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A Few Clouds Ashley Bailey named Miss Wantagh 2018
F.B.I. hopeful inspires community with service to kids with special needs
According to Director Ella Stevens, the pageant focuses on community service and academic achievement.
Wantagh celebrates Independence Day
Wantagh’s annual Fourth of July parade brought out hundreds of flag-waving Wantagh residents who lined the route from Park Avenue to Wantagh Elementary School.
Reopen the 6th and 8th Police precincts, legislators urge
Nassau Republican legislators have asked County Executive Laura Curran to reopen the 8th police precinct, which covers North Wantagh, and the 6th precinct in Manhasset.
Stricter vaping sales restrictions in Nassau
New legislation aimed at further reducing the sales of vaping and other tobacco products, was passed unanimously by the full Nassau County Legislature on Monday, July 9.
Wantagh firefighter, “Mr. Brooklyn” leaves an impact
Phillip F. Stenger dies at 89
Phillip F. Stenger, a longtime member of the Wantagh Fire Department died on June 15 at the age of 89.
Grechen Shirley, Brooks hold rally for Roe
Liuba Grechen Shirley and State Sen. John Brooks joined activists around the country to defend the Roe v Wade decision .
A ‘cop’s cop’ dies at 89
Alfred Klages, of Seaford, never brought his work home with him when he was a member of the New York City Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit.
An all-night ride in Seaford
Phil Kingsbury rode attempted to ride 400 miles over a 24-hour period in Seaford's Cedar Creek Park for the fifth straight year.
North Massapequa man found dead in house fire
A 66-year-old man was found dead in his North Massapequa home while it burned on July 10 before dawn, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Editorial
Let's at least study gun violence
The mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., on June 28 struck all of us at the Herald Community Newspapers hard. Five Gazette staff members are dead and two are wounded. These …
Randi Kreiss
Nipping sexism in the bud, all over again
Does the latest sexist outrage mean we have to start burning our bras again?
Scott Brinton
Nutrition 101, or how to save the planet
In my two and a half decades of writing on the environment and pondering solutions to the pressing sustainability issues that our planet — and civilization — face, I never imagined that the answer to reversing our destructive course might lie in nutrition education.