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Connie Roberts, of Merrick, who lived for a time in Bellmore, recently published her first poetry collection, “Little Witness,” to much acclaim. It describes a harrowing childhood at one of Ireland’s notorious industrial schools.

Each night as a child, Connie Roberts stroked her white plastic rosary beads, recited her prayers and curled up in her comfortless bed at the Mount Carmel Industrial School for Girls, in Ireland’s Midlands region. She often heard screams echo through the cavernous institution. Now 52, Roberts can still hear them in her head. They were, she said, “the worst.” more

By Scott Brinton | 7/22/15

Congress must renew the Zadroga Act

After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more

7/15/15

An incentive program overseen by the state Department of Health will offer up to $8 billion to hospitals that can effectively lower the number of low-income patients who frequently visit emergency rooms by treating them earlier. State Sen. Kemp Hannon, left, and NUMC president Dr. Victor Politi explained the program.

A plan to reform health care statewide

Nassau University Medical Center President Dr. Victor Politi and State Sen. Kemp Hannon announced on June 29 the hospital’s participation in an ambitious statewide incentive plan that aims to reform the health care system by focusing on greater care for at-risk, low-income patients to reduce “avoidable hospitalizations,” thereby lowering state Medicaid costs. If successful, the program could net hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for Long Island and Queens hospitals over the next five years, portions of which would go the NUMC. more

By David Weingrad | 7/8/15

Students enjoyed hamburgers and hot dogs on June 9 at Calhoun High School’s year-end barbecue on for its Prep for the Future program.

Calhoun celebrates ‘Prep’ program

Students and teachers in Calhoun High School’s “Prep for the Future” program, other Calhoun staff and local business leaders enjoyed sunny weather, finger-licking food and one another’s company on June 9 at the school. more

6/24/15

Eleventh-grader Kim Mathison straightened Alexa Capalbi’s hair with a flatiron.

English, math and a makeover

Calhoun High School teacher Alana Baard describes her classes as never-ending pajama parties. No kidding. Pajama parties. “Everyone is so eager to learn,” she says. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/17/15

Valley Stream North High School members of the Physical Education Leadership Program, along with their advisor, Sharon Zovich and their principal, Cliff Odell, were presented a check for $1,500 by Team Up 4 Community’s Steve and Teresa Webb, seen at left, and members of NBTY’s charity arm “Helping Hands” Marialice Dunphy and Gerard Battaglia.

North H.S. volunteers win prize in contest

embers of North High School’s Physical Education Leadership Program were awarded a $1,500 prize on May 27 for taking second place in a “viral video” contest hosted by a local nonprofit … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 6/17/15

Reading under the sun

While the summer is a time for children to relax and have fun, it is important to find time to read. Libraries across the area are organizing various summer reading programs for children and teens. more

By Matthew Rachek | 6/17/15

LONG BEACH, above, was inundated and much of its infrastructure destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, which pummeled the South Shore on Oct. 29, 2012.

With monster storms in mind, L.I. rebuilds

Hugh Mason, a Bellmore sheet metal worker, has learned to be patient. In Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, he and his family endured more than most. “I had 39 inches of water in my kitchen, all over my countertops,” Hugh recalled. more

6/10/15

Matthew Ern/ Herald Sen. Charles Schumer stood with local officials and homeowners impacted by Hurricane Sandy to outline the change in the insurance claims review process.

FEMA reopens Sandy insurance claims

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has announced the details of a new insurance claim review process that is designed to benefit thousands of homeowners who were underpaid after Hurricane Sandy. Schumer’s announcement, last Friday in Long Beach, came as the … more

By Matthew Ern | 6/3/15

Courtesy iStar iStar said the project will create a number of economic benefits for the city.

iStar defends Superblock tax break

The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency was scheduled to hear from hundreds of residents at a hearing on Wednesday as the agency considers iStar’s request for a 25-year tax break, which … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 6/3/15

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