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Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.

Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington

Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/30/17

Elmont voluteer firefighter Jeffrey Dupoux was awarded a Liberty Medal on Feb. 12. From left are Elmont Fire Department Assistant Chief Ronald Conti; Senator Todd Kaminsky; Lieutenant Jeff Dupoux; Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages; and Assistant Chief Joseph Luckman.

Elmont firefighter Dupoux receives Liberty Award

While off duty on Feb. 1, Elmont volunteer firefighter Jeffrey Dupoux, along with Suffolk County police officer Tom Mutarelli, helped pull a woman on the Long Island Expressway to safety from her … more

By Vanessa Parker | 2/16/17

T-minus one month, and anything can happen

After Donald Trump failed to capitalize at the first presidential debate and showed signs of weakness, his support dropped across the swing-state map. This has the Republican Party leadership . . . more

10/13/16

Now the politics really begin

With the national conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia over, the real competition for citizens’ votes begins. It will be Clinton vs. Trump on Nov. 8 (along with . . . more

8/3/16

Parkhurst Civic Association President Carl Achille, right, with State Senate candidate Adam Haber, called for an increase in the police presence in Elmont and Freeport.

Elmont leaders call for more police presence

Elmont community leaders called for an increase in police presence after at least nine armed robberies of taxi drivers since late 2015, which police believe are part of a pattern. At a press … more

By Steve Smirti | 7/27/16

Kaminsky discusses his first State Senate session

Sen. Todd Kaminsky spoke to Herald intern Courtney McGee about Albany, corruption and his first session as a state senator. more

7/6/16

After a year marked by tragedy and triumph, Elmont High School seniors said goodbye to the school they’ve called home since seventh grade on Sunday morning. Graduates filed into the Mack Center at Hofstra, as parents and friends found their seats and snapped photos.

Elmont students take the next step

Family and friends filled the seats in the Mack Sports Complex at Hofstra University for Elmont Memorial High School’s graduation ceremony. All the speakers from the ceremony gave speeches that … more

By Nakeem Grant | 6/30/16

Candidate emerges for State Senate seat

Elaine Phillips, mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, was nominated at the Nassau County Republican Convention on May 23 to run for Jack Martins’s vacated 7th District seat in the State … more

By Steve Smirti | 5/25/16

Kaminsky’s election may be pivotal in fighting corruption

Voters in New York’s 9th State Senate district did something last week that the governor and the State Legislature have failed to do this legislative session: They stood up for the fight against corruption and the push for ethics reform . . . more

4/28/16

Republican Chris McGrath won more communities than Democrat Todd Kaminsky, but Kaminsky won more votes by securing the larger population centers like Long Beach and Valley Stream.

The 9th Senate District: how your town voted

Though the official results are not in yet, Todd Kaminsky seems to be poised to fill the vacant seat left by Dean Skelos. With 68,000 votes cast, Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) beat his opponent Chris … more

By Alex Costello | 4/27/16

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