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Mostly Cloudy and Windy Freeport honors fallen vets
While the Village of Freeport could not hold its annual Memorial Day Parade due to the Covid-19 pandemic, village officials still joined together with the Freeport Fire and Police Departments this …
Inwood parade salutes essential workers, front-liners and veterans
Inwood resident Diane Tyler, whose daughter Sharifah is a home health aide, and has many family members and friends on what is called the frontline of caring for and responding to the needs of Covid-19 patients said she was thinking of a way to honor the front-liners.
After being furloughed, Merrick’s Rachel Rabinowitz gives back to community
Rachel Rabinowitz’s corporate position at Macy’s New York City headquarters was her first major job out of college. Despite a total of four years there, she was furloughed in April as the Covid-19 outbreak grew more severe.
Kenneth Ostrove, Covid-19 victim, lived with sand in his shoes
Kenneth Ostrove was proof of what is often said about Long Beach: you can leave, but you always come back. And Ostrove did. He was born and raised in Long Beach, served as a lifeguard and pitched …
Riding the rails amid the Covid-19 pandemic
I never imagined the emptiness. It left me with a sinking feeling, a sense of aloneness that I had not experienced before as I stood on Long Island Rail Road train trestles during the middle of what …
Long Island to begin Phase One reopening Wednesday: Cuomo
Governor Cuomo rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday morning, the first day the physical building has been open for trading in months. The symbolic gesture came on the same day …
Freeport band students play for veterans
While there might not be a Memorial Day parade in Freeport this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, band students from Freeport High School still wanted to pay tribute to local veterans, so they …
Town of Hempstead rolls out 'concierge service' to help residents as beaches open Saturday
Hempstead officials Friday announced a new “Coronavirus Concierge Service team,” to help keep patrons socially distanced and safe amid the pandemic while the town prepares to welcome …
What it’s like to be Tom Suozzi during the coronavirus pandemic
By his own account, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi is extremely busy. There’s his work in Washington, where he fights for funding for New York, and his many local responsibilities in Glen Cove, …
Mepham Pirettes win first national championship
The Wellington C. Mepham varsity kickline team won its first national championship in program history on March 8 at the World Disney World Resort in Florida.
Glen Cove EMS ambulances to get daily professional cleanings with Covid-19 killing solution
The Clinical Clean staff will be cleaning Glen Cove EMS ambulances every day.
Hempstead adds tax-collection sites for May
The Town of Hempstead has set up three drive-through tax-collection booths at points across the town, including one in front of Rock Hall, the stately, two-story 1767 mansion in Lawrence. Supervisor …
County pays tribute to health care ‘heroes’ on National Nurses Day
In honor of National Nurses Day, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other county officials paid tribute Wednesday to the healthcare professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic. …
Nassau to reinstate elective surgeries: county executive
Governor Cuomo has granted Nassau's request to reinstate elective surgeries, County Executive Laura Curran tweeted Tuesday afternoon. Curran had made the request in a letter to the governor …
How to make a mask in four easy steps
Making a mask is simple, using a T-shirt and paper towel or coffee filter. Here's how, in four simple steps.
Long Island Trauma Recovery Network to provide free therapy
The Long Island Trauma Recovery Network will provide free therapy to health care workers, first responders, essential employees, their families, and those whose loved ones are facing or have passed …
Editorial
New York can learn a lot from South Korea
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling . . .
Editorial
Stay strong, Nassau
Last weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing.
Scott Brinton
Why Berniecrats should embrace the public option
My most recent column, “Medicare for all could cost you a bundle,” was published in the March 5-11 issue. So much has transpired since then. For one, the world turned upside down.
Randi Kreiss
What is your mother’s doctor’s license plate number?
We’re all caught in the password paradox: We need passwords that we can remember but that are odd and complex enough not to be memorable. As we get older, this is challenging.
Alfonse D'Amato
America must bring critical production home
If there’s one overarching economic lesson the coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it’s that the United States has become over-reliant on other nations for critical manufacturing capacity.
Send the Herald your stories, photos of how you're coping with the coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has vastly altered our daily routines. Parents are at home. Children are at home. College students are at home. All must stay put, we are told, for now. People are making …
Op-Ed
Reform higher education with three-year degrees
Amid a global pandemic, colleges nationwide have indefinitely shifted classes online. With students no longer using campus facilities and resources . . .