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A Few Clouds Freeport-Merrick Rotary steps up to help
Continues mission of ‘service above self’
For 75 years, the Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club has lived by its motto, “Service above self.” But the Rotary has faced many obstacles since the coronavirus pandemic broke out last …
Baldwin, Freeport millennials talk diversity
Legislator hosts virtual panel with residents
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé hosted a discussion with millennial constituents last week as part of a virtual panel called “Redesigning the District: A Conversation with …
Freeporter sentenced to life — again — for murdering two Baldwin men
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that John Pierotti, 66, of Freeport, would continue his life-sentence without parole on Feb. 24, nearly a year after a jury found him guilty …
Freeport's first win a buzzer beater
Freeport boys’ basketball program opened practice Feb. 1 with heavy hearts after one of its own, senior Danyel Saint-Louis, was tragically killed Nov. 11 when he was struck by a vehicle on the …
Freeport's Rev. Eugene Purvis dies at 97
WW II hero, community leader
The Rev. Eugene Purvis, 97, of Freeport, died on Feb. 5. He was the beloved husband of Dr. Sylvia Purvis, and loving father of Alexius, David and Eugene Jr. Purvis was a World War II …
Freeport school taxes could rise again
The Freeport School District will likely be forced to raise its tax levy for the second straight year because of inadequate state aid, district officials said at the Feb. 10 Board of Education …
Three candidates vie for Freeport mayor’s position
With Freeport Village elections less than a month away, the Herald sent out two questions to the three mayoral candidates, incumbent Robert Kennedy and challengers Carmen Piñeyro and Thelma …
The gift of a new life
When Freeporter Sharima Hyland attended St. John’s University in 2004, she got the opportunity of a lifetime when the college’s gospel choir, in which she sang, invited her on its mission …
Officials urge people to get vaccinated
When Maria Jordan-Awalom, of Freeport, contracted the coronavirus last year, she said that one of her main motivations to recover was so she could protect her 84-year-old parents from the …
Editorial
A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc.
Editorial
Vaccine distribution needs improvement
The rollout of New York state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution has been, at times, disorganized, even chaotic, but in fairness, the state has received a mere 300,000 doses per week, while the need is significantly greater than that . . .
Randi Kreiss
A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake
I admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys.