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These women raised their arms high while chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot," at the Black Lives Matter protest in Merrick and Bellmore on Thursday.
Black Lives Matter protest, Merrick, day three
For a third straight night, Black Lives Matter demonstrators convened in Merrick and Bellmore to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the systemic racism that is … more
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The Lynbrook "Tumblers" competed at the State Old Fashioned Drill in Merrick. Fire departments from all over Nassau County will compete in similar events in Rockville Centre on July 25.
Firefighters to participate in County parade, drill
Rockville Centre will be hosting fire departments from across the area for the 2015 Nassau County Parade and Drill Tournament on Saturday, July 25. more
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Meeting June 16 on FEMA’s reopening of Sandy flood insurance claims
Tuesday, June 16, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Long Beach Hotel, 405 East Broadway, Long Beach more
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, left, met with Sens. Bob Mendenez, Cory Booker, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Mar. 11.
Action for Sandy victims
After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation. more
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Ninety-year-old Muzzy, of East Rockaway, shown here at a local rally, is living in a trailer on her property until her home can be rebuilt.
Still reeling from Sandy in East Rockaway
Kate Hughes says that her 90-year-old mother, “Muzzy” — as she’s known to her neighbors and friends — has been victimized twice: once by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and again, for the … more
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Brendan Murray, Herald reporter
I'm from here — which I don't say enough
It was Sunday night just before Halloween, and I was headed to the grocery store in an attempt to further put off my homework after neglecting it to dress up like a spaceman for the weekend. I … more
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Barry with Sharon Friend of Project Hope, with whom he credits with helping him regain hope after Hurricane Sandy
With a little help from his friends
After Hurricane Sandy, I was lost. I had been hurt on the job just a few months before the storm, and I was unable to move anything. I lost a lifetime of treasures in the storm, including my high … more
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Erin Bianco received CVS electronic gift card donations from those who wanted to contribute to relief efforts. They raised more than $3,500 in these cards
A silver lining for East Rockaway after the storm
Erin Bianco, a Lynbrook resident who lived in East Rockaway when the storm hit, said she would remember the kindness and charity the storm brought out. “The silver lining in all of this was when … more
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An empty lot on West Boulevard is all that is left of their home as the Moran family waits for permits to rebuild.
Raising, rebuilding a battered community
Since Hurricane Sandy struck nearly two years ago, the landscape of hard-hit Bay Park has changed drastically. It is now an eclectic mix of small houses perched high atop newly poured cement … more
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The Bay Park Civic Association’s playground was virtually demolished by Hurricane Sandy.
A new playground for Bay Park Civic association
Hurricane Sandy took many things with her — but the hard-hit community of Bay Park will soon have a new playground to replace the one the storm destroyed at its civic association headquarters … more
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