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Mark Svensson and his wife Ismini (via Facebook)

Stories From Main Street: Rockland Native To Perform Good Works In All 50 States

A person needs courage to follow the road not taken. Rockland County native Mark Svensson and his wife Esmine are taking that chance.

2013/01/14

Central Park Medical Unit (credit: CPMU)

Stories From Main Street: Volunteers Come To Your Aid In Central Park

Volunteer ambulance squads aren’t just found in the suburbs. They exist in New York City as well.

2013/01/07

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Thompson provides security while members of an Afghan narcotics interdiction unit search a compound during Operation Speargun in Urmuz, Afghanistan - Mar. 27, 2012 (credit: Sgt. James Mercure, U.S. Marine Corps.)

Stories From Main Street: Mamaroneck Woman Sends Baked Goods To The Troops

It’s amazing. You take an egg, flower, sugar, butter, and vanilla, mix it all up, put it in the oven, and you get so much more than just a cookie.

2012/12/17

Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation Sandy Relief Tent (credit: Tunnel To Towers)

Stories From Main Street: Tunnel To Towers 9/11 Charity Shifts To Hurricane Relief

Most people probably know the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation for its 9/11-related charities, but superstorm Sandy has them extending their efforts.

2012/12/10

The U.S.S. Curtiss burns at Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941 (credit: U.S. Navy)

Stories From Main Street: Pearl Harbor Survivor In Union Leaves Story For Generations To Come

The sights, the sounds, and smells of the attack on Pearl Harbor are forever seared into Union resident Tom Mahoney’s memory. Now he’s trying to make sure that those memories don’t die with him.

2012/12/03

Jack Fredericks on Amigo at the Children of Promise Stable in Nanuet (credit: John Fredericks)

Stories From Main Street: Four-Legged Therapy For Special Children In Nanuet

They can’t always explain it, but something magical happens at the Children of Promise Stable in Nanuet.

2012/11/26

Damage from Sandy in Sea Bright, New Jersey - Nov. 6, 2012 (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Stories From Main Street: Sea Bright Restaurant Owner Keeps People Fed After Sandy

No one will go hungry in the Jersey Shore community of Sea Bright. That’s because, following superstorm Sandy, a local restaurant owner and many volunteers are serving up enough food for an army, and they’re getting help from the National Guard.

2012/11/19

Shannon Ford with her children and Minnie and Mickey Mouse (credit: HOPESHINESFORSHANNON.COM)

Stories From Main Street: New York Mets Go To Bat For One Of Their Own In N.J.

Today, we have a story of people really stepping up the plate for someone in need.

2012/10/22

2011 Run Against Hunger 10k (credit: John Spring)

Stories From Main Street: Croton-On-Hudson Hosting Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger

More than 30 years after singer-songwriter Harry Chapin died in a car crash on the Long Island Expressway, his music still resonates. His legacy of giving lives on, too.

2012/10/15

"Annie" star Lilla Crawford with Sunny (credit: Joan Marcus)

Stories From Main Street: New Canine Stars Of Broadway’s ‘Annie’ Escaped Death

Yes, Annie, the sun will come out tomorrow. Just ask her co-stars.

2012/10/08

Orchards of Concklin in Pomona (file / credit: Google Maps)

Stories From Main Street: It’s Harvest Time In Pomona

20 years before George Washington was born, there was a member of the Concklin family farming in Rockland County. Now they’re celebrating their 300th harvest.

2012/10/01

Aidan Seeger (credit: aidanhasaposse.org)

Stories From Main Street: Saving Children From A Genetic Disorder In Williamsburg

At Indian Larry’s Motorcycle Shop in Williamsburg, past the gleaming, sleek, custom-made choppers, you will find, on the back wall, a floor-to-ceiling photograph of a young boy – a boy who left this world too early, but a simple test could have saved his life.

2012/09/24