Town of Hempstead officials joined Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in Baldwin Harbor Town Park on Aug. 14 to thank their troops for helping create and distribute thousands of masks to local first …
more
By Bridget Downes
|
8/27/20
|
If there is any topic guaranteed to irritate readers more than politics, it’s religion, but here goes a true story. In the innocent days before the plague of Covid-19 . . .
more
8/8/20
|
The black bear suddenly appeared as if it were an apparition. It was tugging on a rope that suspended our duffle bag full of food high in a tree, a good distance from our lean-to. All at once the line snapped . . .
more
8/23/19
|
As the summer winds down, many families are racing to make the most out of the last days of the season before children return to school, high school grads go away to college and the days begin to cool. But look no farther than your geographic backyard . . .
more
8/23/19
|
A former Freeporter who led Baldwin and Freeport Boy Scout troops in the 1980s was named in a report detailing alleged abusers in the Boy Scouts of America. Guillermo Gonzalez, 84, was a leader of …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
4/23/19
|
Following a car crash, or other emergency, first responders need to have as much information as possible to save a person’s life. But sometimes a victim is unconscious and unable to provide …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
12/6/18
|
On Memorial Day in 1976, a group of volunteers, under the direction of Rolf Mahler, began building the Baldwin Historical Museum at 1980 Grand Avenue.
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
6/13/18
|
The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . .
more
5/24/18
|
Ira Levin imagined it in 1976. The novelist wrote “The Boys from Brazil,” fictionalizing the story of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele. In Levin’s book, which became a blockbuster movie . . .
more
3/16/18
|
The Oak Ridge Boys bring their appealing country vibe to Tilles Center.
more
9/7/17
|