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Be properly prepared for a fire in your home

By now most people are familiar with their local fire departments’ reminders to change the batteries in their smoke detectors . . . more

10/1/15

Sister Lynn Caton, a pastoral associate at Sacred Heart Parish in North Merrick, started a food garden for the first time this summer in large part to help protect the environment. She was inspired to act by Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on the environment, “On Care for Our Common Home.”

Taking the pope's message to Sacred Heart Parish

Sister Lynn Caton, a pastoral associate in charge of social ministries at Sacred Heart Parish in North Merrick, began a garden for the first time this summer. It’s a small patch of greenery under her office window, with a handful of bushy tomato plants and soaring sunflowers. There’s also a bird feeder and a clear-plastic cross. She calls it her little “corner of heaven.” more

By Scott Brinton | 9/23/15

Homeowner Gus Rendon said his East Carpenter Street house’s solar panels are saving him money.

Homeowner sings solar’s praises

People stop to ask Gus Rendon about his East Carpenter Street home’s solar panels so often that he keeps his sales representative’s business cards in his pocket when he does yard work. … more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 9/10/15

Engineer Andrew Braum, who lives in Wantagh, inspected many South Shore homes after Hurricane Sandy, and said some of his reports were later altered.

Engineer fighting for Sandy victims

After Hurricane Sandy struck, engineers visited thousands of damaged homes on the South Shore to evaluate the damage and determine whether the storm had caused structural damage — decisions … more

By Matthew Rachek | 7/30/15

Long Beach police at the scene of a shooting at the Channel Park Homes on June 19. Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford announced last week that she is seeking funding to bring the ShotSpotter system to the Long Beach Police Department.

Ford seeks ShotSpotter system for LBPD

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford announced last week that she is seeking funding to bring the Shotspotter Gunshot Detection and Location system to the Long Beach Police Department. The system … more

By Matthew Ern | 7/15/15

Retired Marine Bill Urianek presented Principal Walter Aksionoff with an American flag for the Dutch Broadway School.

Dutch Broadway helps Building Homes for Heroes

Students at Dutch Broadway Elementary School donated $5,627 to Building Homes for Heroes thanks to their yearlong recycling efforts and the school’s third annual Walk-a-Thon, which also … more

7/9/15

Town addresses zombie houses

The Town of Hempstead is beefing up its local law to deal with the additional abandoned homes after Hurricane sandy. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 7/1/15

The people's pope, a man of science

There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . . more

6/25/15

Donation for a good cause

Joseph E. Camolli, left, manager of Krauss Funeral Home, presented Rev. Msgr. Richard Figliozzi, pastor of St. Catherine of Sienna R.C. Church, with a donation on behalf of Krauss Funeral Home to aid … more

6/25/15

Miriam Graff, nutritionist and teacher, dies at 93

Miriam Graff, a longtime Merrick resident whose work as nutritionist and home economics teacher supported public health, died on May 28. She was 93. more

6/24/15

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