Welwyn Preserve, known for its wooded hiking trails, is just steps away from the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, on Crescent Road in Glen Cove. The area is often marked with … more

Unal Karakas was named superintendent of Valley Stream District 24 on July 1, succeeding Don Sturz, who announced his retirement after a four-year run. A tall, reed-thin man often pictured in a … more

The Gold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and the Locust Valley Library has together received over $265,000 for both libraries to begin various and extensive construction projects. The funding … more

A Brooklyn man and two others were arrested and charged with stashing weapons in their car in Valley Stream on August 25, according to police. The trio was pulled over by officers after being … more

The street was packed with cars as dozens of Sea Cliff residents and music lovers gathered at the home of Jimmy and Janis Moore to celebrate the former’s 30 years of teaching singing to local … more

With the start of the scholastic year right around the corner, Devra Small, the new principal at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, says she can’t wait. Small, who has made the move from the … more

Helen Ann Dolan, who led a life committed to philanthropic endeavors that benefitted her community and the world at large, died on Aug. 19 of natural causes at 96. more

Breast cancer affects over 200,000 Americans per year and presents a heartbreaking and difficult challenge for people diagnosed with it to face. One Locust Valley High School student, Gianna … more

Two men were arrested in connection with concealing a handgun police claimed was used to open fire on a home on Garfield Avenue in Valley Stream on August 13. After finding shell casings on the … more

Commuters on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road can expect a lot of changes come Sept. 5. But what the LIRR is touting as simplified trips will be expensive for commuters like Jeffry Brown. A CEO of a company in Manhattan, he is trying to convince his employees to return to work in person, which would require for most taking the Long Island Rail Road. Brown wrote in an email to the Herald that the changes will cost him an additional $120 a month for a municipal parking permit to use another station which he will need to do because of the LIRR’s changes. Although public policies should encourage people to take mass transit, the proposed changes will do the opposite for the Greenvale commuter. more