The people of America are in a bad mood, and it’s hard to understand why. Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years. Oil prices have hit rock bottom, and you can fill up your car for $25. New cars are selling at the fastest pace . . .
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1/21/16
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With the convictions of former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, pundits now claim that Albany’s pay-to-play system of dishonest dealing has finally been . . .
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12/17/15
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The Herald endorses Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, for Nassau County legislator in the 19th District. Rhoads was elected seven months ago in a special election against Rita Kestenbaum, a Democrat from Bellmore who is now running for Town of Hempstead supervisor. The election was called after Rhoads’s predecessor, David Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick, pleaded guilty to scamming a private la
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10/29/15
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The verdict is in. As things stand now, the residents of the City of Long Beach will not be funding a $128 million tax break for luxury billionaire developer iStar.
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9/17/15
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Former Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg began serving a three-month sentence at Fort Dix, a minimum-security prison in Burlington County, N.J., on Aug. 24, according to his attorney, Jason Russo, of Bay Shore.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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Freeport residents were out in force to support National Night Out Against Crime held at the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Tuesday, August. 4. Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, along with Dewey Smalls …
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8/13/15
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Fidelis Care and Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams sponsored a Back to School Fair at the Freeport Recreation Center on Saturday, August 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair provided free school …
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8/13/15
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Claudia Borecky, a Nassau County Board of Elections worker and president of the North and Central Merrick Civic Association, will challenge Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads for his seat this November.
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By Brian Racow
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6/24/15
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A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest.
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By Brian Racow
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6/5/15
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By far, the greatest scam I’ve ever seen involves a long-controversial 6-acre vacant plot of beachfront property in Long Beach known as the Superblock. Despite many promises of developments . . .
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6/4/15
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