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Overcast Dance Studio creates a second home for dancers
Vaughan was awarded 2020 Business Person of the Year
Cultivating more than just performances, Pat’s Dance Studio creates a second home and community for local dancers in a stress-free environment. It is likely to walk into Pat’s and see …
Esposito runs unopposed for fire commissioner elections
Esposito is a member of Baldwin’s Hook and Ladder Company One
The annual Fire Commissioner election will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at Fire Headquarters at 2386 Grand Avenue between the hours of 2 p.m. and 9 p.m., pursuant to the provisions of Section 175 of …
IDA mulls tax breaks for Baldwin Commons
Affordable development takes step forward
On Oct. 21, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency unanimously approved a preliminary resolution to consider providing tax breaks to developer Park Grove Realty for the PGD Baldwin …
Piping work to begin for Western Bays project
Bay Park Conveyance Project to start microtunneling and sliplining
The Bay Park Conveyance Project NY Department of Environmental Conservation November report shows upcoming and active work locations along Sunrise Highway in Baldwin. Crews are expected to be …
Baldwin district building wellness center
County granting $100,000 for high school
The Baldwin Board of Education unanimously voted recently to approve a $100,000 Nassau County grant to reconstruct a school health center and nurse’s office at Baldwin High School. According to …
COMMUNITY
A day in the life of our library social worker
Dedicating her life to helping people, Molly Miskiewicz, a licensed master social worker at the Baldwin Public Library and therapist for the private online practice Valera Health, is helping the …
SCHOOLS
District addresses disrepair, citing bond failure
On the Oct. 13 school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Camhi Shari responded to parents’ complaints on social media regarding the physical conditions of school grounds, citing the need for a …
COMMUNITY
Little libraries pop up around town
Baldwin gets a literacy boosting makeover, as Little Free Libraries appear around town in various semi-hidden locations. With three currently installed and one on the way, Elissa Kirchner, the …
BUSINESS
Chamber swears in new president
Franky Jorge, vice president of operations at GalaFresh Farms in Baldwin, was sworn in as the new Chamber of Commerce president Nov. 4 at American Legion Post No. 246 in Baldwin. Outgoing 11-year …
COMMUNITY
Police ‘talk’ made easy for Baldwin kids
On Nov 12, retired New York Police Department Detective Dr. Alfred Titus Jr. read his newest published children’s book, “The Police Are a Part of Our Community,” to kids attending 3 …
Op-Ed
I didn’t have a disability. Our institutions do.
After watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard.
Editorial
A new Covid variant is on the march. Mask up!
In recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools.
Jerry Kremer
RIP Paul Jackson, renowned South Shore historian
The towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases . . .
Randi Kreiss
How did you get through? In 50 words or less.
Tell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this . . .