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Beryl Solomon-Jackowitz, 43, of Long Beach.
Advocate asks city to re-consider retail pot sales
A leading advocate for the retail sale of marijuana in Long Beach is circulating a petition calling on the city council to allow for the legal use of cannabis as a way to help raise revenues at a … more
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Long Beach schools budget is approved
The Long Beach Public Schools 2023-24 budget was approved Tuesday night.  The $151.6 million budget, which has a tax levy increase of 1.5 percent, along with school board candidates Nora … more
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Voting is next Tuesday, May 16, and takes place at three locations, including Lindell Elementary School.
School budget hearing is an oddly quiet one
School board budget hearings are often noisy, sometimes even raucous affairs. But at the Long Beach school board meeting Tuesday night, matters were quite different: No one spoke — for or … more
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Porch fests, like this one in Rockville Centre, have been gaining popularity around Long Island, and the country.
Porch Fest, a mix of neighborly performances, coming to Long Beach
For years, there have been concerts throughout Long Beach — at the beach, in restaurants and at Kennedy Plaza, to name a few venues. Later this month, music will have a new home in the city: … more
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Gillen said she is running “because public service can be a noble calling that makes people’s lives better,” months after losing her re-election bid.
Laura Gillen announces plans to run again
In  a surprise announcement only months after losing her re-election bid to represent the Fourth District in Congress, Democrat Laura Gillen said Wednesday morning that she plans to run for the … more
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Paula Curci at her affirmation, becoming the county’s poet laureate last year.
Poet laureate gets grant for arts in Nassau
Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci has been awarded a $5,000 grant, made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the … more
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Jack Byrnes, of Lido Beach, has been named a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders, alongside other future medical researchers.
Student named with future medical leaders
James “Jack” Byrnes, a ninth grader at Friends Academy of Lido Beach has been named a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. He will head over to the University of … more
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City Comptroller Inna Reznick gave a budget presentation at Tuesday night’s meeting, highlighting key points in the spending plan.
Opinions are mixed at council’s first hearing on budget proposal
The city held the first of two public hearings on the proposed 2023-24 budget Tuesday night, at which a crowd of community members took advantage of the opportunity to voice their complaints, or … more
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A portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris by Long Beach artist Ron McHenry.
Ron McHenry paints the vice president
Had it not been for the predictably nightmarish Long Island traffic, Long Beach artist Ron McHenry would have been standing side by side with Vice President Kamala Harris, along with a portrait he … more
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Moods were light and happy all throughout the night at the rooftop of the Allegria Hotel, with nonstop games.
Rolling the dice for local businesses
C asino gambling isn’t coming to Long Beach like it is to Uniondale, but the city’s Chamber of Commerce last Saturday hosted a form of sport, using “play” money in a first for … more
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