SANTOS INDICTED

Congressman pleads not guilty to 13 federal charges

U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty to a 13-count federal indictment in a Central Islip court on Wednesday, where he faced charges of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false statements to the U.S. House of Representatives. 

If found guilty, Santos could face 20 years in prison

George Santos is charged with wire fraud, money laundering

Diana Mueller waited for hours on Wednesday to enter the Central Islip federal courthouse to see U.S. Rep. George Santos arraigned. The Glen Head resident was relieved to hear that the embattled …

Before indictment, Representative George Santos was ready to reinvent

When he ran for congress last year, there was rarely a question George Santos left unanswered. He rode a red Long Island wave straight to Capitol Hill, helping to lock a slim Republican majority in …

Brinkmann’s Hardware has opened in Glen Cove

Glen Cove has a wide variety of businesses. Restaurants are plentiful, the many hair salons and barbershops keep the community in style, and there are places to buy furniture to keep homes looking modern. But there’s been a decades-old running joke within the Glen Cove community that there are precious items, which are hard to find with some saying socks, and others, underwear.  

Three Deasy second graders advance in math tournament

It’s not uncommon to hear students say they don’t like their math classes. Many students find it’s too difficult or boring, and they don’t get excited about numbers and formulas the way they might about history, science, languages, or other subjects to which they may find easier to personally connect.

Lafazan’s GEORGE package to prevent electoral deceit

As every day new stories and allegations come to light regarding fabulist Representative of New York’s 3rd Congressional District George Santos, politicians at both the local and state level have continued to call for his resignation or expulsion. On Wednesday morning Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully in the Congressional Democratic primary, paid yet another visit to Santos’ district headquarters in Douglaston, Queens, to announce his new legislation, the G.E.O.R.G.E. package.

Santos record is challenged

George Santos maintained all through his recent U.S. House campaign that he, unlike other elected leaders, was committed to the “American Dream.”

Randi Kreiss

Mothering our way through the pandemic

A global pandemic was never part of the job description in my Mothers Handbook, circa 1971, but so be it. This is our time.

Peter King

Those who leak national intelligence must be punished

The true enormity of the real-life consequences that will result from the leaking of sensitive national security secrets by Air Guardsman Jack Teixeira hit me hard the other day . . .