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Congress must not fail the first responders

At 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, Congress missed an important deadline to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and that, my friends, is totally unacceptable. more

10/8/15

It's no surprise voters are drawn to nontraditional candidates

Donald Trump? Ben Carson — Dr. Ben Carson? Candidate for president? more

9/10/15

Honor Labor Day by welcoming new workers

I don’t know about you, but my ancestors weren’t born here. In 1910, a 13-year-old boy from Odessa, traveling alone, boarded a ship with a ticket that entitled him to a bunk in steerage, and he set sail for America. more

9/2/15

Terri McCaffrey embraced Skky K., a 9-year-old girl from New York City who came to spend a week in Rockville Centre through the Fresh Air Fund. Grace Razukas, left, a volunteer coordinator with the Fresh Air Fund, helped the kids find their host families after they got off the bus.

Fresh Air children come to Long Island

Some of the children walked off the bus hugging their old friends. Others looked more awkward with the strangers they had just met. Though they had been waiting more than an hour and a half in the heat and direct sunlight, the 10 families were in good spirits when they greeted the children they would be hosting for a week. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 8/5/15

Congress must renew the Zadroga Act

After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more

7/15/15

Local schools receive special state funding

Several school districts represented by New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages received good news this week in the form of “bullet aid grants.” These grants were furnished to … more

7/9/15

Hillary's a progressive for political expediency

Is Hillary Clinton trying to take a page from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s playbook? Let’s take a look at her record as a senator, and you’ll see that she is anything but progressive . . . more

6/25/15

Close the LLC loophole now

South Shore residents should be proud of the many fine elected officials who represent them on their village and school boards and in Mineola, Albany and Washington. But there have been notorious clunkers . . . more

5/28/15

South H.S. holds benefit for food pantry

South High School hosted its second annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser on April 27, an event organized by the school’s Art Honor Society to benefit the Holy Name of Mary Church food pantry. At the … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 5/20/15

Mayor Ed Fare, right, and Central High School Athletic Director Michael Caputo sounded the horn to start the race.

Locals run in woman's memory

Residents joined Central High School students at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park last Saturday for the third annual Tracy Heidenfelder Memorial Fund 5k Run. The young tradition honors the life of … more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 4/29/15

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