My Hometown

Host Bill Horan along with NCC Student Joe Reiter talk with Matt O’Brien, Director of Admissions and Kathy Murphy, Director of Development at St. Dominic High school in Oyster Bay. One of the highlights of today's discussion is the school's Hands on Heart Lab.

Charles Weinraub is the founder and director of acquisitions at The Handsome Homebuyer. He's a 37-year-old entrepreneur who has forged his own path from the start. Highly motivated and passionate about what he does, he buys properties, specifically distressed, inherited or those about to be foreclosed, then completely refurbishes them and then puts them up for sale or rent.

Host Bill Horan talks with Warren Hoffman on Divorce/Separation Mediation Services of Long Island. Topics on today's program range from how does mediation differ from arbitration, how does divorce mediation only involve divorce, as well as how does the whole divorce mediation process work.

Bill Horan and Joe Reiter talk with Jim Gover, a volunteer for Alzheimer’s on Long Island, who discusses the Alzheimer’s Walk on Long Island.

Joseph Rutkowski, music teacher from Great Neck Public Schools, talks about why it's important for students to study music in school.

Our guests today are Marcia McNair, assistant editor at Essence Magazine and is currently an Associate Professor of English, Journalism, and Women’s Studies at Nassau Community College, and Anissa D. Moore, the first African American to secure a tenured position in the Communications Department at Nassau Community College, who both talk about ‘Sistas on Fire,’ a ‘Newsical’ which was accepted in the Midtown International Theater Festival this summer.

We talk with Ryan Baum, Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor and Certified Interventionist with Long Island Helps Recovery Initiation. LI Helps is an organization that serves as a resource to the community to aid families and individuals who are suffering from drug/alcohol addiction.

Dr. Hadassah Guttmann, an accomplished concert soloist, educator, author, who also teaches as an adjunct at Nassau Community College in the Music Department, and Julie Mandel talk about a recording being made of 24 piano works written by Ms. Mandel, and played by Dr. Guttmann, which is shortly to be completed.

Bill Horan talks with Steve Klein, 1st Vice-President of FASNY, the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York, about volunteer firefighting: its responsibilities and rewards, and recruiting; and who'd make a good candidate to join his or her local fire department.

Lance W. Elder, President and CEO of EAC Network, along with Alena Jones, Director of Development and Marketing, talk about their Over the Edge event, which is happening at Nassau Community College.