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After watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. more

By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez | 11/25/21

L.I.’s future solar users are getting a raw deal

New York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power. more

11/18/21

Affordable homeownership for all must be a priority

June was National Homeownership Month. For many, homeownership is a part of the American dream that is proving to be increasingly difficult to attain. Long Island home prices . . . more

By Nicole Jean Christian | 7/15/21

New York Sen. John Brooks, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, and Marc Herbst, Executive Director of the Long Island Contractors' Association stand with local union members remembering those who passed away in accidents on the Southern State Parkway.

Bill would improve infrastructure, technology on Southern State Parkway

With a 10-mile stretch of highway referred to as “Blood Alley,” between Exit 17 in Malverne and Exit 32 in Farmingdale, the Southern State Parkway is known as one of the most dangerous … more

By Jessica M. Semins and Nakeem Grant | 5/27/21

ThE ValLey Stream Community Center holds yoga classes at Hendrickson Park on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. during the spring and summer.

Outdoor Yoga brings a breath of fresh air to Valley Stream residents

During the spring and summer months, Hendrickson Park provides a tranquil outdoor setting for people who are looking to relieve the stress of the past year with yoga. On Sunday mornings, yoga students gather beneath a tented area by the pool to practice the ancient art while listening to gentle music and the sounds of nature. more

By Jessica M. Semins | 5/27/21

Saying farewell to a president who put Hofstra on the map

I take note of the impending retirement of Dr. Stuart Rabinowitz, the president of Hofstra University. Having been a trustee of the university for almost 30 years, I have come to understand . . . more

5/13/21

Herald Community Newspapers is seeking nominations for its new Head of the Class Awards program.

Herald Head of the Class Awards to honor teachers

"Been homeschooling a 6-year old and 8-year old for one hour and 11 minutes. Teachers deserve to make a billion dollars a year. Or a week."—Shonda Rhimes (@shondarhimes), March … more

4/30/21

Ruhee Kapadia, event coordinator at Masjid Hamza spoke with Carol Green, a teacher at Alden Terrace, and her mother on Saturday at a pop-up vaccination site at the school.

Alden Terrace pop-up vaccination site serves 300

More than 300 people from Valley Stream and Elmont received Covid-19 inoculations at a state-run pop-up vaccination site at Alden Terrace Elementary School last Saturday. Organized in … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/1/21

Doris Hicks, president of the Lakeview branch of the NAACP, received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. Such sites are intended to reach communities that might otherwise be overlooked in the vaccination effort.

Valley Stream pop-up vaccine site inoculates 250

State officials joined community representatives to host a pop-up coronavirus vaccine site at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. According to state officials, 250 people ages … more

By Peter Belfiore | 3/4/21

Obama, a kindred spirit in ‘A Promised Land’

Every life has its inflection points, moments that can steer you in one direction or another, and that direction, as poet Robert Frost would say, makes all the difference. That is especially true for former President Barack Obama . . . more

1/28/21

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