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Only 20 percent of Long Islanders voted in last week’s election, but they made sure their voices were heard loud and clear: They were sick of the corruption that has plagued politics at all levels of government.
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11/12/15
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In a good year, many, if not most, Nassau County voters are cynical about local politics. Two powerful machines, led by the major political parties, exercise tight control over . . .
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11/12/15
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The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant.
Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up.
And, he has found, it isn’t pretty.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/11/15
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Madeline Singas has won the race for Nassau County District Attorney. With a commanding lead at about 11:15 p.m., Singas gave a victory speech at the Garden City Hotel, where local Democrats assembled on Election Night.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/3/15
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The marquee contest on next Tuesday’s ballot in Nassau County is for district attorney.
Democrat Madeline Singas, who has filled the D.A.’s seat since she replaced Kathleen Rice in January, …
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10/30/15
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The Herald encourages voters to return Norma Gonsalves to the 13th Legislative District seat, which she has held since 1997.
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10/29/15
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Kennedy High’s Homecoming was ablaze with school spirit, on and off the football field, last Friday. Homecoming festivities were held at the school, which takes in students from parts of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/15
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Wantagh’s Board of Fire Commissioners approved its 2016 budget last week, which will fund operations for one of Nassau County’s largest fire departments.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/28/15
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District attorney is the single most important job in Nassau County when it comes to keeping families safe and ensuring that our criminal justice system is smart, fair and just. It requires . . .
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10/22/15
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After two rounds of the Republican candidates for president trading blows, the Democrats faced off in their first 2016 primary debate. And one thing was clear . . .
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10/22/15
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