Monday, May 19, 2025
It’s wedding season in Long Beach, and one local woman is trying to make sure everyone feels ready for, and comfortable about, that first dance. Eileen Clarke, 58, grew up in Astoria, …
The Malverne Cinema and Art Center, which closed last September, has announced plans to reopen as a nonprofit. To learn more attend a community discussion and information session at Connolly Station on May 29, at 7 p.m.
Two seniors at Sanford H. Calhoun High School clinched Nassau County championships in their respective events during the winter track and field season.
With hammers in hand and hearts full of purpose, more than 30 volunteers gathered in Valley Stream to give a disabled family the gift of freedom, safety, and dignity in their own home.
New York lawmakers have approved a $254 billion state budget package for fiscal year 2026, carrying several provisions affecting Nassau University Medical Center, including a state “takeover” of the hospital system.
Barry and Suzanne Gurvitch were recognized for their service to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces at the Five Towns Evening of Solidarity, with a surprise appearance by their son Elijah, who serves as a lone soldier in the IDF.
When the ENL students of Oceanside High School arrived at From Head to Toe Salon for career exposure, they didn’t know they’d be getting their nails done. Paula Baque moved from Colombia with …
The Village of Freeport has been accused in a Federal Class Action lawsuit of illegally seizing vehicles from their owners.
The Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce is ushering in a new era for the beloved Deep Roots Farmers Market — one that honors the legacy of founder Amy Peters while planting new seeds for growth. …
'Broadway-level entertainment' in Sea Cliff
A sold-out crowd of around 40 people packed the Sea Cliff Arts Council on Roslyn Avenue for another iteration of "Twisted Shorts," a series of one-act shows performed throughout the community for over 10 years...
Uniondale residents will head to the polls on May 20 to vote on the proposed $286 million school budget for 2025-26, elect two Board of Education trustees, and weigh in on a proposition involving …
Candidate Q and A
Ahead of next Tuesday’s school board election, the Herald posed three key questions to candidates running in contested races across Valley Stream District 13.
Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts are advancing inclusive education with innovative programs like peer mentorship, travel training, and classroom flexibility—empowering students with autism and other special needs, even as educators call for stronger funding support.
Early last Sunday morning, before the Mother’s Day brunch crowds filled local restaurants, over 70 women laced up their running shoes and gathered at Baldwin Park for a 3.1-mile-long celebration of the holiday.
Retired U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel and former NYPD Police Sergeant Wilem Wong will serve as Grand Marshal of the 2025 Rockville Centre Memorial Day Parade, honoring his decades of distinguished military and law enforcement service as the community gathers to remember America’s fallen heroes.
Locust Valley-based poop-scooping company marks 25th anniversary
Few dog owners enjoy clearing dog waste from their backyards. But Glen Cove native James Coniglione has turned scooping poop into a new, and undeniably unique, sector of the home care industry and …
Residents of the Seaford Union Free School District will head to the polls next week to vote on a budget that includes facility upgrades, classroom renovations and infrastructure improvements, all without exceeding the state’s tax levy cap.
Editorial
Last weekend, a horse named Journalism showed us what a comeback looks like.
Columnist
If we’re serious about clean energy, grid reliability and energy security the RAPID Act is our path toward resiliency and sustainability.
Columnist
New York is experiencing a solid-waste crisis, with skyrocketing costs to municipalities, abysmal recycling rates, and plastic pollution littering our communities and waterways.
Columnist
Winners and losers are proclaimed extensively in politics, because politicians are tested on an almost daily basis.
Columnist
During my years in Congress, no issue was more vital or intensely personal to me than ensuring that all of the surviving victims of the attacks of Sept. 11 receive the care they require and deserve for the illnesses caused by the toxins they breathed in at ground zero in the days, weeks and months afterward.