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Former U.S. Rep. Peter King has kept himself busy since retiring from Congress in 2021, from his regular appearance on 77WABC radio, to now becoming a regular opinion columnist for Herald Community Newspapers. His first official piece — singing the praises of freshman U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito — can be found in this week’s Opinions section.
Peter King debuts new opinion column
Not even retirement can slow down Peter King. After 28 years in the U.S. House — including a two-year stint as chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — as well as more than two decades serving on both the Hempstead town council and as Nassau County comptroller, King finds himself busier than ever. more
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Members of the Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers, an educators union supporting the school’s full-time faculty, gathered at the Nassau County Legislature to demand fair contracts after learning their health care insurance premiums were going up.
NCC union rallies after health care costs rise
Demanding fair contracts with affordable health care costs, dozens of Nassau Community College faculty members rallied outside of the county legislature last week. more
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Lafazan’s GEORGE package to prevent electoral deceit
As every day new stories and allegations come to light regarding fabulist Representative of New York’s 3rd Congressional District George Santos, politicians at both the local and state level have continued to call for his resignation or expulsion. On Wednesday morning Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully in the Congressional Democratic primary, paid yet another visit to Santos’ district headquarters in Douglaston, Queens, to announce his new legislation, the G.E.O.R.G.E. package. more
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U.S. Rep. George Santos said he would no longer serve on the two House committees he was appointed to — Science and Small Business — because that would be a distraction.
In latest chapter of Santos saga, he steps down from committees 
U.S. Rep. George Santos recused himself on Tuesday from the House Science, Space and Technology and Small Business committees in the midst of continuing public interest in his questionable past, as well as ongoing investigations about how he financed his successful November campaign. more
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Only two retail marijuana dispensaries operate in New York State, both in Manhattan. This one is staffed by trained employees.
City Council still undecided about pot sales
The Long Beach City Council, still weighing whether to reverse a decision it made in December 2021 to opt out of a New York state program to allow retail sales of marijuana, met with state cannabis … more
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Masha Benitiz was able to attend her Long Beah High School prom last summer after her double lung transplant.
Transplant patient is hospitalized, but plans a ‘Super’ party
Masha Benitiz, the tiny Long Beach woman who underwent a double lung transplant last year, is back at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital this week, recovering from some infections, but her stay there … more
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Fred Yutkowitz looks into Room 107, the new wellness suite at Memorial Junior High School now dedicated in to his late wife, Stephanie Ginsberg.
Memorial’s Room 107 takes on new role
Room 107 at Memorial Junior High School was once a place where students piled in from a crowded hallway for health class. Now it’s a place to remember a teacher who taught there for 42 years, a … more
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Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan said he learned how to show grace in defeat last August, when he lost the Democratic primary to Robert Zimmerman for the congressional seat that Republican George Santos ultimately won.
Josh Lafazan says GOP constituents want George Santos gone
Josh Lafazan’s winning streak began in the first grade when he was elected student representative at Walt Whitman Elementary School. He was senior class president at Syosset High School the … more
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Valley Stream North High School Principal Robin Small, center, gives a tour of the school building to Central High School Board of Education members and Superintendent Wayne Loper, right, as part of their discussion of capital projects on Jan. 7.
Central pitches $8 million capital project funding package
Board of Education members took a grand tour of the Valley Stream Central High School District’s four schools, hopping from classroom to classroom with building administrators in tow. Their … more
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The Holiday, Ehrlich’s boat, was made in France and had previously carried him in a transatlantic voyage back in 2020.
Ehrlich sails around the world, Sea Cliff calls him home
Circumnavigation, the act of sailing around the earth, has been a hallmark of adventure in human societies, from Ferdinand Magellan sailing to discover new lands for Spain to Francesco Carletti … more
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