Herald Community Newspapers is seeking 2017 summer interns for our 15 community-based publications that stretch across Nassau County’s South Shore, from Valley Stream to Seaford, and Long Beach to …
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2/6/17
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I got started in this business 18 years ago, on a whim.
“Do you have a nose for news?” the ad read in the local paper. “Can you write about current events?” Normally, one would hesitate, if one were, for instance, the mother of four growing children, three still in elementary school, and with no formal journalism education or training — just a desire to do something meaningful now that my youngest was in school full time.
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By Mary Malloy
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1/11/17
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By the time Mahalia Desruisseaux was 6 or 7 years old, she had already decided that she would be a doctor. The now 46-year-old recalls her frequent trips to the Haitian orphanage run by her father, where her mother was a teacher. She saw firsthand her parents’ desire to help those who are less fortunate, which they passed on to their daughter.
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By Daine Taylor and Scott Brinton
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11/30/16
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The following provides a list of results in all major South Shore races covered in 2016 by Herald Community Newspapers. Results are organized by community. …
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11/9/16
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Scott Brinton has been appointed executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers, Publishers Clifford and Stuart Richner announced on Oct. 28.
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11/4/16
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Anthony Eramo, 42, is serving his second term on the Long Beach City Council. He is running against Republican Melissa Miller, a political neophyte, and Green Party candidate Joseph Naham. Eramo has a clear grasp of the issues, and has been a tremendous advocate for the community and environment.
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11/3/16
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Pulling the frayed plastic bag from the muck revealed a killing field. A dozen or more fiddler crabs lay dead beneath the bag . . .
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10/27/16
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By Mary Malloy
mmalloy@liherald.com
Under warm sunny skies and slightly cloudy and breezy evenings, the Village of East Rockaway held its annual Stars & Stripes festival last …
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By Mary Malloy
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9/21/16
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Not everyone can say that they got to kiss Marilyn Monroe, and then be nominated for an Academy Award for his work.
Although that could have been the …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/25/16
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I hadn’t truly understood or appreciated the mindset of an 18-year-old black woman until I read Amon Brown’s excellent article, “Black Lives Matter rallies in East Meadow,” published recently in the Heralds. Brown, who is 18 and African-American . . .
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8/3/16
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