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Kevin Thomas: a balanced view
Underdog candidate becomes Senate's consumer advocate
Levittown Democrat Kevin Thomas was never supposed to win. The 34-year-old was running in the 6th Senate District last November against 15-term incumbent Kemp Hannon. Yet win he did, with just 50.6 …
On the road with governor’s 2019 budget
Gov. Andrew Cuomo brought his 2019 budget road show to Woodbury last week with a rousing address to the Long Island Association. But while he gave significant nods to transportation, education, …
Wantagh athlete reaches 1,000 points
Basketball player achieves long cherished dream
The Wantagh High School front gymnasium was silent as senior varsity basketball player Caitlin Albanese made a free throw to score her 1,000th career point on Jan. 29.Once the ball swished through …
Wantagh crowns pair of champs
Wantagh’s Matt Rogers was not going to be denied in his bid for a repeat Nassau County wrestling title.Rogers trailed Division’s J.D. Moore by a point early in the third period of the …
Schindler’s list survivor remembers
Film helped youngest female find her voice
“Oskar Schindler saved my life, but Steven [Spielberg] gave me a voice.”Celina Biniaz was just 12 when Schindler, a Czech industrialist and Nazi Party member, saved her and her parents …
In Levittown, grand masters in the making
The future grand masters gathered in a brightly lit classroom at East Broadway Elementary School in Levittown on Jan. 31 to receive instructions from school psychologist and chess club adviser Dr. …
Local broker: real estate market surging
Despite frequent complaints about the heavy burden placed on Nassau County homeowners by high property taxes and rising interest rates, the real estate market in Seaford and Wantagh — and the …
Student’s painting wins Shanti calendar spot
When 16-year-old Levittown artist Rosita Bohorquez entered one of her paintings in the Shanti Fund art competition promoting peace through education, it was with scant hope that she would win any …
Seaford Manor travels around the world
Smiles and laughter filled the classrooms of Seaford Manor Elementary School during the week of Jan. 7 as the students sampled different cultures and traditions for International Week. …
Herald Neighbors
Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at South Nassau Communities Hospital preaches ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’
own of Hempstead Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and late renowned musical artist and civil rights activist Aretha Franklin were honored Monday during South Nassau Communities Hospital’s 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.
'A Private War' lays bare a journalist's life
It’s not my family/ In your head, in your head, they are fighting/ With their tanks, and their bombs/ And their bombs, and their guns/ In your head, in your head they are crying.” — From …
Valentine’s Day mission: find the real thing
Valentine’s Day, the fire sale of romantic love, seems a perfect time to push back and get real. Let’s sift through the dross of life for gold nuggets, for the small things and moments that we …