FirstNet, Built with AT&T, has donated $110,000 to the Nassau County Police Department Foundation so it can renovate and refurbish its Safety Town education facility in East Meadow. more

How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on. more

Listening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then . . . more

After Elmont residents have spent years demanding safer conditions on Dutch Broadway, Nassau County Department of Public Works crews began milling the road for repaving on Nov. 11. It is just the … more

Following the death of Richard Riggs, 75, in a July 12 crash on the Southern State Parkway, local and state lawmakers called for the revision of a state Department of Transportation policy that governs the use of cameras along the parkway at a July 27 news conference in Valley Stream State Park. As cars drove past on the parkway behind them, State Senators Todd Kaminsky and John Brooks and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages announced that they had written a letter to the commissioner of the State Department of Transportation, Marie Therese Dominguez, calling for changes to a policy implemented in 2001 that they argued could have led to the apprehension of the reckless drivers who killed Riggs. more

One day when she was dropping her children off at Sewanhaka High School, Judy Staiano watched as a student was hit by a truck while crossing Covert Avenue. He was fine, Staiano said, but it reminded … more

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority decided to exempt the Nassau University Medical Center and NuHealth, the public-benefit corporation that runs the East Meadow hospital, from oversight in 2011, at a time when the facility was seemingly thriving. more

Of all the columns I’ve written for the Heralds, none has generated more vigorous comment than my last one, “Criminals’ early release threatens public safety,” in the Dec. 12-18 issue. People have reached out to me to share their concern and outrage . . . more

We all know that America has a serious gun violence problem. While mass shootings have become chillingly common, I believe we are on the verge of a seismic shift in how we respond to them. more

The need for security at any large-scale public event such as a high school football game, a musical concert, or a graduation must be a first consideration for any organizer. We live in a time when … more