Sunday, June 15, 2025
County officials joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security on June 11 to unveil a Global Entry enrollment center in Eisenhower Park — the first of its kind on Long Island.
Herald Community Media newspapers captured five awards at the Press Club of Long Island dinner on June 5.
After 28 years of dedicated service to the Rockville Centre School District, Deputy Superintendent John Murphy is retiring, leaving behind a powerful legacy of educational leadership, International Baccalaureate program expansion and student-centered innovation.
Construction is well underway on the historic East Bathhouse at Jones Beach State Park, with a reopening planned for summer 2026.
New York State has officially enacted legislation to make the possession and distribution of AI-generated pornographic images of minors a felony offense.
Kids Section
The Herald appreciates all the Dads in our communities and is excited to celebrate them this Father's Day. There are many ways we spend time with our dads from working on cars to going to the park …
Conflict of interest? A charter school principal’s election to the Elmont school board has sparked concern among residents and educators, who say could threaten public school resources.
The Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County values giving its patients, many of who face physical limitations, access to typical life experiences.
Three Lynbrook High School standouts—alumnus Kevin Langbart and graduating seniors Kate Santoli and Erick Diaz—are taking bold steps toward careers in medicine, each inspired by personal experiences and a shared foundation in the school’s rigorous science programs.
Students are among 680 students honored internationally
Three juniors at Oyster Bay High School have been recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English for their outstanding submissions to the 2025 Achievement Awards in Writing contest. …
From Carnegie Hall to the classroom, composer and trumpet player Robert Levy, 82, reflects on a lifetime of music rooted in Freeport and culminating in an archive
Odyssey of the Mind is a renowned competition that teaches students in grades four through eight how to use their natural creativity to become confident problem-solvers. Students work together in …
A ripple of rainbow colors and unity swept through downtown Glen Cove on June 2 as more than 50 residents, advocates and allies gathered at City Hall for the city’s seventh annual Progress …
With their future high school standing tall in the background, sixth graders from the North Bellmore School District had a picturesque day for the annual track meet on May 19.
Before Jared Cohn was directing movies with multi-million-dollar budgets or working with networks like Lifetime, he was just a kid growing up in Baldwin.
Academy Charter students explored food services at LIJ Valley Stream with a cooking challenge, gaining hands-on insight into hospital teamwork and careers.
The Davison Avenue Theatre Club gave a PURR-fect performance on May 10 with their production of Disney’s “The Aristocats Kids.”
Editorial
As the calendar turns to June, the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins—and this year, forecasters are predicting an active one.
Columnist
Gov. Kathy Hochul is making a major push to not only build new nuclear plants in New York State, but also to make New York “the center of a nuclear revival in the U.S.,”
Columnist
This year’s state budget process was deeply flawed from the start. The $254 billion spending plan was passed more than five weeks late, marking the fourth consecutive year under Governor Hochul that the budget has blown past its April 1 deadline.
Columnist
Nassau County has seen enormous improvements during my time in office. Thanks to major investments in our police, fire services and infrastructure, we were named the safest county in America by U.S. News & World Report.
Columnist
I never thought I would say these words, but Texas is leading the way on protecting kids from social media abuse. You read that right.