51.0°,
Light Rain Students learn art of combat at Brookside Elementary
“It’s like a physical game of chess,” Baldwin mom Annie Doresca said of fencing. In both, she said, participants must anticipate their opponents’ moves before striking. “There’s a lot of …
Curran unveils plan for parks
County will invest $15 million in maintenance and enhancement
Local parks will undergo makeovers, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced on March 5, as she unveiled a comprehensive revitalization plan in Wantagh.
Split decision in Gillen’s suit against Santino, Town Board
Judge strikes down no-layoff deal but upholds employee transfers after 2017 election
A State Supreme Court judge on Tuesday issued a split decision in Democratic Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen’s lawsuit against former Supervisor Anthony Santino and the Republican-majority Town Board.
New York American Water rates to increase next month
New York American Water rates are set to increase once again next month, as the third year of the utility’s conservation rate hike begins. Under the rate increase, which goes into effect April …
Michael Dolan, Baldwin firefighter and engineer, dies at 29
Baldwinite Michael Dolan was almost always tinkering with something, his Baldwin Fire Department colleagues said. An engineer by trade, he would spend hours at Hose Company Four’s Grand Avenue …
Laura Curran, Tom Suozzi introduce task force for workers on Long Island
“We’re here today to talk about the future of Long Island,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, at the Composite Prototyping Center in Plainview on Feb. 21. Standing alongside …
More than just pancakes
The sun had just risen last Friday when Baldwinite Van White walked through the doors of Lenox Elementary School. He wasn’t there to drop off his children, though — they had moved on from Lenox …
Battling the opioid epidemic wth Narcan training
Despite all the news reports and data that have been generated in the past few years regarding an opioid epidemic in Nassau County there are still people unaware about the extent of the problem and how Narcan — an overdose reversing drug — is administered.
Nassau officials mourn Amazon HQ pullout
Nassau County elected officials expressed disappointment after Amazon announced Feb. 14 that it would drop its plan to open part of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Richard …
Islanders reserve Coliseum for first round of NHL playoffs
Each time the New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup — in four consecutive seasons from 1980 to 1983 — Frank Borrelli Jr., the owner of Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant in East Meadow, stood with …
Op-Ed
We were prepared to escape. Too many others weren’t.
"There’s a man with a gun,” a voice blared on the loudspeaker at the Heralds’ Garden City office on Jan. 3. “Get out of the building.”
Calendar
-
The butterfly conservatory: tropical butterflies alive in winter
-
Remembrance of a massacre el mozote: finding the evidence
Backyard wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are in our own neighborhoods and communities, arming explorers of all ages with the tools and inspiration to discover the wonders of nature at their …