Wantagh man arrested, accused of murdering wife

Nassau Police arrested 74-year-old Anthony Heaton, of Wantagh, for alleged murder on March 16. According to detectives, police responded to a residence on Oakland Avenue for a welfare check. …

Celebrating John Theissen, Wantagh’s 2024 grand marshal

It was a night full of Irish spirit as Wantagh honored John Theissen, the grand marshal of this year St. Patrick’s Day Parade. On March 7, the Chamber of Commerce hosted a Grand Marshal …

Levittown adult education program brings community together with courses on yoga, painting and pickleball

The Levittown school district has restored its Adult Continuing Education Program, which had been a pillar in the community for years before it was discontinued in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Soup and bread dinner at St. Francis de Chantal in Wantagh raises community awareness on hunger in America

On Sunday, March 11, the Young St. Vincentians of the Wantagh community hosted a dinner with various soups, bread and water symbolic of their blessed community.

March Mathness brings a numbers craze to Seaford Manor Elementary School

Numbers are cool at Seaford Manor Elementary School this month as March Mathness is creating a lot of buzz. The college basketball tournament-inspired math initiative is getting students excited to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

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Our communities need more doctors who look like me

I’m 26, and have lived virtually my whole life in Hempstead. I’ve seen a lot of health-related issues — low-income people of color, like me, suffering from chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and untreated mental illness. Often they haven’t been able to receive proper treatment for their conditions. I wanted to do something about it, and soon I will be able to, because I’m on my way to becoming a doctor.

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It’s me, not ChatGPT . . . at least I think so

Why should I work this week? No one works anymore, or if they show up, they bring attitude or the three stages of incompetence: Don’t care, don’t want to be here, don’t notice you standing there at my counter. (I don’t mean you, of course. Herald readers are all diligent, responsible people.)

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It’s time we find common ground on ‘Raise the Age’

Long Island has become the center of New York’s — and the nation’s — political conversation. In recent elections, state and local policies have had an enormous influence on Nassau and Suffolk County campaigns that ultimately played a decisive role in determining control of Congress.