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Nassau County police searching the surrounding area for shooter; schools on lockdown
A former or current employee of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop at 50 Cherry Valley Ave. shot and killed one employee and wounded two others Tuesday morning, sending surrounding school districts and homes throughout the area into lockdown.
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, …
Hempstead Mayor-Elect outlines his vision for the village
Chilly rain drove a Hempstead Village press conference indoors, but could not dampen its ebullient mood on March 18. Speaking in the Village Hall courtroom, Mayor-Elect Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., …
First-of-its-kind mobile Covid-19 vaccination unit comes to Uniondale
March 31 marked a milestone in the Town of Hempstead's battle against Covid-19. At a news conference, Town Supervisor Don Clavin announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, you’re standing in …
Forty indicted in cocaine-dealing operation that included two day-care centers
Forty people have been indicted in a widespread, multi-million-dollar cocaine-dealing ring that operated out of Hempstead and Rosedale — including at two unlicensed day-care …
Should Cuomo stay or should he go?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under increasing pressure to step aside or resign while investigations into sexual harassment accusations by four women and his administration's handling of data Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes last year are carried out by State Attorney General Letitia James and the Assembly.
Herald Community Newspapers seek 2021 summer interns
Herald Community Newspapers is seeking 2021 summer interns for our 18 community-based publications that stretch across Nassau County’s South Shore, from Valley Stream to Seaford, and Long Beach …
Law would restrict vape shops in Town of Hempstead
Tiffany Capers marched down to the Town of Hempstead’s tax office a year and a half ago, when then Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin had just been elected town supervisor, to show him how vape …
Editorial
Vaccine distribution needs improvement
The rollout of New York state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution has been, at times, disorganized, even chaotic, but in fairness, the state has received a mere 300,000 doses per week, while the need is significantly greater than that . . .
Op-Ed
We can’t overlook the hardships of our L.I. neighbors
When I first came to the Herald in January to cover Long Beach, I took in what most others see — the fine beaches, the beautiful boardwalk, the tony restaurants on Park Avenue and the cool, funky bars on the West End. But the coronavirus peeled back the layers fast . . .
Randi Kreiss
Saying goodbye to a force of nature on four paws
In our family, we love our dogs wildly and too well. When my daughter adopted Grandma the dog as a little pup from her local Humane Society . . .
Jerry Kremer
Next month, it’s goodbye to Trump’s rogues’ gallery
My parents, Charles and Dorothy Kremer, immigrated to this country in 1922 from Romania, anxious to enjoy the American dream. They worked hard, raised a family . . .