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Mostly Cloudy Officials: Boil-water alert lifted in Long Beach after E. coli scare
State, county and city officials announced Monday morning that, effective immediately, the Nassau County Department of Health lifted its boil-water alert, following the complete flushing of the city's …
Solages faces Hardial in Nassau 3rd L.D. primary contest
Election set for June 25
Elections in New York are going to be a bit different this year. Because of changes made this winter to the state law intended to have federal, state and local primary races fall on the same day, …
Curran signs law banning plastic foam
County Executive Laura Curran signed a bill into law on June 11 banning plastic foam in Nassau. The bill signing was held at Jeremy’s Ale House in Freeport. Last month the Nassau County …
D.A.'s Long Beach payout probe 'comprehensive'
Singas interviewing council members, city staffers
Investigators from the Nassau County district attorney’s office have questioned a number of current and former Long Beach City Council members and officials over the past year about separation …
Wantagh BOE meeting becomes campaign forum
With the Wantagh Schools Board of Education runoff election less than a week away, last week’s board meeting ended with a round of point-counterpoint jousting about the candidacy of board …
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LGBT community shines through the streets of Long Beach
Thousands of LGBT members and their supporters took over the streets of Long Beach for this year’s Pride on the Beach weekend, which honored the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. …
School officials: Long Beach student diagnosed with 'suspected' E. coli infection
Long Beach school officials announced Sunday that a student who lives in the City of Long Beach was diagnosed with a suspected E. coli infection this week, two days after Nassau County and city …
State unveils ambitious plan for Bethpage toxic plume
Hundreds of people gathered in the auditorium at Bethpage High School on June 11 to learn about the ambitious proposal by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to contain and …
NICE expands Flexi line
Nassau County and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus officials announced the expansion of the Elmont Flexi bus service on June 17. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran explained that the Flexi service, …
Cleveland Indians draft former South Side High School pitcher
Andrew Misiaszek played tee ball at the age of 5. He hated it, and never expected to play baseball again. Several years later, he went to a friend’s Rockville Centre Little League game and had a catch with his friend’s dad, who called Misiaszek’s mom and urged her to sign him up.
Brianna’s Law passes in state Senate
The state Senate Democratic Majority passed legislation on May 16 that it hopes will help prevent boating tragedies on New York waterways. Senator John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, sponsored the …
East Norwich Junior Firefighters celebrate 25 years
The East Norwich Junior Firefighters marked their 25-year anniversary last Saturday. To celebrate, the installation of officers was held at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville instead of at the …
Victorian shop going strong at 25
Over the past 25 years, the Olde Towne Garden — a Victorian gift shop filled with garden treasures and Irish imports — has become a fixture on Wantagh Avenue. The shop, in a house with …
Editorial
Newspapers’ existential crisis
In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight.
Scott Brinton
Showing migrants compassion is never a crime
I remember an expanse of scrubland with massive saguaro cacti stretching out to a ridge in the distance. The sun was setting, and the evening light crept over the rocky outcrop before me. From behind the cacti, ragged-looking men suddenly appeared . . .
Randi Kreiss
In America, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
I’m home now from a babysitting stint with my grandkids, who live in a sleepy mountain town out West. I’ve written about this before, touching on the remote, bucolic life they live.
Op-Ed
We will fight to keep Roe v. Wade the law of the land
In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years.