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Mulé and Abrahams retain legislative seats

Incumbent Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé defeated newcomer Daniel Salamone Tuesday night to serve another term in the fifth legislative district, which includes Baldwin and Freeport. Mulé, a … more

11/6/19

Murder witnesses need our sympathy

On the afternoon of Sept. 16, two weeks after the start of the new school year, Oceanside High School senior Khaseen Morris was brutally murdered in what appears to have been an ambush by a group of a half-dozen other teenagers. more

9/27/19

Let’s get L.I. resiliency projects going — now

Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy struck on a late-October night, Long Island communities are still rebuilding. Homes are up in the air . . . more

9/20/19

Options abound, from seating to sumptuous fare!

Ten years ago, the River House Grille was transformed from a dessert café into a full-service restaurant. Smack in the heart of Freeport’s Nautical Mile . . . more

By Terry Biener | 8/23/19

Nuzzi is named to top Elks post

John Nuzzi Sr.’s smile was seemingly the size of the Cheshire Cat’s. At the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks National Convention in St. Louis, the 61-year-old Freeporter was installed … more

By Nadya Nataly | 7/15/19

David Cornell, from Lynbrook, a Marine Corps veteran who fought in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait, had his hair cut by Will Torres, of Queens Village, a student at the Barber and Beauty Institute of New York.

Summer stand-down serves Nassau’s veterans

The Nassau County Veterans Service Agency’s annual summer Veteran Stand Down welcomed hundreds of Long Island vets on Tuesday in Freeport. The biannual event last took place in November, shortly … more

By Nadya Nataly | 7/15/19

Newspapers’ existential crisis

In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight. more

6/21/19

Family-owned business embraces the community

When Boris Yampolskiy purchased Liquor Warehouse of Freeport two years ago, he had a specific purpose in mind. He wanted to embrace the community he loves . . . more

By Teri Ann Loeser | 6/14/19

County to ban 'Styrofoam'

The Nassau County Legislature is set to ban “Styrofoam” products, such as food containers, at its May 20 meeting. The bill, introduced by County Legislator Denise Ford, a Long Beach Democrat who … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 5/16/19

Lynbrook mother Christina Buxton, her daughter, Julianna, left, and a friend, Gianna Dambrosio, prepared to take a spin on the carousel on Tuesday.

Nunley’s Carousel still spinning at 107

A ride on Nunley’s Carousel once cost pennies, and “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” performed by Louis Armstrong, played as it spun. These days, the famed Baldwin attraction has been moved from the former Nunley’s Amusement Park, on the Baldwin-Freeport border, to Museum Row in Garden City, where it occupies its own building, next to the Cradle of Aviation Museum. more

By Nadya Nataly | 5/9/19

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