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Mostly Cloudy West Hempstead budget voted down; Blass, Brohm and Cole elected to board
The West Hempstead School District's 2022-2023 budget $71,392,000 has failed, garnering 1,103 'no' votes to 734 'yes' votes.
Gov. Hochul announces upgrades to Hempstead Lake State Park
Major progress on the improvements to Hempstead Lake State Park in West Hempstead have been made, announced Gov. Kathy Hochul May 13.
Malverne activist joins James Cromwell for Starbucks protest
When Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell drew national attention by supergluing his hand to a counter at a midtown-Manhattan Starbucks on May 10 to protest the chain’s upcharge on non-diary milk, an animal activist from Malverne was also at the heart of the demonstration.
Animal activist installs billboards
Lifelong Malverne community advocate John DiLeonardo, who relocated to Riverhead last year, has dedicated his life to rescuing and rehabilitating animals, and now he’s hoping to encourage others to do the same in a big way.
Malverne honors Schutta family for Arbor Day
The Malverne village board, Hempstead Town board, Malverne residents and Legislator Bill Gaylor gathered, on April 30 at the village gazebo, to plant a tree in memory of Joseph and Carol Schutta for Arbor Day, who died within six months of each other.
Alternative energy blows in with Long Island's future at stake
There are certainly some advantages to living on an island — advantages Matt Cohen says Long Island doesn’t exploit enough. Especially when it comes to alternative energy sources like offshore wind.
Task force to explore antisemitism surge
Nassau County officials have created a special legislative task force to combat antisemitism and, immediately after being sworn in, went right to work. Made up of eight legislators …
Nassau County executive champions partnership with West Bank
Nassau County cemented its relationship with Israel last week, signing an economic and cultural agreement with the Shomron.
Op-Ed
Learning to protect ourselves from scammers
People have called him many things — kind, loving, helpful, funny. I’ve heard him described as meticulous. But to me and my siblings, he’s simply Dad.
Op-Ed
Elections are coming — make democracy work
Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
Randi Kreiss
Threat to choice has women on the march
Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.
Editorial
School board candidates should know the facts
After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .