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Mostly Cloudy Blakeman joins local civil rights leaders for MLK Day
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by participating in a commemorative program at the Joysetta and Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead..
Hempstead resident is a Regeneron scholar
Bella Guerra, 18, of Thorne Avenue in Hempstead, has achieved the prestigious rank of scholar (semifinalist) in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search, one of only 300 students nationwide to do so.
Peer Diversion Court now allowing ABGS participants
Program started in Hempstead, has 96% successful completion rate
Sean and Bobby, ages 24 and 17, argued about money in the car. Sean was driving. Their argument intensified. At one point, Sean locked the doors from the driver’s side so Bobby couldn’t leave the car.
Child care providers fight for government support
The pandemic exposed the prevalence of the need
When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in March 2020, a new phrase passed into common use: essential worker. The term referred particularly to employees whose jobs were essential to societal function and could not be accomplished remotely, like those in health care, food production, and sanitization. But when employees in these sectors went to work, what happened to their young children?
Hempstead native is MLK Day keynote speaker
Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., delivered the welcoming address
The keynote speaker at the Hempstead Village Annual Martin Luther King Day of Reflection is normally a clergyperson or teacher. But this year it was Lennitt Bligen, Jr., 38, a Hempstead native and father of three with a career in finance.
Hempstead students, mayor, play golf with Victor Green
On Monday, Sept. 27, Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., Executive Assistant Dr. Sedgwick Easley, and Deputy Village Clerk Samantha Fountain accompanied a group of Hempstead students and teachers on a sunny outing at Glen Head Country Club in Glen Cove. The occasion was the Victor Green Celebrity Golf Tournament.
Partnering organizations celebrate a new homeowner in Hempstead
Kimberly Style cut a red ribbon tied to the front porch pillars of her new home, 68 Webb Avenue in Hempstead at a news conference on April 14. Seven years before, Style and her two children, …
Op-Ed
Racial inequities and the Biden infrastructure plan
President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . .
Editorial
Nassau should enforce state’s mask mandate
Bruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executive-elect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.
Op-Ed
Washington must act to protect affordable care
We’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade, unless Congress takes immediate action.
Randi Kreiss
Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave
"Dear Ms. Kreiss: I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney . . .
Op-Ed
Conservative politics could play into school elections
The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.