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Part one in an ongoing series.
People arrive on Long Island from points around the world. According to statistics, the pace of immigration has accelerated over the past two decades, changing the face of Long Island, which was known for years as a largely white suburb of New York City.
Over the next seven weeks, the Herald will document the lives of the immigrants and people of color who are rapidly transforming Long Island’s demographics and reshaping its educational, political and economic landscapes.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/6/16
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Train schedules on the Babylon, Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Montauk, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and West Hempstead branches will be adjusted on the weekend of April 15 and 16 to allow for important …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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4/12/16
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Service on the Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon and West Hempstead branches will be impacted by overnight track work beginning at 11 p.m. on Friday, March 4, ending at 5 a.m. and on Saturday, March 6, at 11 p.m. until 5 a.m.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/1/16
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The Long Island Rail Road will be implementing new train schedules beginning Monday, March 7 on several South Shore branches. The schedule adjusts some off-peak and weekend trains because of ongoing and upcoming construction projects.
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2/26/16
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Twenty-sixteen is a new year full of possibilities. We have a lot to do. Is it just me, or do people seem worried?
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1/14/16
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Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . .
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10/22/15
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Sister Lynn Caton, a pastoral associate in charge of social ministries at Sacred Heart Parish in North Merrick, began a garden for the first time this summer. It’s a small patch of greenery under her office window, with a handful of bushy tomato plants and soaring sunflowers. There’s also a bird feeder and a clear-plastic cross. She calls it her little “corner of heaven.”
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By Scott Brinton
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9/23/15
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There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . .
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6/25/15
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The population of the Village of Island Park in 2014, according to the U.S. Census, is estimated at 4,736, up from 4,661 in 2013, and living in 1,862 housing units and 1,255 speak a language other than English at home.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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5/27/15
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The April 6 issue of The New Yorker disappointed me. Therein lay what can only be described as a rambling rant decrying the National Audubon Society, of all organizations.
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4/23/15
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