Doctors and nurses with Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital helped deliver and care for five sets of twin babies in a two-and-a-half week span.
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By Daniel Offner
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2/15/23
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When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two. But no list is complete without teachers.
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2/9/23
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The City of Long Beach already has hundreds, maybe even thousands, of documents, both old and new, available to the public on its website and transparency portal ranging from council meeting agendas …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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2/9/23
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A bit of Asian culture, colorful, bold and musical, came to the Long Beach Public Library last Sunday, the last day of the Lunar New Year.
Two groups composed primarily of teenagers — the …
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By James Bernstein
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2/9/23
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One day in the summer of 1946, Ginny Lamanda, then 14, was chasing a group of young boys down Park Street, in Lido Beach, in a game of Ringolevio. A 14-year-old boy, Don Kelly, was watching it all …
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By James Bernstein
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2/9/23
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Not even retirement can slow down Peter King. After 28 years in the U.S. House — including a two-year stint as chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — as well as more than two decades serving on both the Hempstead town council and as Nassau County comptroller, King finds himself busier than ever.
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By Michael Hinman
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2/2/23
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It was like having security cameras in every room of a house but one. That’s how Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone described to reporters the decentralized, hodgepodge security infrastructure of the county’s computer network . . .
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2/2/23
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The Long Beach City Council, still weighing whether to reverse a decision it made in December 2021 to opt out of a New York state program to allow retail sales of marijuana, met with state cannabis …
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By Brendan Carpenter and James Bernstein
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2/2/23
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A giant male humpback whale was found washed ashore at Lido Beach early Monday morning, according to Nassau County Police.
A police spokesman at Mineola headquarters said officers received a call …
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By James Bernstein
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1/30/23
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January is National Blood Donor Month, first established a half-century ago. And it’s a good thing that declaration stuck, because blood is often in short supply, as it is today . . .
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1/26/23
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