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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast. more

By Howard Kopel | 4/15/21

Racial inequities and the Biden infrastructure plan

President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . . more

By Elaine Gross | 4/15/21

The pandemic of 1918 was pushed off the front pages

My husband’s father was 14 and living in New York during the pandemic of 1918, sometimes known as the Spanish flu. He must have had memories of the time; surely he knew people who died in Brooklyn, where he lived. more

4/15/21

Support the Mother Nature Bond Act

At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . . more

4/15/21

The Five Towns are prone to flooding due to their low elevation and their proximity to the Atlantic. Above, flooding at Albemarle and Westminster roads, near Peninsula Boulevard, in Cedarhurst.

Rice aims to check the rising cost of flood insurance

Responding to a study showing that flood insurance premiums could increase to nearly five times what they are now, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice is looking to introduce legislation that will limit the … more

By Matthew Ferremi | 4/15/21

Lawrence High School freshman Bryan Guevara wrote his letter to teacher Maria Karvales.

Lawrence School District teachers learn that their efforts have made a difference

Nearly a year after schools — like most of life — changed dramatically when the coronavirus pandemic began, shifting from in-person learning to remote instruction, the Lawrence High … more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/15/21

The Long Island Rail Road is suspending weekend service on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches April 16 to 19 for restoration work.

No weekend Far Rockaway, Long Beach LIRR service

Beginning on Friday, April 16 at 10:15 p.m. through Monday, April 19 at 3:30 a.m., service 9n both directions on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches of the Long Island Rail Road will be suspended for signal cutover in Valley Stream, which is part of restoration work stemming from Hurricane Sandy damage. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/14/21

Inwood resident Julio Portillo was charged with multiple counts of driving while intoxicated after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in Lawrence on April 13.

Inwood man charged with DWI

Nassau County police arrested an Inwood resident at 10:40 p.m. on April 13 for driving while intoxicated after the man allegedly left the scene of a vehicular accident at 679 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/14/21

Amy Sharin is the Lawrence High School class of 2021 valedictorian.

Lawrence High School’s top three scholars

Valedictorian Amy Sharin, salutatorian Nader Daruvala and honor speaker Daniela Andrade are the top three scholars of the class of 2021 for Lawrence High School. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/14/21

New York City police found a dead woman's body in the trunk of a car on the Nassau Expressway in Inwood and took four men into custody on April 14.

Woman’s body found after Inwood car stop

New York City police stopped a car on the Nassau Expressway at Bayview Avenue in Inwood after 2 a.m. on April 14, and found the body of a woman in the vehicle’s trunk. Police said that they saw four men come out of a building on Foam Place in Far Rockaway near 2 a.m. and put something in the trunk. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/14/21

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