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Oceanside resident and New York City Police officer James Frascatore has been accused of using excessive force on retired tennis player James Blake.
On Sept. 9, Blake, who is biracial, was …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/16/15
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After a careful review of the bestseller lists over the past 10 years, I’ve found over a thousand books advising people how to get along when they’re under stress.
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9/10/15
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De Blasio vs. Cuomo: The gloves are off!
New Yorkers were treated to an early July Fourth fireworks show last week when . . .
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7/8/15
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With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday.
Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/29/15
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In the 1970s and ’80s, New York City was crumbling and Nassau County was a paradise. Now the city is one of the most sought-after destinations in the world, and every day I hear friends and neighbors saying they don’t want to stay on Long Island.
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6/11/15
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Judge Robert H. Spergel was at one time a New York City Detective who worked the narcotics and organized crime divisions. At the time of his death on Feb. 7, he was a Nassau County District Court judge assigned to the driving while intoxicated criminal part. There he presided over cases involving DWI and driving under the influence of drugs. He handled well over 1000 cases and has presided over approximately 50 jury trials.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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2/25/15
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On Sunday, Oceanside residents hung blue ribbons along Long Beach Road and around the veterans’ triangle to show support for Kenneth Healy, a New York City policeman from Oceanside who was injured in the line of duty on Oct. 25.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/5/14
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Intolerance seems like an uncomplicated issue: Most rational people would agree it has no place in civil society. Yet it persists . . .
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10/23/14
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Sept. 21 was the 76th anniversary of the infamous Long Island Express of 1938, a massive Category 3 hurricane that slammed into the Island, New Jersey and much of New England with rare ferocity, killing 800 people and causing $308 million in damage (the equivalent of $4.8 billion today), including the destruction of 57,000 homes.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/26/14
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin who represents part of Merrick, and Bob Young, an environmental activist from Merrick, are among the local organizers preparing for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, Sept. 21, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/18/14
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