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A Few Clouds Police: Teen stabbed during fight in Oceanside dies
Updated, 6 p.m., Sept. 17: A 16-year-old Oceanside student is dead after he was stabbed multiple times Monday afternoon during a brawl involving as many as a couple dozen teenagers at an Oceanside strip mall, Nassau County police said.
Freeport police chief retiring after more than 30 years
Freeport Police Chief Miguel Bermudez, 59, will retire after just over 33 years with the department, including the last nine as chief.
Author with Freeport roots pens two novels
Donates signed copies to library
Charles Everett Whitaker III didn’t go to Hollywood to become a famous actor. Instead, in 2005, the now 38-year-old packed a duffle bag and his laptop, cleaned out his bank account and set out to …
Freeporters remember 9/11
Eighteen years later, it still hurts
Eight Freeport residents were among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. Six Freeporters died in the line of duty as they responded and sprung into action to help get as many people out of the burning buildings as they could. Two Freeporters were starting their workday in Tower One.
Students (and parents) gather for start of school
Parents escorted their younger children to Freeport elementary schools for the first day of classes on Tuesday. Fifth- and sixth-graders at Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School, meanwhile, stood in two lines in front of the school, waiting to enter.
Burger King awards over $30,000 to students
Burger King owners, Debbie Sena and Jay Della Monica, awarded over $30,000 in scholarships to Nassau County students on Aug. 2 at 21 E. Merrick Rd. in Freeport.
Herald Neighbors
Health fair offers services to hundreds
Freeport’s Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist Church at 97 Broadway, welcomed 160 adults and children to their free Community Health Fair on Aug. 4. In a single day, the church volunteers along with …
Herald Neighbors
Canoe racers vie for first place medals
The Great Canoe Races are one of the oldest Freeport traditions that welcome residents and visitors from the tri-state area to compete for first place medals.
New Atomic Wings celebrates National Chicken Wing Day
Atomic Wings, Freeport’s newest Nautical Mile restaurant, celebrated National Chicken Wing Day on July 29 by giving away five free wings with orders.
Herald Neighbors
Flashback Friday into the ‘Roaring Twenties’
The Freeport High School’s performing arts center was transformed to the time of the “roaring ‘20s” on July 26. …
Editorial
Help students in need of school supplies
Imagine opening a new marble notebook on the first day of school and taking out your new box of crayons. Now imagine what it might be like to show up to class empty-handed and have to ask your teacher, or a classmate, to borrow a sheet of paper and pencil.
Editorial
Enjoy the rest of summer, locally
As the summer winds down, many families are racing to make the most out of the last days of the season before children return to school, high school grads go away to college and the days begin to cool. But look no farther than your geographic backyard . . .
Scott Brinton
Looking back on Adirondack days
The black bear suddenly appeared as if it were an apparition. It was tugging on a rope that suspended our duffle bag full of food high in a tree, a good distance from our lean-to. All at once the line snapped . . .
Alfonse D'Amato
On guns, let’s secure our liberty and our lives
The Declaration of Independence places “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” at the pinnacle of the American endeavor. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the world wars . . .
Randi Kreiss
Dancing on the balance beam of summer 2019
We are at the apex of summer, a peach-perfect moment, and how sweet it is. Tomatoes grow heavy on the vine . . .