Saturday, October 24, 2026
The issues are serious. The differences between the candidates are stark and real, as are the differences between the two major parties, and indeed among the American people. I’m strongly supporting Bruce Blakeman as the leader the state needs at this defining moment.
Up until a few months ago, A.I. was in the news but not dominating it. In July, Geoffrey Hinton, who’s been called “the godfather of A.I.,” warned lawmakers that humanity could lose control of it within a year if proper safeguards were not established. Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has been arguing that robust ethical and technical guardrails are needed to prevent misuse or loss of control.
Handling water scarcity is critical, because we need clean water for drinking, food production and our overall survival. This summer, Nassau and Suffolk counties have seen state drought warnings due to below-normal precipitation. Last month, the Suffolk County Water Authority asked residents to stop watering their lawns, warning that its infrastructure was reaching maximum capacity under the current combination of drought and heat. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Long Islanders use an average of 140 gallons of water a day per person, about 55 percent more than the national average.
School staff members never know when they may be called into action — and that was never more realistic than at Barnum Woods Elementary School in East Meadow, where they recently came to the aid of a choking student.
The East Meadow Fire Department highlighted lithium-ion battery safety and offered live emergency-response demonstrations during its annual Fire Prevention Open House on Oct. 9.
Families got an up-close look at emergency vehicles and work trucks during Stew Leonard’s Touch-A-Truck event on Oct. 3.
