The mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., on June 28 struck all of us at the Herald Community Newspapers hard. Five Gazette staff members are dead and two are wounded. These …
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6/29/18
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In the coming weeks, many of us will be busy with — that is, distracted by — holiday preparations. December has traditionally been a time to tune out Washington political wrangling. This year is no time to check out, however.
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11/30/17
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When the House Ways and Means Committee met to consider its bill to revamp the U.S. tax code . . .
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11/24/17
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In May, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors allocated $1.95 billion to construct a third Long Island Rail Road track down the center of Nassau County, on the Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville.
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6/8/17
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Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino was arrested March 31 and charged with eight counts of wire fraud, tax evasion, making and subscribing to false corporate tax returns, and failing to file a return or pay tax, according to an indictment released March 31 by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/31/17
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A petition signed by more than 550 community members has surfaced on social media in the wake of the Lynbrook School District’s defeated bond proposal, with disappointed residents calling for the Board of Education to put the project up for a second vote. It was rejected on March 15 by a margin of 314 votes, 1,363 to 1,049.
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By Nick Ciccone
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4/6/16
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Donald Trump? Ben Carson — Dr. Ben Carson? Candidate for president?
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9/10/15
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Is Hillary Clinton trying to take a page from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s playbook? Let’s take a look at her record as a senator, and you’ll see that she is anything but progressive . . .
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6/25/15
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The Nassau County Police Major Case Bureau reports the details of a bank robbery that occurred on March 24 at 2:36pm in Oceanside.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/24/15
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An attempted bank robbery at an East Rockaway bank was stopped on Tuesday afternoon after a manager at the bank recognized the would-be thief from a robbery that occurred at the branch a week …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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3/18/15
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