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The Baldwin Public Library celebrated its 100th anniversary with a Centennial Gala last Saturday, where, from left, Mike Randell, Jim and Leigh LaPorta, Devon Kelly, Madeline Atkin, Tara Mahoney and Ryan Kelly joined the fun.

Baldwin Library marks 100 years with Centennial Gala

“Virginia Woolf famously stated that a room of one’s own is necessary for writing fiction — a physical space is necessary to embody ideas,” Katherine Zito, the president of the Friends of the … more

By Bridget Downes | 10/10/19

This map outlines Nassau County’s 15 early-voting sites for the upcoming election.

Where to vote (early) in Nassau County

Election Day is a little less than four weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in January, Nassau County residents can vote during a nine-day period before Nov. … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 10/10/19

The lack of diversity in Long Island’s teaching ranks was the subject of extensive discussion at the Long Island Educator Diversity Convening at Hofstra University last spring. Among the panelists were, from left, Wayne White, president of the Bellport Teachers Association; Lillian Hsiao, an English as a New Language teacher in the Great Neck School District; Jemal Graham, assistant principal at H.B. Thompson Middle School in the Syosset district; and Dafny Joy Irizarry Ortiz, an ENL teacher in the Central Islip district.

Study: 92% of L.I. teachers are white

Ninety-two percent of Long Island public-school teachers are white. In nearly two-thirds of Long Island schools, there are no black teachers. In more than two-fifths of them, there are no Latino teachers. And most children grow up in segregated communities that divide along school district lines. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/19

New York state law now requires that all students, in public, private and parochial schools, to be vaccinated. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

It's now the law: All students must be vaccinated

The deadline to begin “excluding students” from attending school if they have not received their mandatory vaccinations has passed, Nassau County Commissioner of Health Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein … more

By AnneMarie LePard | 10/10/19

MS-13 gang member gets 23 to life for murder of Freeport High student

A member of MS-13’s Hollywood clique pleaded guilty to murdering 15-year-old Angel Soler, a one-time Freeport High School student, in July 2017 and was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on … more

By Scott Brinton and Nadya Nataly | 10/7/19

Marwa Fawaz, at lectern, a VHB Engineering senior project manager, told Baldwin residents at a meeting in July that a new zoning ordinance would address flooding concerns. With her was Erin King Sweeney, who recently resigned from the Hempstead Town Board.

Breslin Realty eyes Baldwin’s downtown

A major commercial developer expressed interest in constructing a mixed-use commercial-residential project in Baldwin, next to the Long Island Rail Road station, at a Sept. 3 public hearing at … more

By Bridget Downes | 10/3/19

Baldwinite Ida Genna Scaduto turned 106 on Sept. 25. Her family and friends threw her a party at the Baldwin Senior Center on Sept. 24.

Baldwinite turns 106

“There’s no secret,” Ida Genna Scaduto said the day before her 106th birthday, when her family and friends threw her a party at the Baldwin Senior Center and inevitably asked for the recipe for … more

By Bridget Downes | 10/3/19

Sharelle Allen, 31, pictured at STRONG Youth in Uniondale, where she is a case manager, said she believes her severe pain when she gave birth suddenly to her second child in 2017 was ignored by her nurse and midwife. According to experts, medical professionals often overlook pain felt by African-American patients, believing that black people have a higher tolerance for pain than white people. Implicit bias and racism in the medical field help explain the disparity in the infant mortality rate between communities of color and white communities, experts say.

A question of race and ‘birth justice’

Part one in a series. When Sharelle Allen gave birth to her first child in 2014, the now 31-year-old wanted a natural experience — no monitors, no pain medication, no … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/3/19

South Nassau Communities Hospital announced on Sept. 26 that it had changed its name to Mount Sinai South Nassau.

South Nassau Communities Hospital renamed Mount Sinai South Nassau

The signs are up. The refurbished ambulances are in. The 90-year-old medical institution known as South Nassau Communities Hospital is now Mount Sinai South Nassau. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 10/3/19

Phil Kingsbury, of Wantagh, in 2017 on the Wantagh Parkway mixed-use path that leads to the Ocean Parkway Greenway. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the greenway.

Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension

The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/19

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