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Fog/Mist Elmont and Franklin Square residents share their thoughts on Biden’s inauguration
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. stood at the very site where far-right insurrectionists had stormed the Capitol two weeks earlier to be sworn in as president on Jan. 20, and pleaded for unity at one of …
Franklin Square student creates claymation masterpieces
After watching a special starring the popular children’s video character Morph last March, Tony Pugliese decided to do some research on Morph, and discovered that he was made of clay — as …
Franklin Square school district switches to remote learning, Elmont and Sewanhaka schools closed
All schools in the Franklin Square school district, as well as the Gotham Avenue School in the Elmont Union Free School District, will remain closed until Jan. 19, as the number of coronavirus cases …
Franklin Square Sharing Tables provide residents with necessities
After Mary Kate Tischler, of Seaford, saw an article in a magazine about ways to help community members during the coronavirus pandemic, she decided to buy canned goods, other non-perishable food …
Far Rockaway man arrested for slashing victim in Franklin Square
Nassau County police have arrested a Far Rockaway man for allegedly slashing a man with a sharp object in Franklin Square on Dec. 8 at 5:10 p.m. According to detectives, a 48-year-old man saw a …
Franklin Square Christmas display raises more than $3K for St. Jude
There was barely a square inch of open space left on Robert Destefano’s front lawn back in December, between the countless Santa Clauses, the “Grinch” inflatable, penguins, seals, a …
New law protects undocumented immigrants in court
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can no longer arrest undocumented immigrants attending or leaving state and city courts without a warrant, under the newly passed Protect Our Courts Act, …
Franklin Square man decorates homes, businesses for the holidays
Larry Cozzolino has always been into art, from the time he was a child spray painting the windows at Phil’s Pizzeria and Restaurant in Massapequa to the time he was a young adult painting …
Franklin Square woman transfers burial rights to Covid victims
When Deborah Salant heard that victims of the coronavirus pandemic were being stored in refrigerated trucks in New York City, she knew she wanted to donate her family’s two burial plots at …
Island Harvest to distribute food to those in need
Hempstead Town officials handed out hundreds of boxes of food to Elmont residents in need last Friday, and announced a new program with Island Harvest to ensure that nobody within the town goes …
Franklin Square bus driver, transportation director dies of Covid
A longtime bus driver ad transportation director for the Franklin Square school district died from complications of the coronavirus on Jan. 9, Superintendent Jared Bloom told community members that …
Editorial
It’s high time truth prevails once again
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s short, mercurial, ruthless propaganda minister, was known to many as the “poison dwarf.” By all accounts, he was insanely obsessive and manipulative, …
Editorial
Please, get vaccinated when it’s your turn
On Monday, New York entered Phase 1b of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination program, meaning that first responders, public safety and transit workers and . . .
Jerry Kremer
How long will we suffer, and how well will we heal?
It’s now nearly a year since the Trump administration learned that a deadly virus was making its way into our country. During that period, the White House and many governors have engaged in a political wrestling match . . .
Randi Kreiss
Saving our sanity and our souls through books
It nearly killed me. One of my grandkids said they “hate” books. They don’t read books except when one is assigned in school. Given the options of smartphones, TV and computers . . .