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Protesters marched on Front Street in Rockville Centre, last Saturday calling for humane immigration reform in response to the separation of families at the border of the United States and Mexico.

Protesters in Rockville Centre denounce separation of immigrant families

“No hate! No fear!” chants rang out in front of Rockville Centre’s Long Island Rail Road station last Saturday morning as the crowd began growing. “Immigrants are welcome here!” more

By Ben Strack | 7/5/18

Teachers rallied outside a school board meeting at Glen Cove High School on June 6 to press the district into accepting their union’s contract proposal.

Glen Cove teachers rally amid contract talks

More than 100 Glen Cove School District teachers demonstrated outside a Board of Education meeting on June 6 — one of the last meetings of the school year — to highlight the fact that they have … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen and Samantha Barry | 6/14/18

An estimated 300 to 400 gun-rights advocates rallied in front of the State Capitol in Albany last Saturday. Many protesters interviewed by the Herald said the AR-15 assault rifle must remain legal across the country.

Gun owners decry SAFE Act in Albany rally

Part two in an ongoing series.Dressed in olive-green fatigues and brandishing placards touting the legality of the AR-15 assault rifle, an estimated 300 to 400 gun rights advocates descended on … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/23/18

Student activists rallied for stricter gun-control legislation on Saturday outside City Hall in Long Beach.

Long Beach rallies against gun violence

“We should be able to go to school to learn and not worry about school shooters,” said Long Beach High School junior class President Fiona Eramo told the crowd on Saturday. About 500 people … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/26/18

The Week Ahead

--March for Our Lives Long Beach will host a sister march in solidarity with March for Our Lives on March 24 in Kennedy Plaza to support the nationwide student movement for stricter gun-control … more

3/23/18

Arthur Adelman triumphantly thrusts a sign into the air to signal the Sea Cliff district’s progress in ousting New York American Water.

Sea Cliff, Glen Head ratepayers mark developments in fight for water

New York American Water customers in the Sea Cliff district gathered at Metropolitan Bistro on Saturday for their second water rally to celebrate the strides made in their fight for municipal … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 2/15/18

Marianne Hutcheson, who conducts art therapy at Mercy Medical Center’s outpatient behavioral health services facility in Garden City, has help from Rally II, a trained assistance dog.

Canine helps patients of Mercy’s art-therapy program

“She sometimes passes out art supplies,” laughed Marianne Hutcheson, a mental health therapist for Mercy Medical Center, referring to her dog Rally II, “like glue bottles and pens for my expressive writing group.” more

By Ben Strack | 8/16/17

Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.

Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington

Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/30/17

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, center, flanked by Sen. John Brooks, far left, County Legislator Laura Curran, Assemblyman David McDonough, and Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray. Kaminsky held a rally to demand the ouster of Amtrak as the owner of Pennsylvania Station.

Long Islanders demand a ‘sane commute’ at protest

They had all had bad commutes. Doug Goodstein, of Rockville Centre, said he had seen what appeared to be wastewater cascading from the ceiling of Pennsylvania Station on May 3, and recorded video … more

By Peter Belfiore and Bridget Downes | 5/18/17

State Senator Todd Kaminsky, center, flanked by State Senator John Brooks, left, County Legislator Laura Curan, Assemblyman David McDonough, Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray and Laura Gillen, a Rockville Centre-based attorney currently running for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Kaminsky held the rally for the purpose of demanding the ouster of Amtrak as the owner of Pennsylvania Station.

Long Islanders demand a ‘sane commute’ at rally

They had all had bad commutes. Doug Goodstein, of Rockville Centre, said he had seen what appeared to be wastewater cascading from the ceiling of Pennsylvania Station on May 3, and recorded video … more

By Peter Belfiore | 5/18/17