When she reflected on the transition from being at home with her family to independence Njum revealed, “It gets lonely at times, I miss my family, but it was time.” Her story like many others finds the one-time Brooklyn native whose family settled into Elmont when she was a teenager, now moving on and beginningContinueContinue reading “We Started Here: Njum”
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26 year-old filmmaker documents the lives of Long Islanders
Jordan Crafton is a 26 year-old man who was born in New Jersey, raised in Baldwin and who attended school at Uniondale High School in Long Island. He had dreams of becoming a jazz musician before he realized his passion was to pursue filmmaking as a career. In 2009, Jordan directed a film which documentedContinueContinue reading “26 year-old filmmaker documents the lives of Long Islanders”
A Day of Their Own
On Saturday July 19th, thousands of community members and residents celebrated the 11th Annual “3 on 3 Basketball Tournament” at Dutch Broadway School in Elmont. The crowd-favorite event is sponsored by New York State Senators Jack Martins and Dean Skelos, who collaborate with Scott Cushing, organizer of the event. From beginning to end, a teamContinueContinue reading “A Day of Their Own”
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