Dr Tom Ferraro

Dr Tom Ferraro

326 Articles

Our Town: Gentlemen, start your engines

Henry Adams was an American historian, Harvard professor, descended from two American presidents, was an American ambassador in London and

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Our Town: Cold Wall St. vs. Main St. humanity

The battle between Main Street and Wall Street continues uninterrupted.   Much like the story of David and Goliath, the

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Our Town: Stayin’ alive, thriving on Main Street

The biblical story of David and Goliath applies just as well to our modern life as it did 2,500 years

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Our Town: Building’s history lives on at Copperhill

Two years ago I reviewed La Marmite, Williston Park’s high end and historic restaurant located at 234 Hillside Avenue just

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Our Town: ‘Good mother’ as secret to one’s success

Every literate person on earth knows about Dorothy and her ruby slippers which helped her along on the yellow brick

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Our Town: An unmoveable feast — our town

The one and only time I saw God was on a walk around my neighborhood a few years ago.  

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The 3 contessas of Hillside Avenue

I gave a talk in Chicago last summer on the psychodynamics of team sports.  My most vivid memory of Chicago

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Music school brings magic to WP

I went to see a performance of Robert Wuhl’s “Hit-Lit” at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Park last weekend.

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Our Town: New cool a symbol for strength, courage

It’s funny how the town of Williston Park never seems to change much.  But there is change that occurs, just

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Our Town: The Little Art Studio in W.P. that can

Upon reaching the age of 50 or thereabouts, humans begin their quest for meaning or beauty or magic.  We begin

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Our Town: What are weekends made for?

(Part two of a four part series) “A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men

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Our Town: A plan to live life to the fullest, best

How do I live this day? As a psychoanalyst I’m asked many tough questions by patients each day.   “How

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Our Town: The best way to brand your business

There’s a new guy in town and his name is Roberto Costilla.  But you may know him as EmbroidMe, the

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Our Town: The care, training of the alpha dog

Many years ago I grew playing golf with Ernani DiAngelo, M.D., an eccentric and very cool psychiatrist at Hempstead Country

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Our Town: Art and science of exercise compliance

The older one gets the more one becomes sedentary.  The most sedentary one becomes the more one begins to look

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