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Overcast NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers
Commissioner: ‘We will answer that threat.'
Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
Alleged Northeast MS-13 kingpin arraigned
Gang member faces up to 25 years
The alleged Northeast kingpin of the international criminal gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, 35-year-old Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, of Laurel, Md., was arraigned on Thursday before Acting Nassau County …
Record showing for Heralds in 2017 New York Press Association contest
The Herald Community Newspapers won big in the New York Press Association’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest, taking home 29 awards — 26 of them for editorial excellence. That was a record …
MADD honors Freeport officer
Freeport Police Officer Alan Moreno is on a mission to end drunken driving. He has been since he began his eight-year career. On April 12 he was honored for his work at the New York Metro Law …
Police: Shooting at Freeport deli
Deli clerk stable, but still in critical condition
Shots were fired early morning Wednesday at Family Gourmet Deli at 292 North Main St. in Freeport. At around 2:30 a.m., a black male wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and a dark hard plastic mask …
Herald Neighbors
Former social worker gives back to community
A Baldwin woman who works in Freeport has dedicated nearly 30 years of her life in service to others, is continuing her lifelong efforts of community service and giving back. After retiring with …
Herald Neighbors
Freeport host birthday party for Corduroy
It’s the infamous story of a bear looking for his button and practically 50 years later, children of all ages are still reading, “Corduroy.” In celebration of the friendly bear, the Freeport …
Manhattan Chamber Players presents Mozart
The spring season of the Freeport Community Concert Association kicks off on April 14 with a feature performance by the Manhattan Chamber Players, a group of five award-winning graduates from The …
Herald Neighbors
The Sleep Tite Pajama Factory opens
Bright lights shined on the Performing Arts Center stage as it transformed into the “Sleep Tite Pajama Factory” at Freeport High School. Students spent hours after school figuring out cues, …
Spring gardening’s slow start
The inclement weather has sent a shutter down local gardeners’ backs after four nor’easters have pounded gardens with snow, ice and high winds. It has been nearly impossible for gardeners start …
Editorial
N.Y. remains behind the times on early voting
In February, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he planned to include $7 million in his executive budget earmarked for early voting across the state. The provision would have allowed . . .
Randi Kreiss
Follow their lead or get out of the way
They emerged from the ashes of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school massacre on Feb. 14. They tended their wounds, reached out to one another for comfort, and somehow drew purpose and energy from the trauma they had survived.
Alfonse D'Amato
Some good news worth noting
Sometimes good news comes quietly, and in ways that point in positive directions. The past couple of weeks have seen some real progress on several important fronts . . .
David Weingrad
In Puerto Rico, discrimination seems to be cyclical
The hurricane struck hard and fast, leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans without food and shelter. The damage to the island totaled in the millions of dollars, and more than 3,000 people were killed.
Todd Kaminsky
Stamping out this spate of hate
Over the past year and a half, the incidence of hate crimes has skyrocketed across the nation, and Long Island. Just a few weeks ago, swastikas were scrawled on sidewalks . . .