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South Nassau Communities Hospital earned a Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award by Healthgrades, a leading healthcare trade publication.

South Nassau receives top awards in women’s health

South Nassau Communities Hospital announced on July 31 that is has been named a 2018 five-star recipient for all four women’s care cohorts as well as the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award by … more

8/8/18

Health care remains the nation’s central issue

Anyone who watches or listens to daily news broadcasts encounters a steady stream of government officials insisting that the economy is improving steadily and that the lives of average Americans are getting better. more

6/8/18

No ethics without fair districting

Talking about ethics is always a crowd-pleaser, particularly when scandals are as recent and as numerous as they have been in New York. So it was almost to be expected when Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged . . . more

4/20/18

Jackie Brown, with a Henrietta Easter bunny. The giant confection is made in-house annually for the season.

Celebrating the women-owned businesses in Oceanside

Ninety-eight years have passed since women gained the right to vote in the United States. The decades-long fight for the recognition ended with the 19th Amendment becoming part of the U.S. … more

By Peter Belfiore | 3/29/18

Baldwin students remember Parkland shooting victims,protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton and Daine Taylor | 3/16/18

Glen Cove High School students walked out of their building to honor the lives lost in the Parkland Florida shooting a month ago. The walkout appears to mark a change of plans, as the district had repeatedly stated that a walkout posed a security risk.

Glen Cove students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out after plans to stay in

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton, Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 3/14/18

North Shore High School students flooded the outer perimeter of the school today to participate in the National School Walkout event.

North Shore students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/18

Women's Youth Empower is organizing Wednesday's global walkout, seeking stricter gun controls in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.

Oceanside students plan to walk out March 14

Hundreds of students from across Nassau County are planning to take part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout, according to student activists and educators.The Herald has received … more

By Scott Brinton and Peter Belfiore | 3/13/18

Wantagh High School students expressed their solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Wednesday's walkout. The event was part of a national walkout that took place at 10 a.m.

Nassau students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/13/18

Strong women will not be silenced

When acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou described the makings of a great woman in her 1995 poem “Phenomenal Woman,” she wrote of a female spirit that . . . more

3/2/18