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Ten Ukrainian police officers, trained in combat, ran for their lives near Lugansk in May as a Russian drone followed them. A helmet worn by one had already been shot off by the enemy as they dodged …
Sea Cliff Youth Activities Board is up and running
After a two-year coronavirus hiatus, Sea Cliff’s Youth Activities Board held its first major event on June 15 — an ice cream study break for local middle and high school students. It was …
Olivia Buatsi to retire after 19 years at North Shore
Since 2003, Olivia Buatsi has been a mainstay at the North Shore School District. But on July 1, she will be retired, and her time at the district will have come to an end.Buatsi is a native of …
Sea Cliff considering legislation on bamboo
Sea Cliff’s mayor and the Board of Trustees is looking into complaints regarding the overgrowth of invasive bamboo species in the village. According to three separate complaints filed in May, …
1,200 gather for Northwell’s annual Cancer Survivor’s Day
More than 1,200 cancer survivors gathered for Northwell’s 15th annual Don Monti Cancer Survivor’s Day on June 4 outside the Monter Cancer Center in New Hyde Park, commemorating their …
S.C. Elementary pays tribute to first responders
The students at Sea Cliff Elementary School met hometown heroes Monday, when volunteers from the Sea Cliff Fire Department came by to help the children celebrate First Responder Day, answering their …
Batter-up for traditional 19th century baseball
Baseball has dramatically changed in the past 100 years. Back in the 19th century, the game used to be played with minimal equipment. No gloves and lighter bats were the only way to play and it was …
Cooking couple create community with culinary finesse
For many Americans, the pandemic was a time to huddle in the house, for fear of going outside where the threat of the virus lurked. But for some, like Jay and Tanya Potter of Sea Cliff, the …
Posing, wax-like, as their heroes
Glen Head Elementary School was chock-full of historical figures on June 1, when the school’s third-grade students staged their annual Wax Museum for their classmates and families. Titans of …
Insurance carriers will now pay for EMS
Budget offers relief from cost of emergency medical service
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget offers savings for volunteer fire departments. The Emergency Medical Service Cost Recovery Act will help fire department ambulances recover the cost of …
Best friends NSHS’s valedictorian and salutatorian
Kate Gilliam and Emma Nelson never expected to be named North Shore High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian. When the two best friends were called into the principal’s office last …
Intern paves the way for differently abled youth
The Oyster Bay Rail Road Museum has unveiled a new internship program in partnership with the Center for Developmental Disabilities in Woodbury. Known as the Vocational Internship Program, it has …
Jerry Kremer
Map-making is a cruel business
Politics is generally of little interest to the average citizen. Getting to and from work, taking care of family needs and trying to have a little joy is much more important.
Randi Kreiss
Is our democracy becoming a royal pain?
Is it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy.
Editorial
Fight school violence with a unified voice
There is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing.
Op-Ed
Why must we risk our lives to go to school?
Our country mourned the tragic events of a school massacre — again. But the day after the shooting in Uvalde . . .
Herald Inside LI hosts College webinar on upcoming fall semester
As a result of the pandemic, colleges everywhere have had no choice but to make social and academic changes to their school settings. Students, faculty and staff have adapted to our new …