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Overcast Tensions arise at Sea Cliff budget hearing
The Sea Cliff Village Board of Trustees adopted the proposed 2018-19 budget on Monday night, but the vote was not unanimous. Trustee Deborah McDermott was alone in voting no on the $6 million budget, …
NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers
Commissioner: ‘We will answer that threat.'
Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
‘More people are forgetting the Holocaust ever happened’
Congregation Tifereth Israel commemorates Yom HaShaoh
The children carried compact notebooks from table to table, gripping tiny pencils as they made their way around the synagogue’s ballroom. Each table they visited bore a label: the Righteous …
Glen Head teens to carry on charitable tournament
Although he doesn’t play basketball, John Labbate, a junior at North Shore High School, stepped up from the sidelines to help organize this year’s Teens Gotta Believe Tournament, an …
North Shore CASA to change culture of underage drinking
“This is the teenage brain,” Executive Assistant District Attorney Maureen McCormick said, pointing at a projection of side-by-side brain scan images. On the left was the brain of a sober teen, …
Record showing for Heralds in 2017 New York Press Association contest
The Herald Community Newspapers won big in the New York Press Association’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest, taking home 29 awards — 26 of them for editorial excellence. That was a record …
Assemblyman says he doesn’t play politics
State Assemblyman Michael Montesano, who appeared as a witness for the prosecution on Monday in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, said he was surprised …
L.I. Tactical finds home among Glen Head mom-and-pops
By Alyssa Seidman aseidman@liherald.com A shared passion for pocketknives and other “everyday carry” tools — bordering on an obsession — recently led to a new storefront at 15 Glen Head …
Grant awarded for habitat restoration project in Glenwood Landing
The Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor recently received a $14,000 grant to launch a habitat restoration project in Glenwood Landing. The grant was awarded by Patagonia, an outdoor clothing and gear …
What didn’t make it into the state budget?
The New York State Legislature finalized a $168.3 billion budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year just hours before its April 1 deadline. While lawmakers approved a number of provisions, such as tax …
Radio show to amplify local issues, artists and activists on the North Shore
Amid a tangle of headphone cords, microphone wires and half-empty coffee cups, radio show host Jason Samel, of Old Brookville, organized his papers — marked up with reference points and annotations …
Legislation for feasibility study in the works
On March 14, State Sen. Carl Marcellino, a Republican from Syosset, amended his bill to require a feasibility study that would determine the viability of a local takeover of New York American Water. …
Laura Lane
Finding hope among the crowd at the March for Our Lives
Just in front of me, a teenage girl tentatively raised her arm. Then she clenched her fist. We were at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington on March 24 . . .
Randi Kreiss
Don’t know my platform from my algorithm
Have you seen the Esurance commercial with the two white-haired older women? One suggests the other doesn’t “get” Facebook, and the insulted woman says, “I unfriend you.”
Alfonse D'Amato
Secure borders and fair trade go together
There’s a swirl of foreign policy issues coming to a head in Washington right now, all of which have serious domestic implications as well. First and foremost . . .
Cuomo rep. says, ‘There are no secrets,’ tunnel is only option
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s representative, Peter Kiernan, visited Nassau County more than once in late March to share an update of the governor’s plans for a tunnel from Oyster Bay to Westchester. …
HERALD NEIGHBORS
Sea Cliff Little League Opening Day a blast
A wave of Technicolor uniforms flooded the streets of Sea Cliff last Saturday for the village’s annual Little League parade. Aspiring young ballplayers suited up to greet residents along the parade …
North Shore students enjoy an un-Belize-able trip
Students and faculty from North Shore High School took a tropical tour of Belize during spring break. “The goal of the trip was to experience biology through an outdoor classroom, and gain a …