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Rockwell showed us what we have to be thankful for

In this season of gratitude, it’s appropriate to recall the “four freedoms” — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear and freedom from want — articulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . more

By A. Gail Prudenti | 11/22/23

A slippery slope threatens the First Amendment

Flyers were left on the doorsteps of homes in Rockville Centre and Oceanside last week, filled with vile hate claiming . . . more

7/28/22

Herald file photo Speech pathologist Michele Tritschler sent a letter to Mayor Edwin Fare requesting that he issue a proclamation making May 14 Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day — an effort to raise awareness of the relatively rare speech disorder.

Rare disorder gets spotlight

From the moment they’re born, children run the race to acquire the vital speech and language skills that set them up for the rest of their lives. And while children typically run at their … more

By Juan Lasso | 5/26/22

Ten Central High School students gathered in the school library on Feb. 13 to give presentations on black figures that inspire them. With them, at center, was library Media Specialist Lisa Dichiara.

Central H.S. teens speak about heroes that inspire

The assignment was to choose a black figure who inspires. So, shortly after Christmas break, the 10 Central High School students who volunteered for the task chose their subjects, and in their spare … more

By Peter Belfiore | 2/20/20

Student volunteers gathered in Central High School’s library on Feb. 13 to perform two-minute speeches about prominent black figures that inspire them.

Central students speak of black figures that inspire

For roughly five years now, Central High School Library Media Specialist Lisa Dichiara has organized a public-speaking event around Black History Month, recruiting student volunteers who wish to … more

By Peter Belfiore | 2/21/19

Democrat Laura Gillen pulled off a historic victory in the Town of Hempstead on Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Anthony Santino. She declared victory along with Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who won the county executive's seat. Gillen voted at Hewitt Elementary School in her hometown of Rockville Centre early on Tuesday.

Gillen makes history as first Democratic Hempstead supervisor in more than a century

For the first time in more than a century, the Town of Hempstead will have a Democratic supervisor. Laura Gillen, a Rockville Centre attorney, defeated incumbent Republican Anthony Santino on Tuesday night by roughly 2,000 votes. more

By Erik Hawkins | 11/8/17

Honoring America, sitting, standing or lying down

What do an NFL player and a Google engineer have in common? Their stories have ignited an ongoing debate on freedom of speech at a time when . . . more

8/17/17

So, where is he going after he loses? Trump Land!

I assume that Donald Trump will never be president of the United States. In my heart of hearts, I cannot reconcile his race baiting, self-adoration, misogyny and volatility . . . more

7/27/16

Steven McDonald in his Malverne home last week. Thirty years ago, McDonald was shot and left paralyzed by a group of teens in Central Park.

‘We are the flesh on the bone’

As his kitchen television silently aired CNN’s footage of the chaos the day after five white Dallas police officers were killed by a black sniper during a peaceful demonstration, Malvernite and New York City Police Detective Steven McDonald was listening to a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, made nearly 50 years ago, on the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/12/16

Robert F. Kennedy's Cleveland speech

The following is the text of Robert F. Kennedy's speech, given at the Cleveland City Club on April 5, 1968: more

Courtesy: Library of Congress | 7/11/16

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