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Partly Cloudy Nonprofit rescues abandoned domestic ducks in Baldwin
With spring less than four weeks away, the domestic duck dumping season has begun in the Town of Hempstead. Activists with Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, also known as LION, an animal …
Baldwin, Freeport millennials talk diversity
Legislator hosts virtual panel with residents
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé hosted a discussion with millennial constituents last week as part of a virtual panel called “Redesigning the District: A Conversation with …
Baldwin's championship run on hold
Baldwin’s drive for an eighth consecutive Nassau Class AA girls’ basketball title must wait another year since the county announced a condensed season will commence after eight games with …
Freeporter sentenced to life — again — for murdering two Baldwin men
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that John Pierotti, 66, of Freeport, would continue his life-sentence without parole on Feb. 24, nearly a year after a jury found him guilty …
Love was in the air
Couples renew wedding vows at Coral House in Baldwin
“I found Larry over a death certificate,” Michelle Foder said of her husband. She’s a funeral director at Franklin Funeral Home in Franklin Square. “So we found something …
Ribbon cutting marks 3D’s Aftercare Inc. grand reopening
Community leaders, neighbors and elected officials congratulated Dr. Zodelia Williams, the founder and executive director of 3D’s Aftercare Inc., last Friday on the grand opening of her …
Local students launch dog rescue club
A group of high school students from throughout the Baldwin area have formed a club to support local nonprofit dog rescue centers and advocate for adoptions and rescues of dogs. Oceanside High …
Sanitation workers clean ‘Beautiful Baldwin’
All Sanitary District No. 2 employees were out covering their routes during and after the snowstorm on Feb. 1, Commissioner Jerry Brown said in a statement. The district resumed full collection …
Spreading ‘a little extra love’
With the hope of spreading some Valentine’s Day love, Molly Miskiewicz, of West Hempstead, will host a food drive called “Long Island-tines Day” on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. The …
Verity Lane ‘eyesore’ property in Baldwin cleaned up
A vacant property on Verity Lane in Baldwin that local residents say had been used as a dumping yard for more than a year has been cleaned up. The private property, near Verity Lane and Grand …
HERALD HOMETOWN HERO
This week's Baldwin Hometown Hero
I moved to Baldwin as a very young girl and grew up in the Baldwin Fire Department family. I decided to join at the young age of 48 and became a certified EMT during the pandemic. Covid-19 has …
Editorial
State must provide greater municipal oversight
Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman announced last week that he would not run for re-election — a wise move, given the tenuous nature of any candidacy he might have tried to mount.
Op-Ed
Momentum builds to eliminate housing discrimination
The new year is off to a promising start in the effort to eliminate housing discrimination, with significant actions taken by the federal and state governments. Those actions, and related ones that are brewing . . .