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Holding priests to account
New law broadens options for clergy-abuse victims
More victims of child sexual abuse will have the chance to hold their abusers accountable, now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act on Feb. 14. The law will raise the age in the …
Belmont LIRR station plans are still unclear
Last January, the Herald printed a two-part series on the dilapidated Long Island Rail Road Station at Belmont, and the need for a new, year-round station in the proposed Belmont arena project. More …
Sump in a slump
Elmont residents worried over water basin pollution
Elmont has long been a source pride for Andrew Prescia, 75, who grew up in the community in the 1950s. When he returned to his childhood home on Travis Avenue to care for his aging parents 20 years …
Getting it done for F.S. and Elmont
State Sen. Anna Kaplan embraces role in Albany
Iran in 1979 was a time of great uncertainty for its people. In the wake of a popular revolt that overthrew the American-installed shah, exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from …
Hopes for a Belmont chapel
Facility to provide many services for racetrack workers
At Belmont Park, backstretch workers and their families gather every Sunday at the Belmont Chaplaincy’s recreation area for Mass. While the service is intimate, the space leaves something to be …
Sewanhaka tests out app for regents
Sewanhaka Central High School District officials announced that more than 250 students were able to use their Apple iPads during the recent New York State Algebra I and II and Geometry Regents exams. …
NYRA to find new food vendor
The New York Racing Association and Centerplate, a food and beverage service corporation, announced that they would be ending their 25-year hospitality partnership this spring. Centerplate provided …
Nassau, NYC to include Belmont arena in traffic studies
The Nassau County Department of Public Works and the New York City Department of Transportation have confirmed that both their respective traffic studies to improve road maintenance and safety in …
Residents seek new mosque in Elmont
The Elmont Islamic Center — a group of local Muslim residents from Elmont, Franklin Square and South Floral Park — held a fundraiser dinner party on Jan. 19 in order to raise money for the …
Elmont's Mimi Pierre-Johnson, 2018 Person of the Year
Think of Mimi Pierre-Johnson as the voice of Elmont. As a civic activist in the community, she has taken on any number of issues, whether she is fighting for Haitian immigrants who lost their …
Senior crisis hotline takes hundreds of calls since November
After the suicide of an elderly veteran in Bellmore roughly four months ago, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino and the Long Island Crisis Center announced the launch of a senior crisis hotline. It began operating on Dec. 1, and since then, over 200 calls have been logged.
Editorial
Challenges ahead for Democratic Senate
As New York Democrats look ahead to two years of majority control of the State Senate — and the Assembly and the governor’s mansion — they should also remember the past and learn from their predecessors’ mistakes.
Randi Kreiss
Breathing hard, and moisturizing, in northern California
Not every weekly newspaper has a foreign correspondent, and we don’t, either. So, I bring to you, at my expense, a firsthand account of a summer in the wilds of northern California.
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Backyard wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are in our own neighborhoods and communities, arming explorers of all ages with the tools and inspiration to discover the wonders of nature at their …