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Mostly Cloudy Long Beach Democrats select Bendo, Posterli, Lester
Long Beach Democrats on Tuesday chose incumbent City Council President John Bendo and his running mate, Tina Posterli, to run for council seats in the November general election. The two ran with the …
Silverman tops unofficial primary totals
The Democratic primary election took place on Tuesday, a contest that had seven candidates vying for six spots on the Glen Cove City Council ticket.
Feds to begin review of wind farm off Long Beach
A $3 billion proposal to build what would be New York state’s largest offshore wind farm is taking shape, with plans to run an underground cable through Long Beach to a substation near the E.F. …
Baldwinites appointed to police diversity board
Diversity hiring in the crosshairs after report
Baldwinites Shajarah Williams, a community affairs police officer, and George Siberón, executive director of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association, have been appointed by Nassau County …
Incoming superintendent looks ahead
Earlier this year, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District announced that John DeTommaso, superintendent for the past eight years, would be retiring on June 30. Mike Harrington, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, was appointed to assume DeTommaso’s role starting July 1.
Baldwin High ranks among best in state
U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Baldwin Senior High School just shy of the top 25 percent of high schools in the state and in the top 21 percent in the nation, among 18,000 high schools …
Borrelli’s still the place for Islanders fans
Borrelli’s restaurant in East Meadow, a relative stone’s throw from the Nassau Coliseum, is a hot spot for New York Islanders fans. The restaurant, open since 1955, is packed with fans …
North Shore residents return to ‘normal’
New York officially reached a milestone in the fight against the coronavirus last week, which has Sea Cliff and Glen Head residents breathing a sigh of relief. As of June 15, 70 percent of New …
LGBTQ+ residents define Pride on their own terms
When Baldwin resident Mathew Goberdhan was a freshman student at Potsdam State University of New York, he said he hid his sexuality for fear of being judged. In 2013 he became more open about his …
From Antigone Rising, the gift of a guitar
Gifts are always nice, but when that gift is an electric guitar, it can leave you speechless. That was the initial reaction of Glen Cove third-grader Penelope Neophytou when she was presented with a Les Paul by Sea Cliff rock band Antigone Rising at a concert last Saturday.
Wantagh's $82.7M budget passes with 70 percent of the vote
The Wantagh Union Free School District’s $82.7 million 2021-22 spending plan overwhelmingly passed Tuesday.Roughly 2,950 residents, or about 70 percent of total voters, cast “yes” …
From impossible to manager
It was thought that Blake Chandler would never get to hit a baseball or score a run on a diamond alongside his peers, to the sound of thunderous cheers.
Editorial
A year of progress on police reform
"Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York." So began our June 18-24 editorial last year.
Editorial
Juneteenth comes to Nassau County
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move.
Randi Kreiss
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
Once upon a time, a super-spreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job.
Jerry Kremer
That old town of Albany ain’t what it used to be
The general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue . . .
Op-Ed
Critical race theory as critical thinking
The Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective” . . .