Summer is almost here, and with it many of the benefits of living by the shore. But June also marks the beginning of the year’s hurricane season on the East Coast, and with memories of Sandy …
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6/4/14
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Mystic India combines traditional and contemporary Indian culture in a colorful spectacle of music, dance and theater.
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6/4/14
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Officials at the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County district attorney’s office are investigating what they described as a racially charged incident at a town Highway Department facility in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/7/14
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Hempstead Town officials said they are investigating a racist notice posted at a Town Highway Department facility in Levittown…
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/29/14
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The possibility that the Democratic Party will lose control of the U.S. Senate in November has put Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in attack mode.
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4/17/14
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The South Shore Symphony welcomes the season with its latest concert, "Two Virtuosos and a Virtuoso Orchestra" this weekend.
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3/26/14
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Marijuana legalization is all the rage these days, much to my chagrin. I oppose it. Always have. Always will.
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3/6/14
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It is an ignominious history that Long Islanders don’t like to remember or even recognize. For nearly 200 years, from the early 1600s to the early 1800s, Long Islanders owned slaves.
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2/20/14
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Nasrin Ahmad watched emotionally as results filtered in for the Hempstead town clerk election on Nov. 6, in which she received 52 percent of the vote to retain the position she had occupied for two months after being appointed by the town board.
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By David Weingrad
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2/20/14
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If there were killers wandering America, randomly shooting kids in their classrooms, stalking our sons and daughters on their high school and college campuses, surely we would rise up and march on Washington, demanding action.
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2/6/14
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