New crop of psych research winners at Sacred Heart Academy
Once again, Hempstead’s Sacred Heart Academy has guided a contingent of its students to significant recognition of their scholarly work. Eleven young women had their papers chosen to be …
Tuskegee Airmen achieved in WWII and beyond
The Tuskegee Airmen are renowned for confronting racial bias in the military and achieving stellar combat records in World War II. But their achievements did not end with the war, according to …
From Uniondale to Carnegie Hall
Lynette Carr-Hicks has found numerous performing opportunities for the Uniondale High School Show Choir, from the Today Show to Steve Harvey. The choir has won awards and contests, taking first place …
Historic mural concealed
Village residents who attended the regular village board of trustees meeting on Jan. 3, 2023, would have expected to see the familiar 1944 mural covering the rear wall of the courtroom. Instead, …
Civil Rights icon honored on MLK Day
The Town of Hempstead celebrated its 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and civil rights icon and longtime NAACP leader Hazel Dukes was honored with a Hempstead lifetime achievement award. …
ELECTION 2022
Updated election night results from around Nassau County
It's election night across the country has hundreds of thousands of voters take to the polls to choose who will represent them on the local, state and national level beginning next year.
Leaders decry latest discovery of antisemitic graffiti
Politicians, religious leaders and residents said they are united in their fight against antisemitism after swastikas were recently discovered at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford.
Fighting the opioid crisis
Legislators: Put fentanyl test strips into Narcan Kits
Flanked by community leaders and recovery advocates on the front steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building, Nassau County Legislators Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D - Glen Cove), Arnold W. Drucker (D - Plainview) and Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) unveiled proposed legislation on Tuesday that would require the inclusion of fentanyl-detecting test strips in Narcan kits distributed by Nassau County agencies.
Uniondale Crime
Homicide in Uniondale
The Nassau County Homicide Squad is investigating a homicide that occurred on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 8:58 pm in Uniondale. According to detectives, First Precinct officers responded to a call …
Uniondale Public Schools
Shooting hoops, strengthening bonds
Uniondale High School's coaching staff recently hosted a Girls Basketball Jamboree. Head Coach Nolan Dunkley, Assistant Coach Phil Williams and Junior Varsity Coach Nelson Umana hosted the three-hour basketball clinic for all girls in second through ninth grades in the Uniondale Union Free School District. Young athletes from every elementary and middle school in the District attended the event.
Op-Ed
Will there be more canings in the Senate chamber?
In the mid-1800s, there were scorching debates taking place in the U.S. Congress between politicians in the North, who opposed slavery, and those in the South, who favored the institution.
Randi Kreiss
From the queen to the U.S. jester-in-chief
When I learned that Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago desk looks a lot like my Aunt Maddie’s, I wasn’t surprised.
Editorial
Schools are right to resurrect the snow day
Journalist and bestselling author Susan Orlean once described a snow day as “literally and figuratively” something that “falls from the sky — unbidden — and seems like a thing of wonder.”
Op-Ed
Who and what would Trump run against in 2024?
The likelihood that former President Donald Trump will run again in 2024 seems to increase by the day. Unless the Mar-a-Lago raid turns up something that leads to a criminal indictment . . .