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West Hempstead resident Yakov Lieberman recently celebrated his upsherinish ceremony. The Jewish tradition is also known as a first hair cut ceremony. Town of Hempstead Councilman Edward … more
It’s a strange feeling to have to report on major disasters — how do you keep your personal feelings out of it? more
A team of six Herald editors and reporters –– Scott Brinton, Jeff Bessen, Alex Costello, Mary Malloy, Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky –– have taken second place for Community … more
After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation. more
It’s that time again: School’s in, vacation’s over, and we can all get back to some semblance of a schedule, thank goodness. more
When Hofstra University got the call on Nov. 2 asking if they had power following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, officials never expected what they would be asked next. The Long Island based Army … more
As is the annual tradition, West Hempstead marked Memorial Day on Monday with a community parade that stretched from St. Thomas the Apostle Church to Echo Park where a solemn ceremony remembering … more
It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. more
The United Hempstead League of Mercy Medical Center held a pasta dinner fundraiser for the center on Feb. 18 at Pompei Restaurant on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead. more
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