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Overcast Abrahams hosts baby formula drive
District 1 libraries will receive donations
As local families struggle to navigate the impacts of a nationwide baby formula shortage, Nassau County Legislator Kevan M. Abrahams (D-Freeport) has partnered with the Baldwin, Hempstead, Freeport, East Meadow, Roosevelt, and Uniondale Public Libraries to launch a baby formula drive on Monday, May 23.
Kudos to Hempstead ’22 valedictorian and salutatorian
Daniella Marroquin, Ashley Rivas earn the top spots
After a year of friendly competition among Hempstead High School's highest-scoring seniors, Daniella Marroquin and Ashley Rivas earned the valedictorian and salutatorian distinctions.
Hempstead school budget passes; Johnson, Williams take school board seats
Major capital upgrades approved in Proposition 2
With the promise of hefty support from government aid, Hempstead's bulky school budget got a strong "yes" from voters. Proposition 2 also passed, guaranteeing major capital improvements. In the race for two school board seats, Lamont Johnson was voted continued his nine-year presence on the board, and educator Joylette Williams will join the board for the first time.
Hobbs congratulates the Class of 2022
This Village takes the utmost pride in the success of our Hempstead High School seniors.
HHS auditorium renamed for Dr. David B. Gates II
Gates had multiple roles in the Hempstead community
When David Bernard Gates, II, passed away at age 56 in March 2020, he left several gaping holes in the fabric of Hempstead Village.
Politics
Officials: Shortage of baby, medical formula was avoidable
Under a spring sky soft with the threat of rain in the air, Don Clavin joined fellow government officials and parents demanding Congress push much harder to alleviate the current national shortage of baby and medical formula.
Hempstead Village Education
Sacred Heart students’ research published
Two Hempstead girls, Bella Guerra and Kaylin Spinelli, have once again excelled in local and international behavioral science venues.
Hempstead and Uniondale Crime
Drunk driving indictment for Uniondale woman
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a Uniondale woman on charges including aggravated vehicular homicide, for allegedly driving while intoxicated at a high rate of speed and crashing into a parked vehicle in Hempstead, killing the occupant, in May 2021.
Hempstead history
A tribute to Hempstead Village entrepreneur Lonnie Johnson
All times are right for remembering good people, but Black History Month is especially right for commemorating Lonnie Johnson, an athletic Air Force veteran who once owned five businesses in Hempstead.
Peer Diversion Court now allowing ABGS participants
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.
Editorial
Maintaining VA centers is the least we can do
In the waning weeks of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln realized that sooner rather than later, the tens of thousands of Union soldiers returning from the battlefield would be forced to fend for themselves.
Op-Ed
This week we pay tribute to volunteers
Several years ago, during my first day on the job as regional disaster officer for the American Red Cross in Central and South Texas, where I worked before joining the organization here in New York . . .
Jerry Kremer
Let’s focus more on Long Island’s downtowns
In Nassau and Suffolk counties there are over 100 villages and 11 towns. While all of these jurisdictions are supported by property taxes . . .
Randi Kreiss
The holidays don’t dampen worldwide strife
This week the three major religions of the world marked their holy days in calendric synchrony. Over the same few days,