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Light Rain Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who grew up in Lawrence, gets three years in prison
Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney who arranged six-figure payments to a porn star and a Playboy model to buy their silence about affairs with Trump, is going to prison. U.S. …
Public safety
Bellmore home destroyed in late-night fire
A Sunrise Avenue home was completely destroyed, and an occupant and firefighter suffered minor injuries in fire that broke out after midnight on Monday.
Toddler in Malverne found unresponsive at Grace Lutheran Church and School, dies at 3 years old
Police reported that a 3-year-old girl was found unresponsive at Grace Lutheran Church and School last Friday. The child, who was not breathing, was transported to a nearby hospital by the …
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, Mount Sinai Health Systems officially partner
Representatives of South Nassau Communities Hospital and the Mount Sinai Health System were set to finalize a partnership at a news conference on Dec. 4. The merger makes South Nassau the Long Island …
Elmont Presbyterian seeks town’s help
Historic 113-year-old church in need of TLC
Since 1905, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church has stood in Elmont as a symbol of the hamlet’s German past, when it was part of the old Fosters Meadow community. At the church’s grand opening on …
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Erasing racism and bias on Long Island
Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based nonprofit ERASE Racism, calls it “racialized school segregation.” Long Island comprises 125 school districts — some as small as one square mile — and 42 percent are all-white or nearly all-white, according to a 2017 ERASE Racism report. Meanwhile, 24 percent are majority African-American/Hispanic districts.
Hempstead Town will only publish notices in Suffolk-based LIBN
The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted 6-1 to only publish legal and bid notices in the Suffolk County-based Long Island Business News in 2019.
Boat parade lights up the holidays
Despite heavy rain, hundreds of families visited Freeport for an evening of holiday celebrations last Saturday. The night started with the lighting of the village Christmas tree and menorah at Sunrise Highway and Church Street. The festivities then carried over to the Nautical Mile, where people lined the docks to check out holiday-decorated boats for the annual Nautical Mile Holiday Boat Parade.
Tuition aid restored for fire volunteers in Nassau County
On Nov. 19, legislators unanimously approved an emergency resolution to allocate funding for a lost Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that provides college scholarships for volunteer …
Rockaway Avenue revitalization talks begin
It was clear early on during the Valley Stream Downtown Revitalization Task Force’s second official meeting on Nov. 27 that the challenges of turning the stretch of Rockaway Avenue from Sunrise …
Tuition aid restored for fire volunteers, EMS workers in Nassau County
Nassau County’s 19 legislators voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to allocate funding to make up for a lost Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that provides college scholarships for volunteer …
Editorial
With Amazon on the way, let’s rethink housing
With news that Amazon’s second headquarters is coming to Long Island City, Queens, bringing with it 50,000 new jobs, the Island is poised for a housing renaissance, but in order for that to happen, residents must be open to change.
Some personal notes on the 'perfect American'
I first heard the news that the Iraqi military had rolled into Kuwait on Aug. 3, 1990, the day after the invasion. I can’t forget that moment. I was watching over 9- and 10-year-old boys at the …
Randi Kreiss
The wobbling arc of the moral universe
From one vantage point, we are blessed to live in these times. Consider us here on Long Island, enjoying our safe neighborhoods, good schools and . . .
Op-Ed
I’m committed to fixing Nassau’s tax-assessment system
Recently, I gave the order to post online tax-impact notices using last year’s tax levy and the new assessed market values for property owners across Nassau County. Throughout my first 11 months in office . . .