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Long Beach firefighters extinguished a fire in a vacant commercial building below residential apartments at 53 Arizona Ave. on Monday.

Long Beach firefighters battle West End blaze

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Long Beach firefighters responded to a number of emergency calls earlier this week, including a West End building fire, reports of smoke at the Long … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/21/19

Long Beach residents John McNally, left, Allison Kallelis and Jessie Farrell visited Skudin Surf’s area at the 2016 Scavenger Hunt.

‘A great way to embrace the Long Beach life’

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Get ready to assemble a team and brush up on the history of Long Beach. The Chamber of Commerce and the city will host a Scavenger Hunt on April 6 to … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/21/19

The city is looking to bond $400,000 to replace the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning unit at police and fire department headquar

Long Beach looks to replace HVAC system at police and fire HQ

The city is planning to replace a problem-plagued air-conditioning system at Police Department and Fire Department headquarters — and officials say they hope to have the buildings chilled by the … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/21/19

Hofstra Law School to offer free legal clinic for veterans March 31

The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University will host a free one-day legal assistance clinic for all veterans. It will be held on Sunday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Law … more

3/19/19

Cailin Roach, 5, volunteered with Surfrider for the first time.

Surfrider volunteers clean up the bay

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Volunteers with the Surfrider Foundation Central Long Island chapter cleaned up the bay on Saturday as part of an effort to create cleaner local … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/14/19

Johanna Mathieson-Ellmer, director of Artists in Partnership Inc., and Ed Kennedy, former music department chairman for the Long Beach schools, interviewed Long Beach resident Stephanie Klemons, far left, associate choreographer and global dance supervisor of Broadway’s hit musical “Hamilton.”

Up close with a Broadway artist

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com “I knew I wanted to dance before I had reason, so I don’t try to superimpose one as an adult,” said Long Beach resident Stephanie Klemons, … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/14/19

Goaltender Kieran Byrne backstopped Long Beach High School to its first state hockey championship in seven years on March 3. Byrne, an Island Park resident, was named Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

Island Park resident backstops Long Beach to state hockey title

Island Park resident Kieran Byrne was named Most Valuable Player at the state hockey championships. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/14/19

About 50 people turned out to hear from Ilyasah Shabazz, center, the daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X, including members of the city’s Civil Service Employees Association and students from Hempstead High School at Long Beach’s MLK Center. The event was hosted by Councilwoman Anissa Moore and MLK Center Chairman James Hodge.

Malcolm X’s daughter visits Long Beach MLK Center

Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of famed civil rights activist Malcolm X, visited Long Beach’s Martin Luther King Center last Friday, where she discussed her father’s legacy of fighting for … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/8/19

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, left, and her Republican challenger Francis McQuade, of Long Beach.

Nassau D.A. Madeline Singas to face GOP challenger from Long Beach

Four years after she defeated former Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray in a heated race for Nassau County district attorney, Madeline Singas is seeking re-election to another four-year … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/8/19

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky joined local and state officials at a news conference in Mineola Sunday, where they called on Republicans at the Nassau County Board of Elections on to establish more early voting locations.

Democrats push for more early voting sites in Nassau County

State and local Democrats called on Republicans at the Nassau County Board of Elections on Sunday to establish more early voting locations after Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently approved a series of … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/8/19

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