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Hundreds of Long Beach School Employees Association members were joined by members of the City Council and Long Beach Professional Firefighters Local 287 at a rally led by Veronica Dale, left, before the March 9 Board of Education meeting to protest what they called a lack of progress in contract negotiations.
Board of Ed reaches contract settlement with teachers
After a two-year impasse, the Long Beach Board of Education and the Classroom Teachers Association announced last week that they had agreed on a new contract. At the March 9 school board meeting … more
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What America needs: diverse newsrooms
I hadn’t truly understood or appreciated the mindset of an 18-year-old black woman until I read Amon Brown’s excellent article, “Black Lives Matter rallies in East Meadow,” published recently in the Heralds. Brown, who is 18 and African-American . . . more
Residents and city officials gathered on July 19 at Kennedy Plaza in support of a ban on plastic bags, that scatter by the thousands into Reynolds Channel and elsewhere.
Residents rally to ban plastic bags
Residents and community leaders joined members of the Long Beach City Council in Kennedy Plaza on July 19 to rally for city legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags. more
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More than 150 people recently took part in a Black Lives Matter rally in East Meadow to protest recent killings of African-American men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Black Lives Matter rallies in East Meadow
Dozens of Long Islanders gathered at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on July 9 to march in the first Black Lives Matter rally in central Nassau County. The march was organized by a group of Long Island youth following the recent killings of two African-American men by police in Baton Rouge, La., and Falcon Heights, Minn. more
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James Hodge, far left, Marcus Tinker, Christine Galloway, the Rev. David Henry Sr., Mason Streeter, Wanda Brooks, Doris Stevens, Melissa Miller-Lucas and Jacquetta Odom, relatives of victims of gun violence, shared their stories during an anti-violence rally last Saturday, where they were joined by local clergy, city officials and local civic leaders.
Taking a stand against violence
Doris Stephens will never forget the call she received nearly a year ago, informing her that her grandson, 4-year-old Treyshawn Stephens, had been shot. The boy had been playing football with his mother in the living room of their apartment at the Channel Park Homes when he was struck by an errant bullet. more
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My emotions boiled over at Trump's rally
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters cheered and held up signs as their favorite “politician” took the podium at Grumman Studios in Bethpage for Trump’s first Long Island rally. more
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Trump criticized the Affordable Care Act and said he would repeal and replace the law. Christina Daly/Herald
Trump draws thousands at Bethpage rally
Nearly 10,000 people packed into Stage 3 at Grumman Studios in Bethpage on Wednesday night to hear Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The real estate mogul began a raucous speech by … more
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An estimated 200 protesters gathered outside of Donald Trump's April 6 rally in Bethpage, in what Nassau County police called a "free-speech zone." Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald
An afternoon in the ‘free-speech zone’
Donald Trump’s supporters steadily streamed into Grumman Studios on the afternoon of April 6 until more than 10,000 of them filled the venue, where war planes were once built. As they did, they walked past roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in what Nassau County police were calling a “free-speech zone,” a comparatively small, rectangular area cordoned off with aluminum barricades. more
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State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages commended State Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky for publicly denouncing OTB’s plan for VLTs at Belmont Park. Steve Smirti/Herald
Dozens rally against VLTs at Belmont
Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island. The rally, organized by the … more
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The Sewanhaka school board passed a resolution opposing VLTs at Belmont.
VLT backers blow whistle on rally
The New York State Education Department has contacted the Sewanhaka Central High School administration and informed the board that it violated the capacity limit of the Floral Park Memorial High … more
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