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Ann E. Friedman, reporter for the Nassau Herald, received an Honorable Mention for her Leo Zisman story.

Heralds earn 25 state and national awards

The Herald Community Newspapers were recognized for their work both on the state level and nationally last weekend, when awards from the New York Press Association and the Local Media Association were announced.Herald more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/10/13

Reporter Brian Croce won second place in the Rookie Reporter of the Year category.

Heralds earn 25 state and national awards

The Herald Community Newspapers were recognized for their work both on the state level and nationally last weekend, when awards from the New York Press Association and the Local Media Association were announced. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/9/13

City Manager Jack Schnirman, right, Public Works Commissioner Jim LaCarrubba and Deputy DPW Commissioner Joe Febrizio met with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers last Friday to discuss a new coastal protection project for Long Beach.

Funding for Army Corps project a go

Just days after city officials held a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss a plan to protect the barrier island from future storms like Hurricane Sandy, U.S. … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/13/13

A crew of Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters recently took the Riverhead Foundation’s “seal tour” in the waters off Jones Beach. They were joined by a handful of family members.

Herald staffers search for South Shore harbor seals

Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/26/13

Town Supervisor looks ahead to 2013

The turning of the calendar into 2013 presents community members with the opportunity to take a step back and reexamine their priorities for the coming year. Local governments, such as the Town of … more

David Weingrad | 1/8/13

Insurance delays prolong the disaster

Hurricane Sandy attacked without mercy, leaving more than a million Long Islanders without power and wrecking tens of thousands of homes near the shoreline. Then a second disaster struck. more

12/13/12

Lifelong Cedarhurst resident Joseph Sperber serves his community as a volunteer firefighter for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department and has contributed photographs to the Herald since he was a teenager.

Shooting photos, battling fires in the Five Towns

Exposed to photography by a father who brought home a new camera and to volunteer firefighting by his older brother, Joseph Sperber has combined the two avocations through the years to serve his community. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/5/12

Weeks after Sandy, many still need help

The hurricane-force winds and the mountainous storm surge are now just bad memories, but in many areas of the Heralds’ coverage area, Hurricane Sandy’s consequences will live on for weeks, months or years. more

11/29/12

Joplin's hearts are with our East Coast neighbors

Almost 18 months after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history cut a swath through the heart of Joplin, Mo., I discovered some words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer I have long admired. more

Carol Stark | 11/16/12

Rachel Gertsley, a HAFTR teacher, guided parents of prospective students through a model lesson at the high school’s open house.

School’s open at HAFTR

Despite the hardships being endured by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, followed by a nor’easter, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) had more than 350 guests at its high school’s open house on Nov. 11. more

11/14/12