George Santos sentenced to over seven years in prison, must pay over $300,00 in fines

George Santos, who was elected to Congress in 2022 and expelled a year later, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on April 24.

Charlie Enright, Oakcliff alumnus, to lead U.S. Sailing

When Charlie Enright first jumped on a boat at Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay in 2011, no one might have guessed that in less than 15 years he would become CEO of US Sailing...

Friends of the Bay finding ways to clean the beaches

A new initiative led by Friends of the Bay aims to tackle litter along local beaches with the help of both infrastructure and community involvement...

Learning about art to appreciate nature at Bailey Arboretum

Bailey Arboretum hosted an engaging art presentation titled "Landscapes in Art History" to commemorate Earth Day on April 22...

Roosevelt teachers inspire their students

Students at Theodore Roosevelt School were treated to a unique performance on April 7—an original play about protecting the environment, written and performed by none other than their own teachers and administrators.

He worked with renowned composers like Bernstein

What to know about famed composer and Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library reference librarian Leonard Lehrman

For Leonard J. Lehrman, music is more than a passion — it’s the fabric of his life. An accomplished composer, conductor and pianist, Lehrman has spent decades championing the works of …

Ornithologist Roger Pasquier discussed extinct, and invasive, bird species

Learning about feathered friends at special Raynham Hall Museum lecture

Ornithologist Roger Pasquier captivated an audience at Raynham Hall Museum on March 7 with a lecture titled “Birds of Long Island,” a deep dive into the region’s past and present …

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Hernesto Galdamez: Not all immigrants are criminals

For many immigrants, coming to the United States without legal documentation isn’t an act of criminality, but an act of survival — an effort to escape violence, political persecution or a situation so dire that the only option is to flee.

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Rory Christian: Local voices matter, and the RAPID Act listens

If we’re serious about clean energy, grid reliability and energy security the RAPID Act is our path toward resiliency and sustainability.

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Adrienne Esposito: Companies that produce packing waste must recycle it

New York is experiencing a solid-waste crisis, with skyrocketing costs to municipalities, abysmal recycling rates, and plastic pollution littering our communities and waterways.

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Peter King: We must restore Musk’s cuts of the 9/11 health fund

During my years in Congress, no issue was more vital or intensely personal to me than ensuring that all of the surviving victims of the attacks of Sept. 11 receive the care they require and deserve for the illnesses caused by the toxins they breathed in at ground zero in the days, weeks and months afterward.