Words are just thatTo the Editor:  In an effort to be part of the public forum that the Herald seems willing to give to Bill Kienke and the Freedom Party, and as part of the Herald’s … more

The Herald asked the four East Rockaway trustee candidates questions about why they chose to run for a seat on the village board and what they hope to bring to the village as a sitting official. more

There are times when I wish it was 2012. Not because I’m wishing my life away but because I’d love to see how today’s crop of politicians worked their way out of the worst financial crises in federal, state and local history. more

For a small village, there’s a lot of mud-slinging going on in East Rockaway, and it isn’t pretty. The tension is palpable. People are afraid to talk to one another, not knowing which political party someone may support — whether they’re “pro-Pride” or “pro-Freedom.” more

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The Lynbrook New Vision Party has announced its slate of candidates for the March 15 village election. Mayor Bill Hendrick will seek to keep the seat he was appointed to at the end of 2010, … more

East Rockaway Village Pride Party President Ed Zangrillo is calling on Deputy Mayor Dr. Richard Meagher, the Freedom Party’s mayoral candidate in the March election, to apologize to his opponent, Village Pride Party candidate Francis Lenahan, and the voters of East Rockaway for what Zangrillo said is a comparison of Lenahan to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, that Meagher used in a campaign flier, and is demanding that Meagher take himself off the ballot and resign as deputy mayor. more

The Herald will be running a series of issue-based stories from now until the village election on March 15. As the campaigns begin to heat up, the candidates are outspoken on issues that are important to them and to their constituents. From what we hear, a public debate may be in the works, too. The Pride Party’s candidates include Francis Lenahan, who is running for mayor; Stanley Lombaro and Ed Corrado, who are running for trustees seats. The Freedom Party consisted of Richard Meagher, who is running for mayor; and Bobby Klose and Harry Levitt, who are eying the two open trustee seats. The mayoral seat is currently vacant since the sudden death of Ed Sieban last July. Meagher is currently the village’s deputy mayor. more

On Election Day, the winds of change were blowing at hurricane speed. Congressional Democrats who were successful in passing Wall Street reforms, dramatic changes in health care and dozens of other historical measures were swept out of office. more

The Freedom Party of East Rockaway has selected its candidates for the March 2011 village election. Party members met at the Commuters Club on Ocean Avenue on Nov. 17 to select the “Freedom Team,” as party President Bill Kienke called the new slate of officers. The village’s deputy mayor, Dr. Richard Meagher, was endorsed as the party’s mayoral candidate. Bobby Klose, a two-time chief of the East Rockaway Fire Department, and local businessman Harry Levitt will run for the two village trustee seats that will be open. more