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Five Towns native Michael was sentenced to three years in prison in his role as President Donald's Trump "fixer."
Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who grew up in Lawrence, gets three years in prison
Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney who arranged six-figure payments to a porn star and a Playboy model to buy their silence about affairs with Trump, is going to prison. U.S. … more
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B'nai Torah congregants visited Prague, which is home to many ancient synagogues and some newer ones. Congregants visited one of the most recently built, called the Spanish Synagogue.
Temple B'nai Torah embarks on first heritage trip since merger
When faith leaders and congregants were planning the merger of East Meadow’s Temple Emanu-El and Wantagh’s Temple B’nai Torah, an idea that came to mind was to create a heritage trip on which … more
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Assembled officers saluted their fallen comrades at the Wantagh Park christening of the new Marine 11 9/11 Heroes patrol boat on Nov. 14.
Fallen officers remembered with patrol boat
A cold November wind blew off the ocean, matching the somber mood of the occasion, as local officials, ranking members of the Nassau County Police Department, Coast Guard officers, family members and … more
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Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.
Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget
The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more
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U.S. Rep. Peter King won his bid for a 14th term in the 2nd Congressional District.
King victorious in 2nd C.D.
Turnout was heavier than expected, despite intermittent rain, in an election both Republicans and Democrats had called a referendum on the policies of President Donald Trump. In one of the most … more
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Vote 2018: Find your Herald Voter's Guides, Endorsements here
Herald Community Newspapers editors and reporters have spent the past two months reporting on Election 2018, and on Tuesday, November 6th, it will all boil down to a single factor: your vote.  more
It’s Michaelle Solages in the 22nd A.D.
The Herald endorses Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Valley Stream, for the 22nd Assembly District seat. Solages was first elected to the office in 2012, when the district was formed from parts … more
Melissa "Missy" Miller
Vote for Melissa Miller in 20th Assembly District
In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating. more
Assemblyman Dave McDonough
Return McDonough to office in the 14th Assembly District
North Merrick Republican Dave McDonough, 81, was first elected to the State Assembly in a special election in 2002 and was re-elected to his ninth term in 2016. more
Sen. John Brooks
Re-elect John Brooks in Senate District 8
When State Sen. John Brooks defeated incumbent Republican Michael Venditto in 2016, it felt like a fluke. A combination of political headwinds and unfortunate family matters in the news for Venditto, perhaps, paved the way for the newly registered Democrat to claim the seat that the GOP had won with 60 percent of the vote in most elections. more
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