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Three members of the Baldwin Union Free School District community were recognized as 2025–26 SCOPE Education Services “Shining Stars” award recipients for their leadership, service and contributions to local schools.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/15/26
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Families, cyclists and community advocates will gather at Baldwin Park on May 16 for the fourth annual Community Bike Rodeo and Parade, a free event promoting bike safety, healthy activity and neighborhood connection.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/15/26
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Elder Lopez Avalos has been charged with seven total counts of arson in Freeport by the Nassau County Police Department.
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By Andrew Francis
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5/11/26
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Baldwin Middle School students have raised nearly $14,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation while helping launch a first-of-its-kind partnership that trains Baldwin school nurses to identify and refer eligible children facing critical illnesses directly to the organization’s wish-granting program.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/8/26
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After struggling to find grief support spaces that reflected their cultural experiences, two Long Island nurses — Gina Lissone of Baldwin and Medina “Dina” Fonville of Brentwood — launched Widow’s Journey Reach One Teach One, a nonprofit helping younger widows, particularly women of color, navigate loss, healing and rebuilding community.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/8/26
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Residents, students and civic organizations joined elected officials across Baldwin and Freeport on May 3 for a large-scale Earth Day cleanup that removed more than 58 bags of trash and debris from four local parks and waterways.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/8/26
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High school students from Baldwin and 14 other Long Island school districts gathered at Stony Brook University for the third annual CEWIT Hackathon, where teams used coding, artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop real-world technology solutions during a fast-paced daylong competition.
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By Isabelle Simone
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5/8/26
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Baldwin Public Library is offering a packed lineup of May events, including a screening of the psychological thriller “The Housemaid,” an author discussion with novelist Katie Yee and a family-friendly sidewalk chalk program designed to bring the community together outdoors.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/8/26
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Every morning, Meadow Elementary students walk through front doors that now greet them in more of the languages spoken at home — a visible reminder that every culture belongs. The expanded welcome mural, unveiled April 17, was created by seven fourth-grade Girl Scouts who noticed classmates and families were missing from one of the school’s most prominent displays and decided to change it.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/1/26
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The Baldwin Union Free School District has collected its sixth statewide Champions of Change Award, this time for a middle school program giving students hands-on experience in the classroom long before they reach high school. Baldwin Middle School’s Future Teachers of Baldwin Pre-Academy was recognized by the New York State School Boards Association for preparing eighth graders to explore careers in education through real teaching practice.
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By Allyson Ferrari
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5/1/26
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