After 16 years of dedicated leadership, Noreen Tomassi, Executive Director of The Center for Fiction, has announced her retirement. In response, The Center’s Board of Directors expressed its heartfelt gratitude for Tomassi’s devotion to her work at The Center, including during the current pandemic. In 2004, The Mercantile Library hired Tomassi as executive director. From […]
The old saying “all politics is local” has special relevance for Assemblymember Joe Lentol because, as one longtime supporter notes, “No one knows the streets, the buildings and the people of this district like Joe.” With the news this week that Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and Assemblymember Diana Richardson have endorsed him, the broadly-based support shines […]
On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are many civilian heroes going out of their way, as volunteers and contributors. Also, many who are elected to serve are going the extra mile. In this column the Eagle hopes to give our readers an ongoing update on those fighting in the front lines. […]