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The race for the District 6 Legislator seat began at the end of March when challenger Laura Burns announced her bid against incumbent William Gaylor.
The Herald asked both candidates questions …
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By Nakeem Grant
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10/17/19
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Longtime teacher and West Hempstead resident Barbara Hafner said that when she ambled through the teachers’ section at Dollar Tree last month, she got teary-eyed. She realized that after 25 years …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/12/19
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In the wake of the country’s three most recent mass shootings, one of which has been classified as a hate crime, a conversation about white supremacy has entered the national narrative.
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8/16/19
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Once every 10 years, state legislatures across the country play a game known as reapportionment. After the federal census is completed, your elected state legislators will decide . . .
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5/17/19
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Just in front of me, a teenage girl tentatively raised her arm. Then she clenched her fist. We were at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington on March 24 . . .
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4/20/18
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Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/24/18
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Once upon a time, holiday shopping was an experience. Folks carved out entire Saturdays or Sundays and headed to their local downtowns to browse through the retail shops. The experience was fun and quaint. You had lunch at the local diner. Then along came the malls.
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11/23/16
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Residents will soon get two chances to comment on an 8.3 percent rate hike proposed by New York American Water, a private water company that supplies communities across the South Shore.
The New York State Department of Public Service, which oversees the Public Service Commission, has scheduled public hearings in Malverne and Wantagh on Oct. 26.
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By Rossana Weitekamp and Daine Taylor
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10/11/16
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) hosted a Substance Abuse Education Awareness Community Seminar at the Merrick Library on July 28. Curran, who had hosted two previous seminars with …
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BY Nakeem Grant
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8/11/16
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Some exciting new projects are underway at the football field behind Malverne High School.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/26/16
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