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A Few Clouds Covid-19 antibody testing available in Freeport
Covid-19 antibody testing will be available at the Long Island Federally Qualified Health Clinics in Freeport, Elmont, Hempstead and Westbury starting on June 2. The antibody tests are …
Freeport businesses cautiously optimistic over Phase One of reopening
Freeport businesses are cautiously optimistic about their future as Long Island began the Phase One reopening of its battered economy on May 27. Phase One allows construction and wholesale …
Freeport honors fallen vets
While the Village of Freeport could not hold its annual Memorial Day Parade due to the Covid-19 pandemic, village officials still joined together with the Freeport Fire and Police Departments this …
Police search for missing Freeport teen
The Nassau County Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad is looking for help in finding a Freeport teen who went missing on May 25, at 1 a.m., in Freeport. Police detectives said …
Freeport School District to hold live budget meeting
The Freeport School District will be holding a live public meeting on the proposed $188 million budget for the 2020-21 school year tonight, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held through a …
Freeport clears area for day laborers
The Freeport Village Attorney’s Office has begun a criminal investigation into the owners of the Freeport Trailer — a small trailer near Sunrise Highway where day laborers have gathered …
Freeport band students play for veterans
While there might not be a Memorial Day parade in Freeport this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, band students from Freeport High School still wanted to pay tribute to local veterans, so they …
Riding the rails amid the Covid-19 pandemic
I never imagined the emptiness. It left me with a sinking feeling, a sense of aloneness that I had not experienced before as I stood on Long Island Rail Road train trestles during the middle of what …
Freeport students save precious memories
When Maryclaire Dumas-Landisi had her essay writing class reinstated at JW Dodd Middle School in September, she felt ecstatic. She said her class helps foster a love of writing in her students as …
RCI, Heralds support media partners with free crisis marketing webinar
Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, is supporting local businesses through this challenging environment with a free crisis marketing webinar. Veteran ad sales coach …
Editorial
New York can learn a lot from South Korea
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling . . .
Editorial
Stay strong, Nassau
Last weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing.
Randi Kreiss
Living through Covid-19, in bits and pieces
I’ve been thinking about wagon trains; I’ll tell you why later. If I remember. Yeah, a serious side effect of the pandemic is definitely attention deficit disorder.