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Partly Cloudy Baldwin woman finds lost father — at his suggestion
She put together the pieces of her family
Growing up, Janice Segure, who was born to a teenage mother and raised by her grandparents, never knew her real father, but finding him was always in the back of her mind. Last month, Segure, of …
‘Greetings from Baldwin’ mural is done
Local legends and scenes now a permanent fixture
“Greetings from Baldwin,” a 10-by-18-foot postcard mural, has been completed on the brick wall of the Deli Boy, on Atlantic Avenue, by viral street artist Efren Andaluz III, known …
Baldwin teenage scholars headed to APS science convention
At Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead two Baldwin high schoolers, Tori Famularo and Victoria Vazquez are researching behavioral science through socially conscious projects that will be on display at …
Getting ready for the return of the Nunley golf ball
The famed Nunley’s Amusement Park golf ball, which sat high upon the ticket booth near the miniature golf course during the park’s heyday and was lost to obscurity for decades, has …
Baldwin loses a champion
Joseph Scannell dies of Huntington’s disease
As a native Baldwinite, Joseph Scannell was inseparable from the community he grew up in, attending its schools, becoming involved in scouting and representing the Town of Hempstead hamlet as a Nassau County legislator. Scannell died of Huntington’s disease on May 13. He was 59.
Schools
Baldwin band kicks off Northwell Health’s Nurses Week
The Baldwin High School Pep Band was recently invited to be part of an exclusive performance at North Shore University Hospital as part of Northwell Health’s Nurses Week Celebration. Megan …
Baldwin surges into Baldwin
“I think we overachieved.”That was the sentiment of Baldwin boys’ lacrosse coach Tim Clancy after a strong finish to the regular season that resulted in a second straight playoff …
Schools
Baldwin school district music education honored for a seventh year in a row
For the seventh consecutive year, Baldwin Union Free School District (UFSD) has been honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation for the district’s …
Mulé joins other leaders to honor fallen correction officers
It was a somber day in East Meadow May 5, where Nassau County legislator Debra Mulé joined with leaders of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, the Corrections Officers Benevolent …
Renew Your BPL Library Card Today!
Did you know that library cards in Nassau expire after three years? “Public libraries in New York are almost entirely funded by local taxes. When your card expires, it’s time to let your …
Silver Lake Park nearly completed
On April 12, engineers from Nelson and Pope Engineering gave community stakeholders a tour of Silver Lake Park, noting the progress they have made on the Silver Park Drainage Project since work began …
Randi Kreiss
A Memorial Day like no other in our lives
The things we carry to this Memorial Day, 2022, are freighted with more recent events than past battles. On the last Monday in May, we look back . . .
Op-Ed
Must a girl in STEM be a ‘girl in STEM’?
Every weekday at 10:06 a.m., I walk into my high school engineering class and take a seat among my peers. I spend the period learning the same material as my classmates . . .
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .