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Light Snow Fog/Mist Valley Stream parents react to Blakeman’s mask order
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order last week that requires Valley Stream school districts, and all other Nassau County districts, to vote this month on whether to …
VS Central High School District Board of Education names North High administrators
Dr. Robin Small was named Valley Stream North High School principal alongside Fabian Jara as an assistant principal by the Central District Board of Education Dec. 14. The two had been the North …
Local restaurants in Valley Stream struggle amid surge in Covid cases
Valley Stream restaurants and bars are feeling the effects of the new wave of Covid-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant. From supply-chain shortages to declines in the inflow of …
Rock and Wrap It Up proposes a veterans farmer's market at LIJ-V.S.
Rock and Wrap It Up, an award-winning anti-poverty think tank, has provided a veterans farmers market for residents of the Five Towns and Valley Stream since July 2020. Syd Mandelbaum, CEO of Rock …
She is truly one of the good ones
It was good news — or so we thought. After much anxious anticipation, the first approved vaccine for Covid-19 in the nation was rolled out late last year. And, in the early weeks of February, …
Community
Two missing teens found in Glen Cove
Missing 16 year-old Rachel Solomon, of Glen Cove, and 15 year-old Jake Rodgers, of Valley Stream, were found today by police detectives in a wooded area on Old Tappan Road in Glen Cove after a nearly …
Obituary
Lee Kaufman, local celebrity, dies at 99
Lee Kaufman, Swiffer commercial star and former Valley Stream elementary school teacher, died Dec. 18 at a hospice center in Port Jefferson from reported Covid-19 complications. She was 99. Kaufman …
Crime
Young Brooklyn man arrested for New Year's stabbing
An 18-year-old Brooklyn man, Reyesun Watson, allegedly stabbed a 26-year-old Valley Stream man in the abdomen with a knife Jan. 1, Nassau County police said. The victim was at his Melrose home …
Community
Waldinger Memorial Library exhibits local art teacher’s work
The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library has started off the new year with a new art exhibit featuring the artwork of local artist Matthew Khan, 38. Originally planned to end at the close of last year, …
Valley Stream Central High students go bananas for alum’s bio lesson
AP Biology students at Valley Stream Central High School were treated to a lesson which, could be said, held great a-peel: learning the basics of suturing by suturing on a banana. For the lesson, …
Randi Kreiss
Choosing to read hope in the crystal ball
What if we got knocked out of our socks by a brilliant turnabout in our national life? At the moment, “Happy New Year” rings hollow.
Op-Ed
The Webb telescope is up, but who was James Webb?
On Christmas Day, NASA sent into space the James Webb telescope, which, if all works out as planned, will provide us with our first look into the beginning of time.
Editorial
Nassau should enforce state’s mask mandate
Bruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executive-elect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.
V.S. North wrestlers hanging tough
Chris Bottjer inherited a scrappy group of Valley Stream North wrestlers from legendary coach Tom Maddock, who retired following the 2019-20 campaign.
Randi Kreiss
Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave
"Dear Ms. Kreiss: I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney . . .
Op-Ed
Conservative politics could play into school elections
The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.