Gloria DeMarco-Aloise, born Aug. 26, 1932, in Astoria, died peacefully on Jan. 2, 2014, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. DeMarco-Aloise was a devout Catholic who loved her Lord and Mother. She was a very loving and caring wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Edward; her sons, Edward and Michael; her daughters-in-law, Claudia […]

On December 27, two days after Christmas, Mary Toscano, the wife of this newspaper’s political columnist, John Toscano, passed away of unknown causes. She was 78. Mrs. Toscano had been ill for about 10 years with heart problems and more recently with fibromyalgia. But the Emergency Medical Services of Suffolk County, which was in attendance the night she died in […]

Alcoholism runs in part of my family. I lost a grandfather to it, and a couple of others in the family have been affected by it to greater or lesser degrees. Perhaps something like that is true for you, or maybe you have a friend or co-worker who wrestles with the malady. This is a challenging time of year for […]