74.0°,
Mostly Cloudy The North Shore feasts it up with St. Rocco
Food, family and fun abound at the festival
For 43 years, Glen Cove has been the home of the Feast of St. Rocco’s, a celebration of Italian-American heritage. The five-day event, which locals describe as the largest annual event in Glen …
Pastors look back on 40 years of faith
Forty years ministering at home and abroad
Last Friday, the pastors of Iglesia Ciudad de Refugio, the Revs. Juanita and Jose Lopez, celebrated the 40 years they have spent ministering at …
Accent on the Home to close after 30 years
Since news broke that longtime gift and furniture store, Accent on the Home, would be closing its doors once its inventory had been sold off, shoppers have flocked downtown to bid the establishment …
Shot Callers win softball championships
The Shot Callers, one of Glen Cove’s four women’s softball teams, are the champions of the summer season. Last Wednesday, they went up against the K.C. Gallaghers in the finals, ultimately …
New bills support treatment access for substance abusers in Nassau County
Tech-focused legislation aimed at ending stigma
A year after losing her son, Timothy, to a heroin overdose in August 2009, Teri Kroll, of Lindenhurst, was introduced to then 16-year-old Josh Lafazan through mutual friends on Long Island’s …
City flushes Morgan Park bathroom fixes; paid unsigned company $150,000
Editor's Note: The Herald Gazette is awaiting clarification on two subjects' comments on this story. This page will be updated as we receive their responses. Early this week, Glen Cove Mayor Tim …
Progress report:
The Garvies Point Waterfront project
For Joe Graziose, senior vice-president of residential development for RXR, the real estate firm behind the Garvies Point project, the most satisfying part of the job comes after the foundations are …
North Shore youth rally for gun control
Members of the Long Island chapter of Students Against Gun Violence, which was formed in the aftermath of the deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., to advocate for gun control, were joined …
Officials mull temporary fix for Crescent Beach contamination
The City of Glen Cove’s and Nassau County’s departments of public works are working together to determine whether filters could temporarily solve the contamination problem at Crescent Beach, …
Council tables water rates amid new information
The City Council unanimously voted to table a resolution introduced by Councilwoman Pamela Panzenbeck, to raise the city’s water rates by 15 percent, after both City Controller Sandra Clarson, and …
‘It’s been a fascinating career’
“It’s been a fascinating career — I feel very lucky to have lived it,” said Cliff Richner, co-owner of Richner Communications and the longtime publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired last month after 36 years in a family-run company that has left an indelible mark on local community news on the South Shore.
Editorial
Enjoy boating, but obey no-wake zones
Open water, a cool breeze, clear skies, and the feeling of waves lapping at the side of your boat: Few activities are more relaxing and enjoyable than summer boating.
Scott Brinton
Demystifying Anthony Bourdain
My brief viewer-host relationship with Anthony Bourdain took a nosedive in May 2013, a month after his CNN travel-food show, “Parts Unknown,” premiered.
Randi Kreiss
The son of my daughter, the daughter of my son
After my mother died, my grown kids thought it would be good for me to have a couple of grandkids around for two weeks. You know, distraction and so forth. Let the young people lift my spirits and get me going.
Alfonse D'Amato
On immigration, use hearts and heads!
The seemingly endless national dispute over immigration may be coming to a head. Images of children separated from their families at the U.S.’s southern border should be enough . . .
Glen Cove marks 350 years
On May 24, 1668, three families — early settlers of Long Island’s North Shore — purchased a parcel of land from the Matinecock Chieftaincy. They called the land Musquito Cove, based on the …