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For many Long Islanders, the unofficial kickoff to summer fun begins with a trip to Jones Beach to watch those amazing aerial maneuvers that take over the sky during the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show on Saturday and Sunday.
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By Karen Bloom
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5/23/12
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The North Merrick School District was able to save staff positions originally intended to be cut or reduced after receiving additional state aid, according to Superintendent David Feller.
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By David Weingrad
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5/4/12
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Colorful blooms will bring many visitors (actually thousands) to Hofstra University for one the area’s favorite springtime traditions, Hofstra’s Dutch Festival. The festival celebrates its 29th year on Sunday with the glorious tulips that honor the Dutch heritage of founder William S. Hofstra.
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By Karen Bloom
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5/2/12
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Jockey Cornelio Velasquez was cool, calm and collected during the first race of 2012 at Belmont Park last Friday afternoon, waiting for just the right moment to ask Modern Child to make a move in the one-mile dirt event that kicked off the 56-day spring/summer meet.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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5/1/12
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South Shore residents accustomed to jumping in their boats and heading out for a day of clamming in Hempstead Bay will have to travel farther this spring and summer. At the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Town of Hempstead’s shellfishing areas west of the Wantagh Parkway were closed in February, with additional areas closed on April 1. Affected areas include the waters south of Bellmore, Merrick and Freeport.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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4/19/12
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My first guest column, “Reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government” was published in the Herald back in August 2010. It addressed political and operational irresponsibility in Albany and noted that if not corrected, they could lead to a new phase of fiscal instability beyond anyone’s imagination.
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Hal Peterson
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4/18/12
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First of two parts.
In 1965, Morris Kramer, a 30-year-old bachelor who lived in Atlantic Beach with his mother, claimed that the Lawrence Public School District and the State of New York were discriminating against him.
Kramer owned no property and had no children in the schools, so, by state law at the time, he couldn’t vote in a school district election. That, he said, violated his constitutional rights.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/18/12
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To the Editor:
I recently read in –– where else? –– the Merrick and Bellmore Heralds that Senior Editor Scott Brinton took home first place for Best Column in the New York Press Association’s annual clips contest, as well as third place for column writing in the Local Media Association’s clips competition. I would like to offer my congratulations for these prestigious honors.
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4/13/12
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican of Merrick, will be honored at Vision Long Island’s 11th annual Smart Growth Awards at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury in June for his role in authoring the state’s “Complete Streets” law.
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4/13/12
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Herald Community Newspapers had a strong showing in both the New York Press Association’s and Local Media Association’s 2011 contests.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/6/12
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