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Mostly Cloudy Long Beach's annual Irish Day celebration is canceled due to Covid-19
The annual Saint Brendan the Navigator Irish Heritage Day Parade and Festival, which draws thousands to Long Beach and provides a boost to West End businesses, has been canceled due to the Covid-19 …
Long Beach must spend $3 Million on payouts
Long Beach’s financial struggles came into sharp focus at a virtual City Council meeting Tuesday night, when the city comptroller said that the municipality would likely spend $3 million next year …
Long Beach residents navigate through flooded streets
Joanne “J-Bird” Phillips, a Long Beach resident and community leader, was on her way to work in Elmont when she tried to cross East Park Avenue and was met with several feet of flooding. Early …
Long Beach officials: faulty jetties causing beach erosion
The winner of Long Beach’s never-ending battle against nature seems all too obvious, at least at the southern end of Washington Boulevard: It’s the ocean. The sand is disappearing rapidly on …
Honoring Long Beach lifeguards past and present
On a bright Sunday morning this past Labor Day Weekend, the Long Beach Lifeguards Alumni Association gathered at the Patrol Headquarters on National Boulevard beach to honor local lifeguards and …
Protest erupts at hearing over payouts in Long Beach
The Long Beach City Council held a virtual public hearing Tuesday night on one of the thorniest subjects to plague the municipality in years: separation payments for retiring employees. The city …
The Cafe brings smiles, art and food to Long Beach
Long Beach’s West End offers a wide variety of restaurants and entertainment, but The Cafe, at 780 W. Beech St., is bringing a blend of music, art and colorful dishes to the city’s restaurant …
Editorial
Fill out the census — the deadline is Sept. 30
Elected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out.
Editorial
Hey, college students, quit the partying
College classes were set to start on Long Island this week and next, and that presented a potentially big problem: partying.
Randi Kreiss
Encounter with a phantom of the future
Dateline: Feb. 15, 2020. RK: Who are you? Covid 19: I am a virus, about to launch a worldwide pandemic.
Editorial
Fill out the census — the deadline is Sept. 30
Elected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out.
Jerry Kremer
McConnell fiddles while counties like Nassau burn
There has been much publicity about the failure of the U.S. Senate to agree on a new aid package for the states. The costs of dealing with the impact of the coronavirus have hit every government hard, but especially the northeastern states.
Scott Brinton
A maddening tale of two presidencies
Donald Trump revealed his true self to The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward over the course of 18 interviews beginning last December, appearing coherent and well-informed . . .
Randi Kreiss
You’d better believe it: We are in this together
Five years ago, I returned from a visit to my kids and grandkids, who live in a mountain town in northern California, and in this space I wrote, “I have come back from the future, and if you plan on going, better wear your fire-retardant underwear.”