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Christine Rice is Glen Cove Senior Center's new director
When Carol Waldman announced at the end of September that she would be retiring as executive director of the Glen Cove Senior Center, staff members were heartbroken at the news, Waldman’s …
Making it into a 'stadium'?
Locals, Friends Academy clash over soccer field project
For over two decades, residents of Cherrywood and Duck Pond roads have been in conflict with Friends Academy, a K-12 private school on the border of Glen Cove and Locust Valley. While most of the …
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County vandalized
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, on Crescent Road in Glen Cove, was vandalized over the weekend, center officials said, with graffiti found on the property and damage to many of signs and gardens.
District discusses next bond proposal
Although the majority of residents voted against the Glen Cove City School District’s proposed $78 million bond on Oct. 22, district officials spared no time in getting together to discuss plans to …
Honoring the Harlem Hellfighters in Glen Cove
Residents preserve legacy of all-black regiment
Oyster Bay native Debra Willett, 59, has loved history since she was a student at Oyster Bay High School. Members of her family have always been history buffs, too, she said. Willett’s roots on …
Parking lot at issue at Monte Nido Home
The Monte Nido group home for people with eating disorders finished paving its new parking lot recently, nine months after the center opened at 1 St. Andrews Lane in Glen Cove. At a Nov. 7 meeting, …
State, local leaders discuss school foundation aid
By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com Nassau County’s Democratic state senators met with representatives from Nassau and Suffolk county school districts at Seaford Middle School last week to …
City ratifies 2020 budget
After more than a month contention, Glen Cove City Mayor Timothy Tenke’s proposed $60 million budget for 2020 was officially ratified during a City Council meeting on Nov. 12. Although the …
Bringing a ray of sunshine
It was about a year ago when Glen Cove residents Diane Menzel and Helen Kotzky met at the local YMCA. Kotzky was a retired music teacher who taught for more than two decades at the Cold Spring Harbor …
Public to vote on new Glen Cove school bond in October
The tension was evident during a Glen Cove City School District Board of Education meeting on May 22, when several attendees urged the trustees to draft a new school-infrastructure-improvement bond. …
Glen Cove leaders receive Girl Scout honors
During its 27th Annual Adults Recognition Awards Ceremony at LIU Post in June, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County presented awards to a pair of Glen Covers who have devoted much of their lives to the …
Editorial
Shop local this holiday season
In this era of online shopping, it has never been easier to get exactly what you’re looking for, quickly and relatively cheaply.
Randi Kreiss
Democrats went high in their latest debate
The Democratic candidates for president get high marks for good behavior in last week’s debate — at least by comparison. On the very day that we witnessed a marathon of edgy testimony in the Trump impeachment hearings . . .
Jerry Kremer
Who will decide who wins in 2020?
Have you ever heard the words “tasseography” or “tassology”? In plain English, it’s the practice of reading the patterns of tea leaves, coffee grounds or wine sediments to tell the future. I have concluded that these substances are just as reliable as all the political polls . . .
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American museum of natural history presents: the butterfly conservatory
The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter, an annual favorite visited by millions of children and adults, returns to the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, October 12. Celebrating its 22nd year at the Museum, this …