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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy Cardboard boat race is a family affair
Event aimed to educate on water conservation
On Sept. 12, dozens of Baldwin and Freeport residents gathered at the Milburn boat launch on Atlantic Avenue to see Ryan Pastore, 13, Ed Phalen, 90, and Jay McGinley, 32, navigate their homemade, …
Baldwin schools honored with awards
Students go back to a district recognized for various efforts
At the end of the 2020-21 school year, Baldwin High School Advanced Placement Photography students finished their “Hello Neighbor” art project with the help of Brookside Elementary School …
Girls flex STEAM skills for Black-owned businesses
3 D’s Daycare, AT&T partner to bridge digital divide
On Aug. 31, about 50 Black girls premiered their digital commercials of Black-owned businesses affected by the pandemic, after participating in a free digital literacy education summer program …
How Baldwin has never forgotten 9/11
Baldwin remembers 9/11 through the years
As we near the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and American Airlines Flight 11, it is important to remember the words of Al Ficarola, commander of American …
Car enthusiasts revved up for Baldwin show
Muscle cars on display in Baldwin
Car enthusiasts and Baldwin residents attended the final car show this year sponsored by the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Rockville Centre/Baldwin Rotary Club last Sunday in …
CRIME
‘High-crime’ sign raises residents’ ire
The Nassau County Police Department installed a road sign in front of the Ramada Inn at 1000 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre Aug. 25 that warned those traveling eastbound into Baldwin of a …
Baldwin district approves reopening plans
The Baldwin Board of Education held a special meeting Aug. 23 at which members voted on the district’s 2021-22 reopening plan, which will follow State Department of Education and Centers for …
Government
Remote participation at public meetings no longer within reach
On March 13, 2020, former Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.1 to temporarily suspend Open Meetings Law to allow public bodies to meet remotely and take action without the public …
Baldwin district approves reopening plans
The Baldwin Board of Education held a special meeting Aug. 23 at which members voted on the district’s 2021-22 reopening plan, which will follow State Department of Education and Centers for …
ENTERTAINMENT
Baldwin F.D. celebrates 125th anniversary
The Baldwin Volunteer Fire Department celebrated its 125th anniversary Aug. 12 by hosting a drill and New York state old-fashioned tournament, as well as a parade, that started at Milburn Avenue and …
Editorial
Get your teenagers vaccinated ASAP . . .
Some 87 percent of Nassau County’s adult population, ages 18 and up, has received at least a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Bravo, Nassau!
Scott Brinton
The two most adventurous years of my life
Thirty years ago this week, I hopped on an electric train with a bright-red engine, a nervous energy pulsing through my arms and legs straight to my fingers and toes, which fidgeted uncontrollably. My head was spinning.
Randi Kreiss
In the eye of the western firestorm
We’ve been through a lot together, you and I. Now this.
Op-Ed
There was no winning in Afghanistan
In the 1987 movie “The Princess Bride,” Vizzini, a Sicilian assassin, warns Wesley, also known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, “You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.’”
Editorial
. . . And have a Covid talk with all of your kids
School’s starting this week. That’s a scary thought, given that we were supposed to have vanquished the coronavirus by now . . .