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A Few Clouds NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers
Commissioner: ‘We will answer that threat.'
Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
Holocaust survivor speaks out on anti-Semitism at Shaaray Shalom in West Hempstead
There was standing room only as county officials, residents and members of synagogues from surrounding communities gathered at Congregation Shaaray Shalom in West Hempstead to observe Holocaust …
Record showing for Heralds in 2017 New York Press Association contest
The Herald Community Newspapers won big in the New York Press Association’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest, taking home 29 awards — 26 of them for editorial excellence. That was a record …
West Hempstead man indicted for homicide in fatal Baldwin crash
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Roy Gomez, of West Hempstead, was arraigned on April 18 on grand jury indictment charges for the fatal Baldwin crash that killed a …
Residents, state officials react in aftermath of Southern State bus crash in Lakeview
A commercial bus carrying a student group from Kennedy International Airport to the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington slammed into the overpass at the Lakeview exit of the Southern State Parkway …
A look back on West Hempstead’s first National Bank
The West Hempstead National Bank opened its doors in 1927 on Hempstead Avenue on the corner of Harborough Road. It was owned by Stephen Alfred Bedell, stepson of Edwin C. Duryea and son of Lydia Van …
Malverne, West Hempstead schools receive state aid boost
Malverne and West Hempstead schools are among the districts that will reap the rewards of a nearly $1 billion increase to school aid seen in the final 2018-19 New York state budget. After a deal …
West Hempstead students spread love and kindness
Love and kindness traveled across the West Hempstead School District as students in grades K through 12 participated in P.S. I Love You Day. According to its website, P.S. I Love You Day was named …
West Hempstead projects slight increase in new budget
Superintendent Patricia Sullivan-Kriss proposed a 2018-19 budget that contained a slight increase over the current spending plan at the West Hempstead Union Free School District Board of Education …
Crime Victims Center shares insight at the Lakeview library on hate crimes in the U.S.
To raise awareness about hate crimes, the Crime Victims Center held a public forum at the Lakeview Public Library last Saturday. During the forum, CVC advocate Diana Shuffler shared insight into the …
Nearby things to do this week in Malverne, West Hempstead
Under the hoodEmpower yourself with basic car maintenance skills at the Lakeview Public Library on Saturday, April 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. The goal of this program is to improve your safety through …
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Let’s stop shooting from the fringes and aim for the middle
Washington saw another remarkable session of apparent bipartisan accommodation last week, as senators from both parties met with President Trump to discuss measures aimed at containing mounting gun violence.