Next Tuesday, May 16, is the day that eligible voters across New York state can vote on school district budgets . . .
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5/11/23
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U.S. Rep. George Santos was arrested this morning, turning himself in on a 13-count indictment accusing him of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false statements to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he serves.
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STAFF REPORT
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5/10/23
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The city held the first of two public hearings on the proposed 2023-24 budget Tuesday night, at which a crowd of community members took advantage of the opportunity to voice their complaints, or …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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5/7/23
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Had it not been for the predictably nightmarish Long Island traffic, Long Beach artist Ron McHenry would have been standing side by side with Vice President Kamala Harris, along with a portrait he …
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By James Bernstein
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5/7/23
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District has proposed a budget of nearly $245 million for the 2023-24 academic year, funding a number of projects beginning this fall . . .
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5/4/23
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Peter King says there's only one way you can bring him down, and it involves a bus, and a curb to step off of.
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By Michael Hinman
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4/30/23
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The City of Long Beach has proposed a 2023-24 budget with a 12.74 percent tax rate — the highest in several years and more than double the current 5 percent. The proposed spending plan totals …
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By James Bernstein
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4/30/23
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This Memorial Day weekend, Andre Marcell, of Long Beach, will be visiting his grandson Ellis August Eustis, who will be a year old, in California.
During the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, …
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By James Bernstein
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4/30/23
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The video is heart-wrenching. One by one, parents explain how their child drowned, holding their pictures and saying their names. It’s part of a public service announcement . . .
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4/27/23
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A plan Long Beach proposed two weeks ago to invite a new vendor or vendors to use the iconic MLK Center in the city’s largely Black North Park section — a move that could force out the …
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By James Bernstein
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4/23/23
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