Monday, February 17, 2025
The Cradle of Aviation, in Uniondale, hosted over 1,700 students and dental care providers for this year’s Give Kids A Smile Day on Feb. 7, making it the largest dental care event in the county’s history.
The Nassau County Republican Committee has nominated Karin B. Campbell, a longtime community advocate and former Westbury Board of Education president, as its candidate for the 2nd Legislative District in the Nassau County Legislature.
Justinne Lake-Jedzinak, of the Raynham Hall Museum, shared the history of Samuel Townsend’s family, and local enslaved people, with a gathering at the Uniondale Library on Feb. 6.
For half a century, Twin Oaks Day Camp has been a summer haven for generations of campers, who have created memories and friendships lasting a lifetime. As the camp marks its 50th anniversary …
Over 100 people stood outside the Nassau County Executive Building to condemn a recent decision by County Executive Bruce Blakeman to deputize 10 county police officers as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Uniondale students in third through eighth grades competed in a districtwide spelling bee on Jan. 30.
Uniondale High School’s new girls’ wrestling team took first place at the state qualifying meet last Sunday. Ten of the school’s top-ranking athletes will compete for state championships on Feb. 27 in Albany.
Community leaders and experts from across Nassau County gathered to talk to the public about what might hurt their finances this year at a panel in Hempstead’s Kennedy Park on Jan. 30.
NYU Langone found that 25 percent of Hempstead elementary students and 31 percent of middle and high school students were obese as of 2022.
With humor and assurance, Javier Guzman, senior organizer with Make the Road New York (Se Hace Camino NY), led a workshop on immigrant rights at Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School in Hempstead on Monday.
The Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act would provide small businesses with up to $4,000 for marketing in community media.
Editorial
The recent controversy surrounding Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s creation of an armed civilian unit has sparked intense debate.
Columnist
The advent of smartphones, social media and other personal devices has brought about a revolution that has impacted everything from the way we communicate and socialize to the way we research information and work.
Columnist
I’m an anxious person, and according to the American Psychiatric Association, 40 percent of Americans said last year that they were more anxious than the year before.
Columnist
After the congressional hearings that challenged university presidents on campus activism amid allegations of antisemitism, many institutions adopted policies of “institutional neutrality.”