The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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Steve and his animated puppy, Blue, bring their tales to the stage in a live version of the popular television show.
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1/2/14
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There’s still time to enjoy what’s left of the season and revel in that fleeting late August glow that Mother Nature provides. Our local parks are just the place to unwind and enjoy this time of year.
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By Karen Bloom
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8/28/13
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Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility.
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6/6/13
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I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up.
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5/31/13
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Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst.
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2/28/13
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Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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Hofstra University's alumni theater company returns to the stage with Stephen Sondheim's look at contemporary life and relationships. Other weekend higlights include the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company's annual gala concert and the Riverhead Foundation's winter seal cruises.
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1/9/13
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It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Seahawks will take it. After dropping its first four games, Carey got into the win column with a 41-29 victory over Long Beach last Friday in a Conference AA-III boys’ basketball game played at Island Garden in West Hempstead.
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By Andrew McClure
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1/8/13
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Playing its first game in 15 days, Long Beach’s girls’ basketball team showed no signs of rust last Friday when it led from start-to-finish in a 49-32 victory over Conference AA-III rival Carey.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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1/8/13
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