Concerned parents are reserving their seats for “Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Children,” a parent-targeted substance-abuse awareness program that will be hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, in partnership with the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary school districts, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg and the Bellmore-Merrick Coalition Against Substance Abuse. The talk will be held at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. more

Last week, I took part in an insightful panel on Fox Business News on which we focused the debate on government waste. Although I went postal after one of my fellow panelists made rather ignorant remarks, some of the issues we discussed will really blow your mind. more

Federal agents last week arrested Dr. Devi Reddy, 65, of Long Beach and charged him with illegally selling prescription drugs. FBI agents, along with members of the multiagency Health Care … more

I never imagined that there would come a time in our nation’s history when Americans would be prohibited from free speech. more

Part three of an ongoing Herald series on heroin addiction.  Mary dressed in a well-worn sweater and jeans for her interview in a conference room overlooking the bay at Long … more