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Donald Snyder is running for his 11th term as a Wantagh fire commissioner.

Donald Snyder joined the Wantagh Fire Department at a time when the community was growing rapidly after World War II. And after 64 years of service to the department, he is ready to commit to another five. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 12/1/15

Elmont Fire Commissioner Joseph Balletta has been a member of the department for 28 years.

Unopposed but still fighting for Elmont F.D.

Elmont fire commissioner Joseph Balletta has been a resident of Elmont for nearly 40 years and a member of the Elmont Fire Department for 28 years. Those deep ties to the community are one of the … more

By Steve Smirti | 11/27/15

A Long Beach Police officer at the scene of a shooting at the Channel Park Homes in June. The City Council approved the ShotSpotter system on Tuesday. Photo by Penny Frondelli/Herald

City Council approves ShotSpotter

Two weeks after two shootings in the North Park area and with residents on edge, the City Council approved a resolution on Tuesday that allows the Police Department to implement a “real-time” … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/18/15

Cuomo returns to the Common Core drawing board

I am angry with Governor Cuomo. No, I am furious. more

9/17/15

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15

On Friday, police arrested 29-year-olds Mayra Gomez and Matthew Gress, both of Long Beach, on felony drug charges following an investigation led by the Long Beach Police Department’s Detective Division Narcotics Task Force that spanned several months.

Three arrested on drug charges amid LBPD crackdown

Undercover Long Beach police officers arrested two local residents on felony drug charges over the weekend for allegedly dealing cocaine — including one sale that took place in front of the Long … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/31/15

At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

Excuse me, Mr. Cuomo, but teachers are the good guys

Governor Cuomo certainly puts the “bully” in bully pulpit. In his State of the State address . . . more

1/29/15

We need an education commissioner who listens

The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more

12/24/14

Heather Senti waits in the Lakeview Firehouse as residents voted during the special fire district election for a new commissioner.

A lifelong fire in the belly

In 2012, Heather Senti of Lakeview became the first female to be a fire chief in Nassau County. Last week, she ran unchallenged during a special fire district election that will make her Lakeview’s first female fire commissioner in January 2015. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 12/19/14

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