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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy Baldwin, Freeport heroes honored
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mule’ (D-Freeport) recognized 16 people and organizations as “Covid Heroes” of the Fifth Legislative District during a ceremony at the Baldwin …
Rosh Hashana in Freeport
Rosh Hashana is the Birthday of The World. It is a time when we celebrate creation, a time when we give gratitude to God, asking for forgiveness. It is said on Rosh Hashana that with …
Freeporters head back to school
Freeport students returned to classes on Sept. 8 and 9 for in-person learning for the first time since the district closed in March. “After many months of working collaboratively with …
Freeport remembers 9/11
Dozens of Freeporters gathered at the village’s 9/11 memorial last night, at S. Bayview Avenue and Ray Street, to remember their neighbors who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist …
Freeport High School fall sports get delayed
Freeport High School student-athletes may have to wait until 2021 to compete in sports. At an emergency meeting on Aug. 26, Nassau school superintendents voted to postpone Section VIII high school …
Getting everyone counted
Local elected officials urged all Nassau County residents to complete the 2020 census at a news conference on Tuesday in Roosevelt. U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice said that while Nassau has a 71 percent …
Freeport Ninja Academy overcomes hurdles
As she drove around Freeport’s industrial area last year, Kathryn Gawrych, 27, of Massapequa, was searching for the perfect place to house her vision, a Ninja Warrior academy, where she would …
Community raises funds to help 97-year old WWII veteran
Members of the Freeport and East Meadow communities are rallying behind 97-year old World War II veteran Rev. Eugene Purvis to help him and his wife Dr. Sylvia Purvis with long overdue home …
Freeport gyms begin reopening
Freeport gyms are excited to be back in business after Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered that gyms in the state could begin reopening on Monday. Gym facilities can reopen at 33 percent capacity, with face …
Freeporters demand justice for boat crash victims
As Long Island began reopening in July, friends Victor Moz and Jorge Soto Monge, both of Freeport, returned to work as delivery drivers for Best Buy and P.C. Richards, respectively. After a …
Editorial
Fill out the census — the deadline is Sept. 30
Elected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out.
Editorial
The CDC’s Covid-19 back-to-school checklist
Hundreds of thousands of students will start school across Long Island next week amid the worst disease outbreak in the United States since 1918. It is a time of fear and anxiety for many parents . . .
Randi Kreiss
You’d better believe it: We are in this together
Five years ago, I returned from a visit to my kids and grandkids, who live in a mountain town in northern California, and in this space I wrote, “I have come back from the future, and if you plan on going, better wear your fire-retardant underwear.”