Hempstead resident is a Regeneron scholar

Bella Guerra, 18, of Thorne Avenue in Hempstead, has achieved the prestigious rank of scholar (semifinalist) in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search, one of only 300 students nationwide to do so.

Peer Diversion Court now allowing ABGS participants

Program started in Hempstead, has 96% successful completion rate

Sean and Bobby, ages 24 and 17, argued about money in the car. Sean was driving. Their argument intensified. At one point, Sean locked the doors from the driver’s side so Bobby couldn’t leave the car.

Child care providers fight for government support

The pandemic exposed the prevalence of the need

When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in March 2020, a new phrase passed into common use: essential worker. The term referred particularly to employees whose jobs were essential to societal function and could not be accomplished remotely, like those in health care, food production, and sanitization. But when employees in these sectors went to work, what happened to their young children?

Hempstead native is MLK Day keynote speaker

Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., delivered the welcoming address

The keynote speaker at the Hempstead Village Annual Martin Luther King Day of Reflection is normally a clergyperson or teacher. But this year it was Lennitt Bligen, Jr., 38, a Hempstead native and father of three with a career in finance.