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Brigid Vogt with her dog, Lennon IV, whom she describes as “the best thing that ever happened to me.” Husband, Ben, is in the background.

Canine companions provide essential services

Luke Tordy says his service dog, Dragon, reconnected him with his life. Brigid Vogt says her dog, Lennon IV, brought a similar transformation. Such matter-of-fact statements are commonplaces from … more

By Timothy Denton | 9/25/20

Wantagh Middle School students patiently waited under the school’s colonnade for the opening of school doors on Sept. 9.

Wantagh superintendent welcomes class of 2033

Sept. 8 marked the first day Wantagh School District students returned to their classrooms since mid-March due to the effects of the coronavirus. The students stepped off their yellow school buses … more

9/25/20

Local elected officials joined comedy club owner James Dolce, center, outside Governor’s of Levittown last Thursday to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reopen the venues for laughs.

Comedians rally for laughs outside Governor’s

Roughly 50 people gathered outside Governor’s Comedy Club in Levittown last Thursday afternoon to demand Gov. Andrew Cuomo reconsider his decision to keep the venue closed amid the coronavirus … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 9/25/20

Harry Burger, the Green Party candidate in the Second Congressional District.

A first-time politician aims to rock the boat

Only 44 days remain until Election Day and only 33 days until the early voting period in Nassau and Suffolk counties. New York’s Second Congressional District is electing successor to longtime … more

By J.D. Freda | 9/25/20

The Rev. Ron Garner, pastor of the Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church for the past 10 years, will lead a vigil for the abolition of nuclear weapons on Saturday on his church’s back lawn

Church to hold anti-nuke vigil

The Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church will hold an evening vigil on Saturday to mark International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. more

By Timothy Denton | 9/24/20

The facility is offering bricks like these as part of a Heritage Trail.

Bricks build pathway to solvency

The coronavirus pandemic has hit most area businesses hard, but local, mostly small nonprofit organizations, like the Seaford Historical Museum, have suffered even more. more

By Timothy Denton | 9/24/20

The Nassau County Police Department Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Corps led the march from Seaford to Wantagh last Friday in an impromptu 9/11 memorial.

Seaford, Wantagh remember 9/11

More than 200 people gathered last Friday night to march from Seaford to Wantagh in an impromptu memorial to those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks 19 years ago. For many of those who … more

By Timothy Denton | 9/17/20

Congressional candidate Jackie Gordon, second from left, at the Wantagh American Legion 9/11 memorial with State Sen. John Brooks, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Assembly candidate Kevin Gorman.

Joe Biden endorses Jackie Gordon in 2nd C.D.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, endorsed Democrat Jackie Gordon on Monday in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Peter King in New York’s 2nd Congressional … more

By J.D. Freda | 9/17/20

Republican congressional candidate Andrew Garbarino will release his first tv ad focused on the general election on Sept. 17.

Congressional candidate Andrew Garbarino to release first TV ad

On Thursday, Sept. 17, Republican candidate for New York's 2nd Congressional District Andrew Garbarino will release his first television ad focused on the general election. He previously released an … more

By J.D. Freda | 9/16/20

Susan Hutchins was among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Nassau County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in … more

By Scott Brinton | 9/14/20

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