The Freeport community came together in solemn remembrance on Monday, Sept. 11, to honor the memory of over 20 residents who tragically lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attack. The annual Sept. …
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By Mohamed Farghaly
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9/22/23
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The Nassau County Police Department recently updated its information concerning arrests for three bank robberies that occurred in Carle Place, Merrick, and Baldwin. Men from Freeport were arrested for the Carle Place and Baldwin robberies. A Uniondale man who was arrested for the Baldwin robbery had previously been arrested for the bank robbery in Merrick.
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3/3/22
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Lately, though, it seems the fabric of our entire educational structure, from elementary school all they way up to our highest institutes of learning, is unraveling as a result of a dispiriting and dangerous rise in hate, bigotry and antisemitism, the likes of which we have never seen so widespread.
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By Michael Giangregorio
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6/14/24
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The community of Freeport is grieving the loss of a true local figure, Jerome M. Beaumet, known as Jerry Beau or around town as Jerry the painter. Beaumet died Sept. 3 at the age of 86, leaving …
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By Mohamed Farghaly
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9/22/23
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Surrounded by village, county and state dignitaries, Mayor Robert Kennedy cut the red ribbon on Feb. 18 that symbolized the transfer of ownership of Cow Meadow Park from Nassau County to the Incorporated Village of Freeport.
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By Reine Bethany
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2/24/22
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George Moore, an NYPD detective who lives in Freeport, was indicted on 10 counts for the August 2023 crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway that injured two women.
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By Mohammad Rafiq
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2/28/24
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These are the best days of summer, when everything is possible. Here, pinned to this spot in time, there are no rampaging wildfires, no floods, no hurricanes, no Covid surge, no family feuds. Yup, the dangerous possibilities all lie ahead.
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By Randi Kreiss
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6/14/24
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In an exciting development for the Freeport Housing Authority and the community it serves, the agency has moved into its new administration building, at 100 N. Main St.
The housing authority …
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By Mohamed Farghaly
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9/22/23
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As head coach Meredith Jones watched her Freeport girls' basketball team take down Westbury Jan. 17 by a final of 54-16, not only did she see it pick up a convincing conference victory to bring its …
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By Andrew Fantucchio
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1/23/24
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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance,” President James Madison once said. “And a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
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3/15/24
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