Dr Tom Ferraro

Dr Tom Ferraro

326 Articles

Our Town: A car repair shop you can trust

Suburbia is the ultimate car culture. We drive to school, drive to work and drive to the stores to shop

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Our Town: Williston Park’s Big Fat Greek Diner

Asians own take out places, Koreans get into food markets, Italians buy pizza places and Greeks, well Greek open diners. 

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Our Town: Surprises abound at Herricks carnival

Last weekend I passed the annual Herricks Community Center Carnival with its rides and carousels and thought “this is my

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Our Town: The decency of our Main Street

Pick any store keeper in Williston Park and assess you’re shopping experience.   Go to Pembroke Cleaners, Village Gift and

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Our Town: Mudville magic found at Kelleher Field

Spring means baseball in America, just the right time for me to go do some meditation on the diamond and

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Our Town: Say hello to modern day Miss Manners

We all know that etiquette has been in the decline for a long time.  To be treated with any level

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Our Town: WP photographer brings subjects into focus

As you realize by now, my weekly “Our Town” column always includes a single photograph of my subject.   The

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Our Town: Beacon Church to tackle walking dead

It’s spring time in Williston Park. That means Easter, the season of hope.  Indeed, it’s a perfect time to think

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Our Town: Top matrimonial lawyer found in WP

Williston Park continues to amaze me with the number of world-class professionals that work in this sleepy little hamlet. In

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Our Town: WP cleaners living American dream

Every time I enter the Sharon Pembroke Cleaners I am certain that I will be received with genuine kindness and

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Our Town: Williston Parks proves statue-esque

Ode to the Statues of Williston Park Williston Park does not have an Eiffel Tower to marvel at.  Nor do

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Our Town: Girl Scouts, Brownie doing good things

The Girl Scouts of Williston Park I would not call myself a religious man so it always comes as a

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Our Town: First Lady recognizes WP businesses

About one year ago I published a piece called ‘Village Cobbler, a fine craftsman” for this column.   Anthony Mucci,

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Our Town: A European cafe on Hillside Ave.

Here I sit on the warm Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. sipping my cappuccino and enjoying my apple and cinnamon

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Our Town: Helping make a house a home

It is always amazing when you finally notice something for the first time.  I was walking out of CVS and

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