Thursday, May 22, 2025
Voters in Freeport approved the school district’s $250.9 million budget for the 2025–26 school year on Tuesday night, passing a plan that maintains all existing programs, adds staff, and keeps the tax levy flat.
The Village of Freeport has been accused in a Federal Class Action lawsuit of illegally seizing vehicles from their owners.
More than 100 attendees gathered at Innovative Daycare Corp. in Freeport for a national Day Without Child Care rally, spotlighting low wages, underfunding, and the essential role of early educators.
Freeport High School will host a community service project on May 17 to pack over 240 duffel bags for homeless veterans, as part of Rotary’s EPIC Day of Service and a partnership with the nonprofit General Needs.
Construction at the Moxey Rigby site in Freeport is on schedule, with the foundation phase set to begin this summer and 200 new affordable and workforce apartments slated for completion by December 2026.
Chevonne Dixon received a life-saving heart transplant on Mother’s Day 2024 — a year later, she’s walking miles, biking, and inspiring thousands through her journey of resilience and faith.
Annamarie Carcione’s new solo exhibit at the Freeport Recreation Center blends vivid colors, animals, and emotion, offering a window into the inner world of the scenic artist behind Netflix and HBO sets
Members of the South Shore Conservation Society and Green Army filled 10 bags of trash during a spring cleanup at Brookside Preserve, joined by local officials and residents passionate about environmental stewardship.
The Freeport boys’ lacrosse team has undergone a major turnaround under first-year head coach Mark Andrejack. The Red Devils headed into their final three games of the season at 8-4 after …
Roosevelt High School will honor 37 students on May 29 for earning the New York State Seal of Biliteracy, nearly doubling last year’s total in a growing program reflecting academic and cultural excellence.
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New York is experiencing a solid-waste crisis, with skyrocketing costs to municipalities, abysmal recycling rates, and plastic pollution littering our communities and waterways.
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If we’re serious about clean energy, grid reliability and energy security the RAPID Act is our path toward resiliency and sustainability.
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During my years in Congress, no issue was more vital or intensely personal to me than ensuring that all of the surviving victims of the attacks of Sept. 11 receive the care they require and deserve for the illnesses caused by the toxins they breathed in at ground zero in the days, weeks and months afterward.
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Winners and losers are proclaimed extensively in politics, because politicians are tested on an almost daily basis.