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High School and College Sports Webinar Tonight at 7

Tune in to listen to expert panelists from local high schools and colleges discuss recruiting and other challenges brought on by the postponement of fall sports to the spring. more

9/23/20

A 2020 election survival guide

The coronavirus crisis has forced us all to rethink how we carry out many of our responsibilities, including here at the Herald. Each election season, we normally invite political candidates to our … more

9/21/20

Dr. Melissa Burak, superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools, top left, Tara Algerio-Vento, family nurse practitioner in the Rockville Centre School District, bottom left, and Johane Ligonde, principal of J.W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport, bottom right, spoke with moderator Skye Ostreicher about the challenges they have faced reopening schools this month.

Inside LI panel looks at hybrid learning

Educational leaders on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar agreed that reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has been challenging, and the learning curve for students and teachers is ongoing. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 9/21/20

Kyla Carter works in her home studio on her weekly podcast, Kyla’s Korner.

Kyla shares her motto, ‘Live life sunny side up’ weekly

By Laura Lane llane@liherald.com Kyla Carter always loved singing and dancing but did not know she could become an actress. Then at age four she watched her first Shirley Temple movie. … more

By Laura Lane | 9/20/20

The Locust Valley Middle and High School student government officers honored those lost on Sept. 11, 2001 with a somber ceremony.

Locust Valley Central School District marks 9/11 with somber ceremony

Locust Valley Middle and High schools’ student government officers participated in a ceremony to memorialize the victims and honor the heroes of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. more

9/17/20

Danielle Santos Atkinson, Hofstra University, Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Herald Inside LI webinar to address delay of high school, college sports

Nassau and Suffolk counties have both opted to postpone high school sports until January of 2021, and many colleges have moved their fall sports to the spring, as well. With sports on pause, student-athletes — especially high school seniors — and parents are left not only disappointed, but also with many lingering questions. more

9/15/20

Outdoor classes have been a way for Oyster Bay Yoga clients to share their love for the discipline while remaining socially distant.

After sweating it out at home, O.B. gym-goers gather once again

Since gyms across New York state were given the green light to reopen by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 24, many Oyster Bay facilities have been welcoming back their clientele in recent weeks. more

By Karen Bloom and Jennifer Corr | 9/15/20

Susan Hutchins was among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Nassau County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in … more

By Scott Brinton | 9/14/20

Phil Alvarez, brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead's annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Brother of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez stirs crowd at Town of Hempstead memorial

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and also to salute the thousands . . . more

By James Bernstein | 9/11/20

Lt. Michael Shea, who died from a Sept. 11 illness, was proud to be a Nassau County policeman.

All Officer Shea ever wanted to do was help

Lt. Michael P. Shea never had the “cop special” for lunch — a cheeseburger and fries — said retired Nassau County police officer John Guilfoyle. Shea went for a run instead. … more

By Laura Lane | 9/11/20

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