chatterton School auditorium in Merrick.

Perhaps best known as the home of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park boasts attractions that extend beyond its storied past.

Setting a Guinness world record can be as doable as hugging the most trees in an hour and as difficult as carving the largest margarine statue.

Janet Brasco never said no to a creature in need, a “rescue warrior” who helped curtail widespread euthanasia in municipal pounds and cofounded what became two of Long Island's biggest animal nonprofits.

A soccer fanatic, the 11th grader dreamed of joining the professional FC Barcelona team.

Arthur McCleery was recognized as the oldest mail carrier with the longest route on Long Island, but he had another distinction — a fan base of not just people but dogs along his Greenport circuit, his family said.

Eminent China scholar Robert Oxnam briefed powerhouses like Bill Gates and former President George H.W. Bush, before attracting wider curiosity when his memoir revealed he had 11 personalities.

THE SCOOP Atlantic Beach lives up to its origins as a quiet beachside community on the west end of a barrier island, a haven for New York City residents who want the pleasures of the Hamptons but none of the headaches.

As a hospital physician assistant, Ken Tinsley was infuriated whenever a certain homeless veteran with PTSD had his medical appointments rescheduled because he was a few minutes late, Tinsley's family recalled.