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Dunne seeks another term in 15th District

Dennis Dunne, an original member of the Nassau County Legislature, is seeking his 11th term. The Republican from Levittown represents the 15th District, which includes Levittown and Salisbury and portions of East Meadow, Bethpage, Wantagh and Seaford. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 10/14/15

Claudia Borecky and Steve Rhoads are running for Nassau County's 19th Legislative District.

Rhoads, Borecky vie for 19th District seat

Claudia Borecky, a Nassau County Board of Elections worker and president of the North and Central Merrick Civic Association, is challenging Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads for the 19th District seat this November. more

By Scott Brinton and Brian Racow | 10/9/15

Elections are local this year

The next district attorney of Nassau County will be chosen in a little more than a month, the marquee race on this year’s Election Day ballot. Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to decide on candidates in numerous town and county races. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/23/15

Yes, this is an election year

Labor Day isn’t far behind us, but we all know how time flies. Soon enough it will be November, and Election Day. All the political talk thus far . . . more

9/17/15

Civic leader challenges incumbent in 19th District

Claudia Borecky, a Nassau County Board of Elections worker and president of the North and Central Merrick Civic Association, will challenge Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads for his seat this November. more

By Brian Racow | 6/24/15

Nassau County is moving toward reassessing property values, which the county has not updated for five years. The reassessment would likely affect property owners’ taxes.

Nassau to ‘thaw’ assessments

After five years in which Nassau County has not reassessed property values, the county is moving toward refiguring all Nassau properties’ worth for 2019-20. The eventual reassessment could lead to higher property-tax bills for some residents, according to one expert. more

By Brian Racow | 6/10/15

Dave Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, offered public apologies after his sentencing for mail fraud on June 5 at the U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip. He will spend three months in jail and three months under house arrest.

Denenberg gets 90-day sentence

A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest. more

By Brian Racow | 6/5/15

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano delivered his 2015 State of the County address on Wednesday in East Meadow.

Mangano: Nassau on right track

In his State of the County speech Wednesday night in East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano painted a bright picture of Nassau’s present and future, touting his administration’s efforts to attract young people and families to the county, spur growth in the private sector, downsize government and hold down taxes. more

By Brian Racow | 3/13/15

Elect Rita Kestenbaum in the 19th L.D.

The Herald endorses Rita Kestenbaum in the race for the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District. Kestenbaum, a Democrat from Bellmore, is running against Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, in a special election to fill the seat left empty when David Denenberg recently resigned from the post shortly before pleading guilty to eight counts of federal mail fraud. The election is set for next Tuesday, March 10. more

3/4/15

Rita Kestenbaum, 56, of Bellmore, a Democrat running for Nassau County Legislature, spoke at a Feb. 19 candidates forum at the North Merrick Public Library.

Legislative candidates address voters

Democrat Rita Kestenbaum and Republican Steve Rhoads, the two candidates in the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District, squared off last Thursday not so much against each other as against a roomful of likely voters given free rein to ask or say what they pleased. more

By Brian Racow | 2/25/15

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