Camila Rojas named Salutatorian at Hempstead
Camila Rojas was named salutatorian at Hempstead High School for 2023. Rojas hasn’t let academic challenges get in the way of friendship. Rojas, who has a 101.5 grade-point average competed with …
Salma Perez is Hempstead High’s valedictorian
Despite running neck and neck with a fellow student for the past two years, Salma Perez still was surprised that she was named valedictorian for 2023 at Hempstead High School. “We would go back …
Hempstead Eagle Scout project benefits Post 342
Jeremiah Soto, a Freeport High School senior and member of BSA Troop 300 in Hempstead, needed a project to earn his Eagle Scout badge. A tidy one-story building at the foot of S. Ocean Avenue in …
Adopt-a-Cop celebrated at Hempstead school
Under sunny skies in the roomy parking lot of the Hempstead Department of Public Works, hundreds of Hempstead schoolchildren clambered in and out of official vehicles and besieged smiling police …
Interfaith Nutrition Network reopens after Covid
Tucked down a side street in the industrial section of Hempstead Village, the exterior of the Mary Brennan Interfaith Nutrition Network looks humble. But what is happening inside keeps expanding …
Relay For Life returns to Hofstra University
For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the popular cancer awareness walk Relay For Life comes back to Hofstra University, looking to raise money — and ultimately defeat …
AARP helps take a stand against fraud
Being a victim of identity theft is just the beginning. Resolving it can be a stressful and lengthy process, and according to a pair of experts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, it’s always …
County police swear in first Muslim chaplain
It was a historic moment for the Nassau County Police Department. For the first time in the department’s nearly 100-year history, a Muslim was sworn in as chaplain, set to provide emotional, moral …
Where will be able to watch Memorial Day parades? Find out here!
Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor and respect men and women who sacrificed their life while serving in the U.S. military. It is an annual tradition in communities across the country, and …
Editorial
How they avoid saying the dirtiest word
In politics, the word “tax” is dirtier than the most graphic four-letter words you can think of. Any politician who plans to last in office longer than his loafers knows that you only say “tax” . . .
Op-Ed
Is fossil fuel-generated energy gone with the wind?
Island Park doesn’t generate daily headlines — and residents like it that way. This historic community is best known . . .
Randi Kreiss
Books are an exception to the lending rule
In “Hamlet,” Polonius said to Laertes, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be . . ."
Jerry Kremer
Something’s going wrong in Florida
I can’t help writing about the state of Florida, because it seems more detached from America than any of the other 49 states.