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Mostly Cloudy Kennedy wins second state championship
For the second time in school history, the Kennedy boys’ volleyball team has risen to the top of the state.
Police talk down possible jumper on Meadowbrook overpass
Nassau County police were able to talk an apparently suicidal man down form the edge of the overpass on the Meadowbrook Parkway at Jerusalem Avenue, on the border of North Bellmore and Uniondale, on Nov. 13.
Mepham school bus involved in minor collision during Thursday's storm
At the height of Nov. 15’s surprise snowstorm, a school bus carrying Mepham students in North Bellmore was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle.
North Bellmore man pleads guilty to assault on Muslim Uber driver
A North Bellmore man has pleaded guilty to assaulting his Uber driver, a Muslim, with a flashlight last year.
Attorney defends his work representing convicted Merrick doctor
Liotti maintains Michael Belfiore's innocence, says he consulted psychic at client's behest
Tom Liotti fired back last week after being accused of providing ineffective counsel to his former client, Merrick physician Dr. Michael Belfiore.
Curran, Democrats reach budget deal
After weeks of battling with both sides of the Republican-majority legislature over the 2019 Nassau County budget, County Executive Laura Curran on Monday announced that she had reached a deal with minority Democrats finalize her budget, with a number of bipartisan legislative amendments that she initially vetoed last week.
Community mourns as one
Rabbi Charles Klein, of the Merrick Jewish Centre, planned to visit Pittsburgh, along with a delegation of other rabbis, this week to comfort the be-reaved and visit the wounded after a deadly anti-Semitic mass shooting at Tree of Life Congregation.
Crime
D.A.: Bellmore travel agent scammed clients out of $10K
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Bellmore travel agent for allegedly scamming at least six cruise trip clients out of payments totaling more than $10,000.
Herald seeks People of the Year nominations
The Bellmore and Merrick Heralds are currently seeking nominations for our annual Person of the Year. All People of the Year are featured in full-length, front-page feature stories that appear in our final issue of the year, which will be published on Dec. 27.
Op-Ed
Making the case for Hempstead’s budget
I was elected Town of Hempstead supervisor in 2017 to make our local government more accessible and accountable to residents. Since the first day of my administration . . .
John C. O'Connell
‘No day shall erase you from the memory of time’
Next week is the 17th Sept. 11 since Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the United States, flying airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashing in a Pennsylvania field. Schools and villages will, I hope . . .
Alfonse D'Amato
Trade that’s not fair can’t really be free
Every president has an opportunity to leave a mark on America. The most consequential impact the administration of Donald Trump may have is in the area of international trade.