There are roughly 7,000 grave plots in the Pine Island cemetery, but about 10 percent of them are sold and considered abandoned. Pine Island Cemetery Board member Galen Lohrenz spreads a map of the ...
Nearly two decades ago, historian Amy Vacchio started researching two prominent families who lived at Rock Hall, a Colonial-era mansion, and their connection to Hempstead’s historic St. George’s ...
Jim Powers comes from a Catholic family that's been pretty good at planning ahead. In 1962, Powers' parents went partners with Powers' aunt uncle on some cemetery plots at St. Gertrude Cemetery in ...