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Speaking at the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, at lectern, listed the projects that New York state plans to invest in to revitalize Baldwin. She was joined by, from left, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, State Sen. John Brooks, Kevin Law, the former executive director of the Long Island Association, and Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé.

State approves downtown revitalization projects for Baldwin

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, alongside state and Hempstead officials in the lobby of the Baldwin LIRR Station, announced the approval Tuesday of seven of 12 projects for the Downtown Revitalization … more

By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez | 5/12/21

Creating your pandemic time capsule

If time is really relative and there are time travelers out there from the future thinking about where to visit, do not, I repeat, do not go back to 2020. more

2/4/21

The Baldwin School District has received a grant from Stony Brook University to support its newly implemented news literacy program at the high school and middle school, which aims to teach students how to differentiate between real news and false information.

Baldwin School District earns $30K news literacy grant

Stony Brook University recently awarded the Baldwin School District a grant to support its newly implemented news literacy program, making it one of the first three districts on Long Island to … more

By Bridget Downes | 12/23/20

Officials joined residents and consultants via Zoom on Oct. 14 for the latest meeting of the Baldwin Downtown Revitalization Initiative.

Baldwin revitalization projects list is finalized

Town of Hempstead and state officials joined residents and consultants via Zoom on Oct. 14 to finalize the list of projects to be submitted to the state for approval as part of the Downtown … more

By Bridget Downes | 10/22/20

New front doors with larger windows will connect the interior of the Sea Cliff Village Library with the Village Green, Director Camille Purcell said.

Sea Cliff Library gets $50,000 grant

With a recent $50,000 New York state grant, Sea Cliff Village Library officials plan to purchase new furniture, carpeting and front doors, and expand the teen space, library Director Camille Purcell … more

By Mike Conn | 10/15/20

Friends of Kelly Tinyes started a memorial brick and bench campaign.

Remembering Kelly Tinyes with Forever Young brick campaign

Nearly 32 years after her death, friends of Kelly Tinyes have begun the Forever Young Kelly Brick Campaign, and are encouraging people to buy personalized bricks and benches in Grant Park in Hewlett, her favorite park. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 10/14/20

The pantry is one of the few local facilities to offer meat when it is available.

Baldwin pantry sees increase in need

Local food pantries, including the St. Christopher’s Parish pantry in Baldwin, have been feeling the toll of the coronavirus pandemic. But Town of Hempstead officials announced last week that a … more

7/9/20

At a news conference on June 17 at the Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing facility, Patricia Lewis thanked the Lakeview Fire Department for putting out her house fire.

Double amputee escapes fire after training at Lynbrook rehab facility helps save her

Double amputee Patricia Lewis acted quickly when a fire started in her basement on April 10. She put on her artificial legs and got out of her Rockville Centre home before the Lakeview Fire Department arrived to put out the fire. more

By Nakeem Grant and Mike Smollins | 6/25/20

Dozens of people came to the Nassau County Legislature and Executive Building on Monday evening to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day.

Lakeview residents speak out on George Floyd's death

People started to stream into the demonstration in front of the Nassau County Legislature and Executive Building in Mineola nearly an hour before the scheduled 5:30 p.m. start time. They had come to … more

By Nakeem Grant, Ronny Reyes, Darwin Yanes and Scott Brinton | 6/1/20

It’s time for colleges to graduate to the 21st century

The model of higher education today rests on a system created in the Middle Ages, when knowledge was highly concentrated in a few places and in a few hands. It has evolved only slowly over the centuries. more

4/3/20

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