It's been nearly 15 years since Heather McNamara’s mother called ... cancerous tumor the size of a tennis ball. Now 22, McNamara, of Islip Terrace, is once again in a fight for her life ...

The first scholarship was awarded Tuesday to Heather’s sister, Stephanie McNamara, 25, during a ceremony at the Islip Terrace Fire ... is a student at Long Island University and has applied ...

An Islip Terrace girl returned home Tuesday after undergoing what doctors are calling groundbreaking surgery. Friends and family members gathered at 7-year-old Heather McNamara?s home to welcome ...

Heather McNamara, 7, leaves the hospital after ... "She's doing fantastic," her father, Joseph McNamara, of Islip Terrace, Long Island, said Monday as the two played Old Maid in her room at ...

Heather McNamara, who stole countless hearts across the tristate area after undergoing groundbreaking cancer surgery as a child, has died at the age of 22. The Long Island resident from Islip ...

Many people may remember Heather McNamara as a 7-year-old featured in ... She was a graduate of Islip East Islip High School and she threw herself into volunteer work and service projects.

Little Heather McNamara still has her priorities ... had declared hopelessly “inoperable.” With a smile, the Long Island 7-year-old said all she wanted to do was “play with my dog ...

A 7-year-old Long Island girl was released ... a life-threatening tumor. Heather McNamara was doing "fantastic," said her father, Joseph McNamara, as the Islip Terrace family prepared to return ...