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Voices for Elmont’s scholarships will be named for Barbara Reynolds, a longtime PTA member in both the Elmont and Sewanhaka school districts, who died of cancer last month. She was 66.
Voices for Elmont keeps people in the know
Focusing on issues ranging from potholes to speeding cars on popular roads like Dutch Broadway, community group Voices for Elmont aims to advocate for the community in different ways. Voices for … more
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J&J vaccine pause means safety checks work
The federal Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 13 advised that states temporarily pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. There’s no question that the cases of six women who suffered unusual blood clots . . . more
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The party of Lincoln becomes the party of George Wallace
The 2020 presidential election produced the highest voter turnout in American history. Both candidates received record numbers of votes. This was America at its best . . . more
Members of the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church’s WANTED Project and elected officials gathered outside the Nassau County Supreme Court on June 4 to express their support for police reform legislation.
Elmont residents, officials call for police reform
Mimi Pierre-Johnson, of Elmont, has marched in protests against police brutality since George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25. But on June 3, she decided to take … more
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Dr. William Johnson, the Rockville Centre schools superintendent, spoke at length Tuesday on whether he believes school buildings will reopen in the fall. He would love to see students return to their classrooms, he said, but he expressed doubt they would be able to do so.
Will school buildings reopen next fall? We’ll see, educators say.
Whether public school students will return to their classrooms in September is an open question, according to Dr. Robert Dillon, the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services superintendent, … more
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Signs of hope amid the opioid crisis
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . . more
West Hempstead resident and Vietnam veteran Carl Johnson was honored with the Veterans Medal by Town Supervisor Laura Gillen on June 29.
Town supervisor honors veterans from Malverne, West Hempstead
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen honored Malverne native and Rockville Centre Firefighter John Atwell with this year’s Town of Hempstead Veterans Civilian Service Award at the Town’s Veterans Salute … more
Show your support for Pride Month in June
A crowd of parents and children sat in the East Meadow Public Library, eagerly waiting for the start of Saturday-morning Story Time. The guest reader was Bella Noche, whom many in Manhattan know as a “drag mermaid” for her nautical-themed outfits. more
In Albany, create a suburban State Senate caucus
How can voter-rich Long Island maintain its political influence in a State Senate chamber that will have an overwhelming number of New York City legislators next year? It will be a challenge that the Senate’s new Democratic leadership will need to master . . . more
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Activist Mimi Pierre-Johnson, second from left, with fellow activists, from left, Carl Achille, Tamar Paoli and Victor Perez, beside Elmont Creek earlier this year.
Elmont still waiting for answers
Five months after local elected officials hosted a town hall meeting in Elmont to address the community’s cancer rates, community members are still waiting for action. At the same time, the state … more
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