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A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run?
Car parade to honor West Hempstead's Stop & Shop victims
Dozens of cars filled more than half of the parking lot at the National Wholesale Liquidators site in West Hempstead in preparation for a heartfelt car parade last Sunday. Residents, accompanied …
NCPD: Hempstead man charged with murder in Stop & Shop shooting
Updated at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday A 31-year-old Hempstead man, Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, was charged with one count of second-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder Wednesday after he allegedly entered the West Hempstead Stop & Shop the day before and started shooting employees in the manager's office, according to officials.
First-of-its-kind mobile Covid-19 vaccination unit comes to Uniondale
March 31 marked a milestone in the Town of Hempstead's battle against Covid-19. At a news conference, Town Supervisor Don Clavin announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, you’re standing in …
Protesters urge state senators to fund excluded workers
Nearly a year after undocumented domestic and immigrant workers were excluded from the $2.2 trillion federal CARES Act, nine Long Island organizations rallied together Feb. 25 to call for passage of …
Uniondale budget passes; Desiré and Longsworth elected to Board of Education
In the Uniondale School District, Charmise Desiré ran unopposed, receiving 677 votes. Current board member Justin Brown did not seek re-election. Natalie Longsworth ran unopposed for his …
Editorial
L.I. is making strides on the environmental front
April 22 is Earth Day, when we come together as a nation — and a planet — to celebrate the natural world and renew our vows to protect the environment from harm. In honor of Earth Day five years ago . . .
Scott Brinton
The story that haunts me all these years later
I covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that that day would haunt me still.
Op-Ed
The tyranny of false equivalencies
My March 4-10 column, “Voting is an act of choice and an expression of voice,” prompted a note from someone who wanted to talk about threats to democracy. He leads a group of citizens . . .
Jerry Kremer
Laura Curran is handling Nassau County with aplomb
There are many benefits to getting older, although I often wish that I were a lot younger. When it comes to Long Island politics, I have pretty good recall going back to the mid-1950s.