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Breakfast fosters brotherhood and participation
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 …
Chris Weidman fights opioid abuse
Wrestling event tackles drugs, vaping
Baldwin native Chris Weidman said he understands how people can become addicted to painkillers. Weidman, a former UFC middleweight champion, has been prescribed many pills after fights and surgeries. …
Diego Cruz, little league pioneer, dies at 75
Diego Cruz looked at the bag of dirty, torn baseball uniforms laid out at his home and thought that the Baldwin little league could do better. He went out into the community and asked for donations …
Meadow named a school of character
Baldwin has done it again. For the second year in a row, an elementary school has been named a state school of character — this time, its Meadow Elementary School. Last year, Plaza Elementary …
Baldwin seeks sports history information
The Baldwin school district recently installed a television screen at Baldwin High School showing off illustrious athletes and teams. The interactive screen, in the high school’s lobby, displays …
Clavin to challenge Gillen in November
Surrounded by dozens of supporters, Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin announced on Feb. 19 his candidacy for Hempstead Town supervisor. “We need a supervisor that will put the …
Baldwin ready for playoff time
If the Baldwin girls’ basketball team had taken a step back after winning back-to-back state championships, it would have been understandable. The Lady Bruins lost six of their seven leading scorers including the top two scorers in school history.
Recalling Rockville Centre's deadly LIRR train crash 69 years later
Sixty-nine years ago last Monday, the Nassau Daily Review-Star notified readers about one of the Long Island Rail Road’s deadliest train crashes. The night before, on Feb. 17, 1950, two trains had collided on the tracks in Rockville Centre, near Banks Avenue, killing 29 people, according to original reports, and injuring more than 100.
Nassau County officials upset over Amazon's decision to abandon Queens headquarters
Nassau County elected officials expressed disappointment after Amazon announced Feb. 14 that it would drop its plan to open a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. The tech giant’s …
Nunley's mural is completed
The famed Nunley’s Carousel, which graced Baldwin from 1940 to 1995, will, in a sense, return to the community soon. Artist Michael White has completed a mural of the historic ride that will be …
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.”
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The butterfly conservatory: tropical butterflies alive in winter
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 …