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Mostly Cloudy and Windy Freeporters take part in local protests
Like many villages and hamlets across Long Island, Freeporters held local protests yesterday against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. About a hundred residents …
Meet the Freeport BOE candidates
Three candidates are running for the two-open positions on the Freeport Public School District Board of Education. While incumbents Vilma Lancaster and Ronald Ellerbe hope to retain their …
Freeporters speak out on George Floyd's death
People started to stream into the demonstration in front of the Nassau County Legislature and Executive Building in Mineola on June 1. They had come to protest the killing of George Floyd by a …
Freeport library begins Phase One of reopening
The Freeport Memorial Library will resume curbside pickup of Library materials today, more than two months after closing its building due to the coronavirus pandemic. Curbside pickup will be …
Freeport honors Class of 2020
Freeport School District administrators and staff joined together on May 29 to hold a car parade for the Freeport High School Class of 2020. The parade began at the high school at 11 a.m. …
Covid-19 antibody testing available in Freeport
Covid-19 antibody testing will be available at the Long Island Federally Qualified Health Clinics in Freeport, Elmont, Hempstead and Westbury starting on June 2. The antibody tests are …
Freeport businesses cautiously optimistic over Phase One of reopening
Freeport businesses are cautiously optimistic about their future as Long Island began the Phase One reopening of its battered economy on May 27. Phase One allows construction and wholesale …
Freeport clears area for day laborers
The Freeport Village Attorney’s Office has begun a criminal investigation into the owners of the Freeport Trailer — a small trailer near Sunrise Highway where day laborers have gathered …
RCI, Heralds support media partners with free crisis marketing webinar
Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, is supporting local businesses through this challenging environment with a free crisis marketing webinar. Veteran ad sales coach …
Editorial
New York can learn a lot from South Korea
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling . . .
Editorial
Stay strong, Nassau
Last weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing.
Randi Kreiss
Living through Covid-19, in bits and pieces
I’ve been thinking about wagon trains; I’ll tell you why later. If I remember. Yeah, a serious side effect of the pandemic is definitely attention deficit disorder.