Dozens of Freeporters walked around Burger King on E. Merrick Road, last Saturday, wearing crowns. After two years of development and construction, Freeport is officially the new home of the Whopper. …
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By Nadya Nataly
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6/15/18
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Bodies started turning up in South Shore parks and woodlands in the past year and a half: teenagers hacked to death with machetes or shot in the face by members of the ruthless El Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
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6/14/18
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He wants to be a civil engineer and with …
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By Maya Brown
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5/24/18
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By Nia Matthews
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5/24/18
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The Freeport High School cheerleading team tumbled, twirled and danced its way into the school’s history books by earning a ranking of 22nd in the nation this season, while winning titles and …
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By Nadya Nataly
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3/30/18
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Students huddled in circles, holding signs with messages like “Enough is enough” and “One student is worth more than all the guns on earth.”
Freeport High School students wore orange and …
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By Maya Brown
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3/23/18
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Part two.They missed meeting on Valentine’s Day by a few days. Out of the corner of his eye he immediately noticed her — the girl of his dreams. Enamored, Rainer Radecker felt an …
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By Nadya Nataly
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2/16/18
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Elizabeth Mauras took a deep breath, hoping it would contain her tears, but as the longtime Freeporter and Puerto Rican native blinked, tears rolled down her cheek. She looked dotingly at her 17 …
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By Nadya Nataly
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2/16/18
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He did not expect to become a Hall of Famer. Earlier this month, however, Russ Cellan, Freeport High School’s head football coach, was inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of …
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/19/17
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The traditional excuses for missing homework — “My dog ate it” or “I forgot” — are no longer usable at Freeport High School. That’s because more than 2,000 students at the school have …
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/12/17
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