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East Rockaway High School senior Hailey Valasquez, center, being honored with the Jim Adelis Good Samaritan Scholarship Award for her focus on community and positive impact on others with members of Jim Adelis’ family, a DHS representative, and other award recipients.
Hailey Velasquez receives the Jim Adelis Good Samaritan scholarship award
East Rockaway School District congratulates high school senior Hailey Velasquez on being recognized with the Jim Adelis Good Samaritan Scholarship Award. more
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The Green Army is a gathering of eco-friendly volunteers who have often held cleanups in East Rockaway. The recent litter collection in Freeport’s Brookside Preserve was the group’s most recent event.
Dozens turn out for annual Brookside Preserve cleanup
A determined group of volunteers, wearing gloves and armed with garbage bags, converged on Brookside Preserve, in Freeport, late last month to improve the park’s environmental health, one piece … more
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The East Rockaway Public Library is hosting an on-site Earth Day shredding event Saturday.
Library event goes beyond Earth Day
With Earth Day approaching, the East Rockaway Public Library is making efforts to preserve the environment. more
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Incoming Lynbrook fire chiefs were elected April 6.
Lynbrook fire chiefs congratulated
Outgoing Lynbrook Fire Chief Chris Kelly, right, congratulated Danny Ambrosio, of Vulcan Company, upon his election by the fire department membership on April 6 to Chief of Department for the coming year.  more
These women raised their arms high while chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot," at the Black Lives Matter protest in Merrick and Bellmore on Thursday.
Black Lives Matter protest, Merrick, day three
For a third straight night, Black Lives Matter demonstrators convened in Merrick and Bellmore to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the systemic racism that is … more
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The Lynbrook "Tumblers" competed at the State Old Fashioned Drill in Merrick. Fire departments from all over Nassau County will compete in similar events in Rockville Centre on July 25.
Firefighters to participate in County parade, drill
Rockville Centre will be hosting fire departments from across the area for the 2015 Nassau County Parade and Drill Tournament on Saturday, July 25. more
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Meeting June 16 on FEMA’s reopening of Sandy flood insurance claims
Tuesday, June 16, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Long Beach Hotel, 405 East Broadway, Long Beach more
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, left, met with Sens. Bob Mendenez, Cory Booker, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Mar. 11.
Action for Sandy victims
After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation. more
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Ninety-year-old Muzzy, of East Rockaway, shown here at a local rally, is living in a trailer on her property until her home can be rebuilt.
Still reeling from Sandy in East Rockaway
Kate Hughes says that her 90-year-old mother, “Muzzy” — as she’s known to her neighbors and friends — has been victimized twice: once by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and again, for the … more
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Brendan Murray, Herald reporter
I'm from here — which I don't say enough
It was Sunday night just before Halloween, and I was headed to the grocery store in an attempt to further put off my homework after neglecting it to dress up like a spaceman for the weekend. I … more
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