Jeremiah Mordi didn’t receive much attention during his senior year playing for Central High School’s basketball team; college scouts weren’t at his games and Mordi feared his basketball career …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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12/23/14
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Rick Whelan, chief of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, took a brief breather after the news conference. Only minutes earlier, he had stood beside D.A. Kathleen Rice and County Executive Ed Mangano to announce that a team of federal and local...
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By Scott Brinton
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12/22/14
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A federal court in Manhattan is expected to review a lawsuit on Dec. 18 filed by the Eastern Queens Alliance against the Port Authority in September regarding runway expansion at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/17/14
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“I don’t know,” replied Louisa Rodriguez, 44, when HOPEFitness Sports founder H.L. Greenberg asked whether she wanted to get out of her wheelchair and onto a stationary bicycle at …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/5/14
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Calling for the immediate overhaul of the Nassau Expressway, County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) and State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) have scheduled a rally at Five Towns Mini Golf & Batting Range, at 570 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, on Sunday at 10 a.m. to press their point.
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By Jeff Bessen and Vanessa Parker
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10/1/14
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On Wednesday, Aug. 27 between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., sections of Cedarhurst, Inwood, Lawrence Woodmere and Woodsburgh will receive ground treatment by truck for the West Nile virus, officials from the Nassau County departments of Health and Public Works announced.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/26/14
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A Rockville Centre man was charged on Aug. 15 with forging Long Island Rail Road tickets and selling them to riders.
According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, Michael Wright, 27, of Rockville Centre, was robbing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of thousands of dollars worth of fares by selling the fake tickets to unsuspecting commuters.
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By Alex Costello
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8/20/14
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters …
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By Scott Brinton
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6/25/14
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Dressed in a navy blue blazer and a flowered shirt, Dana Bermas gently knocked on the door of Melissa O’Donnell’s second-grade class at Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick on a recent Tuesday …
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By Casey Pinner
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6/19/14
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Meredith Gulfman has been a teaching assistant at Merrick’s Birch Elementary School for six years, but she’s also been baking all her life. Still, she said she was unsure whether …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/19/14
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