The 2015 Legislative Committee assignments were recently announced, and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R –Franklin Square) has been reappointed as ranking member of the Education Committee.
“I have been …
more
1/15/15
|
Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray cited famed singer Perry Como when announcing the start of a free pet adoption program at the town’s animal shelter: “There’s no place like home for the holidays.”
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
11/26/14
|
Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, on Thursday became the first prominent Long Island Republican to throw his hat into the ring in this year’s election contest to succeed Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) in Congress.
more
By Brian Racow
|
2/20/14
|
In his first term as an assemblyman, Ed Ra was committed to lowering taxes, and he remains committed to that goal.
more
11/2/12
|
According to new maps released by a redistricting task force and recently approved by the State Assembly and Senate, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Elmont and Franklin Square will become part of the new 22nd Assembly District, an area currently represented by Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square), Brian Curran (R-Lynbrook) and Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
more
By Jackie Nash
|
3/27/12
|
After months of work by State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) and local leaders to acquire a piece of the World Trade Center as a way to memorialize West Hempstead residents who died on Sept. …
more
By Chris Engelhardt
|
3/13/12
|
To the Editor:
Once again, the Herald — specifically the Franklin Square/Elmont Herald — leads the way for the “big” newspaper. Your thorough coverage of the Walgreen’s story (“Pharmacy fiasco in Elmont?” Feb. 23-29) most assuredly led Newsday to devote quite a bit of space to the same story.
more
3/6/12
|
A celebration was held on Feb. 11 to honor Franklin Square-Munson Fire Department past chief Roger Albergo’s 50 years of service to the department.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
2/23/12
|
The Elmont Union Free School District held an International Ambassadors’ Reception to welcome the district’s newest delegation of fifth and sixth-grade students on Feb. 1, at the Dutch Broadway School in Elmont.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
2/2/12
|
Proposed new State Assembly district maps could drastically alter representation in western Nassau County — and put Elmont in an entirely new district — if the maps become law.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
1/31/12
|