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State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, reviewed a list of legislative proposals that address the termination of temporary protected status on a national scale.

Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here. When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more

By Nadya Nataly, Alyssa Seidman and Brian Stieglitz | 4/26/18

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, was joined by Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, far left, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno, Town of Hemstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney and Freeport Trustee Carmen Piñeyro on a tour of the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in Masschusetts on Monday.

Freeport officials, hoping to construct floodgates here, tour Massachusetts project

All that was missing was a “Welcome to Freeport” sign, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., could have easily been mistaken for the village. Both communities are located on relatively small bays … more

By Nadya Nataly | 4/26/18

Mariann Mendoza, a volunteer receptionist and paralegal at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, with a stack of TPS-related case files looming behind her.

TPS holders cast into the shadows?

Part one of an ongoing series. Read parts [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] here. Curtailing Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has become a flashpoint in national politics since … more

By Nadya Nataly and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 3/9/18

A powerful nor'easter rolled across Long Island on Friday.

Nor'easter brings rain, high winds, flooding to Nassau County

All of the South and North Shores were under a flood warning and high-wind watch as a powerful nor’easter churned across Long Island Friday morning. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/2/18

A shifting vision of black America

Perhaps no show on American television addresses the perilous times in which we find ourselves more vividly than ABC’s “Black-ish,” which . . . more

2/1/18

Students in Christine O’Neill’s Spanish class at Mepham High School in North Bellmore used virtual-reality technology to tour Machu Picchu, in Peru, on Dec. 7.

Traveling to Machu Picchu — from desks in a classroom

Part 6 of the “Educating the 21st Century Child” series. Students held the Google Cardboard virtual-reality glasses to their faces on a recent Thursday. “Let’s get ready to … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/3/18

FBI officials said the murder victim found in the woods between Freeport and Merrick on Oct. 27 was Kerin Pineda, a former Freeport High School student.

FBI identifies murder victims found in Freeport-Merrick area

FBI officials have confirmed the identities of the murder victims found on Oct. 25 at Cow Meadow Park, at the end of South Main Street in Freeport, and in the woods between Commercial Street in Freeport and Babylon Turnpike in Merrick on Oct. 27. more

By Nadya Nataly | 11/7/17

Walter Richardson, with sign on left, and Leonardo Bautista, were among the members of Transportation Workers Local 252 that went on strike against Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company on Monday.

District officials: Baumann bus drivers strike in Baldwin, Freeport, Rockville Centre

Drivers for the Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company went on strike Monday at 5 p.m., which meant thousands of students in the Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville Centre school districts had to get themselves to school. more

By Scott Brinton and Ben Strack | 11/5/17

FBI agents focused their search for human remains on a wooded area in the center of Cow Meadow Park in Freeport.

NCPD: Body found at Cow Meadow Park in Freeport

Human remains were found at Cow Meadow Park in Freeport on Wednesday, according to the FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force and Nassau County police. The discovery follows another recent case in which a Freeport High School teen was found dead in nearby Roosevelt, likely the victim of the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13. more

By Nadya Nataly | 10/25/17

Now, not later, is the time to reinforce our coast

In any hurricane, no matter the category, a wall of water surges inland, flooding streets and homes. During Hurricane Sandy, which struck during a full moon on Oct. 29, 2012, many South Shore streets were inundated . . . more

10/19/17

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