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A 2020 election survival guide

The coronavirus crisis has forced us all to rethink how we carry out many of our responsibilities, including here at the Herald. Each election season, we normally invite political candidates to our … more

9/21/20

Dr. Melissa Burak, superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools, top left, Tara Algerio-Vento, family nurse practitioner in the Rockville Centre School District, bottom left, and Johane Ligonde, principal of J.W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport, bottom right, spoke with moderator Skye Ostreicher about the challenges they have faced reopening schools this month.

Inside LI panel looks at hybrid learning

Educational leaders on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar agreed that reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has been challenging, and the learning curve for students and teachers is ongoing. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 9/21/20

Rabbi Stacy Sokol, of the Congregation B'nai Israel, in Freeport.

Rosh Hashana in Freeport

Rosh Hashana is the Birthday of The World. It is a time when we celebrate creation, a time when we give gratitude to God, asking for forgiveness. It is said on Rosh Hashana that with … more

By Rabbi Stacy Sokol | 9/17/20

Danielle Santos Atkinson, Hofstra University, Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Herald Inside LI webinar to address delay of high school, college sports

Nassau and Suffolk counties have both opted to postpone high school sports until January of 2021, and many colleges have moved their fall sports to the spring, as well. With sports on pause, student-athletes — especially high school seniors — and parents are left not only disappointed, but also with many lingering questions. more

9/15/20

Susan Hutchins was among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Nassau County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in … more

By Scott Brinton | 9/14/20

Alma Rocha led the village's 9/11 remembrance ceremony with the Freeport Fire Department at the memorial site on S. Bayview Avenue.

Freeport remembers 9/11

Dozens of Freeporters gathered at the village’s 9/11 memorial last night, at S. Bayview Avenue and Ray Street, to remember their neighbors who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist … more

By Ronny Reyes | 9/12/20

Phil Alvarez, brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead's annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Brother of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez stirs crowd at Town of Hempstead memorial

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and also to salute the thousands . . . more

By James Bernstein | 9/11/20

Teaching Assistant Roberta Shapiro welcomed back one of her fourth grade students at the Archer Street School as all Freeport students returned to classes on Sept. 8 and 9.

Freeporters head back to school

Freeport students returned to classes on Sept. 8 and 9 for in-person learning for the first time since the district closed in March. “After many months of working collaboratively with … more

By Ronny Reyes | 9/11/20

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, left, joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, center, State Assemblywoman Taylor Darling and others to urge everyone to complete the 2020 census by Sept. 30.

Getting everyone counted

Local elected officials urged all Nassau County residents to complete the 2020 census at a news conference on Tuesday in Roosevelt. U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice said that while Nassau has a 71 percent … more

By Ronny Reyes | 9/11/20

Five real estate experts discussed the changes in the market and how to navigate it as a buyer and seller during a virtual Inside LI panel moderated by host Skye Ostreicher.

Real estate experts give market advice in Covid times

Panelists on the latest Inside LI webinar gave crucial advice for homebuyers and sellers in a market that’s been heating up all summer. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 9/8/20

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