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Partly Cloudy Hurricane Sandy, Covid-19 put Island Park in 'significant fiscal stress'
Island Park was in “significant fiscal stress” in 2020, a rating that officials from the state comptroller’s office said stems from the burden of a continuing recovery from Hurricane Sandy, which was only made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
Former NYPD officer from Oceanside involved in alleged murder-for-hire plot pleads guilty to obstruction of justice
A former New York City Police officer from Oceanside pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing an investigation into her alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's daughter.
After a chase, Long Beach police arrest suspected car thief from Island Park
A 30-year-old Island Park man, who was suspected of stealing a car and tried to flee on a bicycle as police and a county helicopter pursued him, was arrested near the Long Beach Bridge on April 14, …
Probe into Oceanside sanitation district commissioner stalls amid insurance fight
Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7’s insurance carrier has declined coverage to defend Commissioner Ryan Hemsley amid a district investigation into racist, homophobic and other negative posts that he allegedly made on Facebook in the past that were unearthed last October.
Oceanside Middle School earns prestigious honor
Named one of 16 Schools to Watch statewide
Oceanside Middle School Principal Allison Glickman-Rogers beamed when the school was once again named one of 16 Essential Elements Schools to Watch recently. The school had previously received the honor in 2012, 2016 and 2018.
Oceanside (6-0) earns No. 1 playoff seed
The Nassau County Conference I football championship will go through Oceanside.The Sailors capped a perfect regular season and secured the No. 1 playoff seed and home-field advantage with a 42-34 …
Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside names honorees for golf outing
Parking Systems President Mark Baron and Dr. Stelios Koutsoumbelis, the chief of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s Orthopedic Surgery Department, have been named the co-honorees of the 37th annual MSSN Golf Outing on May 17.
Herald Neighbors
U.S. Army soldiers from Lynbrook company make young Oceansider's birthday bright
Kimberlee and Jared Lanning knew just what to do when their son, Jared Jr., asked for “real army soldiers” at his birthday party — they called the U.S. Army.
Oceanside sharp entering playoffs
Oceanside enters the Nassau Class AA boys’ soccer playoffs riding a five-game unbeaten streak and with aspirations of earning an opportunity to avenge its only two losses. The Sailors …
Obituary
Remembering Rockville Centre resident Arlene Wohlfarth
Arlene Wohlfrath, a resident of Rockville Centre for 62 years and former owner of Front Street Bakery, died on Feb. 9. She was 86. She was surrounded by her children until she peacefully took her …
Op-Ed
J&J vaccine pause means safety checks work
The federal Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 13 advised that states temporarily pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. There’s no question that the cases of six women who suffered unusual blood clots . . .
Op-Ed
The tyranny of false equivalencies
My March 4-10 column, “Voting is an act of choice and an expression of voice,” prompted a note from someone who wanted to talk about threats to democracy. He leads a group of citizens . . .
Randi Kreiss
Just another day in America: Eight shot dead
I don’t care if you are numb to this outrage. I don’t care if I’m numb to it. From where I sit, the carnage from gun violence in America, the continuing, ongoing, shocking deaths by gun, move to the head of the must-do list for this new administration.