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Overcast Local luge star takes silver medal in World Cup race
Nassau County’s South Shore doesn’t immediately spring to mind as a hot bed mountain sports such as skiing and luge. It is, nonetheless, the home of one of Team USA’s rising stars, …
L.I. GOP backs Garbarino in 2nd C.D. race
Long Island Republican leaders announced earlier this month that the party would back State Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino, a Republican from Sayville, in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Peter King in …
Mandalay students learn cardio with a beat
Workout also teaches coordination and following directions
Physical education classes might be boring at some schools, but definitely not at Wantagh’s Mandalay Elementary School, where teacher Robyn Pastuch helps students keep fit with a variety of …
Sen. Thomas introduces tuition cap for SUNY, CUNY
State Sen. Kevin Thomas introduced legislation on Jan 31 that if successful would freeze tuition at all state and city colleges in the state. The Thomas bill, S.7615, would hold SUNY and CUNY tuition …
Hundreds honor Vietnam vet
Response is surprise to family, niece said
An urgent email went out from Kathy Sargent, a member of St. Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Wantagh, at 3 p.m. on Jan. 29. “I’ve got a funeral tomorrow for a Vietnam vet who was …
Wantagh H.S. scores big in Olympiad
Anyone who thinks science is a quiet activity reserved for the ivy-covered halls of academe has never attended a science Olympiad like the one held at Levittown’s Division Avenue High School …
Wantagh board firm on Mandalay teacher transfer
Parents of students at Mandalay Elementary School, in Wantagh, continue to pressure district administrators and the Board of Education to return popular reading teacher Denise Burkhard to Mandalay, …
Saving pets from Puerto Rico
Bideawee animal rescue in Wantagh, which serves communities across the South Shore, including Seaford, took in 14 dogs from hurricane- and earthquake-ravaged Puerto Rico last week, continuing its …
Seaford PTSA raises more than $8,000 in winter drive
“The outpouring from the community and businesses was unbelievable. This was really the most successful fundraiser ever for the [Seaford] PTSA,” said Seaford Parent Teacher Student …
Cub Scouts compete in Pinewood Derby
Excited Cub Scouts bounced into the all-purpose room at Seaford’s Manor Elementary School on Jan. 31. The sharply dressed scouts proceeded to check in their pinewood cars to scoutmaster Jimmy …
Editorial
Kudos to Nassau for signing climate pledge
At the Herald, we like to give credit where credit is due. In our Nov. 8-14 editorial, “Nassau should take the Climate Smart Pledge,” we called on County Executive Laura Curran . . .
Editorial
L.I.’s high-tech future is on the horizon
For years, we have spoken about a so-called “brain drain” on Long Island — the steady departure of young people in their 20s and 30s. They’re fed up with the Island’s high cost of housing . . .
Editorial
Signs of hope amid the opioid crisis
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . .
On recycling, calm down. It’s complicated
Residents made quite a fuss this past week over rollout of Valley Stream’s new dual-stream recycling program, which alternates recycling weeks between paper products and glass, plastic and …