In 2019, when I was Hempstead town supervisor, I spearheaded an energy program that today would be collectively saving town residents millions of dollars on their energy bills.
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By Laura A. Gillen
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3/17/22
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A seismic shift in construction could be on the horizon for contractors throughout New York if state lawmakers pass the so-called “all-electric building” acts.
And that has the attention of local plumbing and heating professionals, who could be forced to work without gas as early as 2024. More than a hundred of them crowded into the conference room of the Holiday Inn in Plainview last week to share their concerns with the Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors of Long Island.
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By Tom Carrozza
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3/10/22
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Caroline Bert, of Island Park, discovered her passion for photography as a student at Ocean-side High School, from which she graduated in 2012. Her work has been on display at several exhibits, …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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3/3/22
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While the state’s election districts were recently redrawn — gerrymandered — by a progressive-Democratic majority in the State Legislature for the purpose of favoring their party, gerrymandering is not a particularly new political weapon.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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2/24/22
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State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a veteran South Shore Democrat, announced Wednesday morning he will not seek re-election this fall.
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By James Bernstein
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2/16/22
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An Oceanside High School teacher has made her way into the publishing world. Talia Madden, 34, recently published a children’s book, titled “The Colors They Shared.”
“I started writing as …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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2/10/22
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An Oceanside student has taken a passion project to a whole new level. Fifteen-year-old Ariella Rukhlin began a podcast last spring with the goal to tackle some of life’s most interesting …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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2/10/22
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As a former state official, I get many questions from readers, clients and friends about our political leaders. Lately, the most frequent one is, what do I think of Gov. Kathy Hochul?
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1/27/22
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Speaking last Friday in Woodbury before the Long Island Association, Gov. Kathy Hochul devoted much of her speech, delivered with characteristically biting humor . . .
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1/27/22
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We’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade, unless Congress takes immediate action.
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By Lisa Tyson
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12/23/21
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