Long Beach man arrested for fatal crash

Garden City police arrested a man after he allegedly fled a single-car crash scene that resulted in one death early Sunday, Feb. 9. The car crashed into a tree at the intersection of Stewart …

Did the Long Beach Board of Education decide to keep East Elementary School open?

Long Beach school board votes to keep East Elementary open, citing community needs, as it reviews a preliminary $157.8M budget.

Long Beach City Council moves forward with planning board

Long Beach City Council moves forward with plans to create a planning board, aiming to enhance development oversight, preserve city character and ensure smart growth.

Long Beach, Atlantic Beach renew fire aid contract

The City of Long Beach has been providing fire response services to Atlantic Beach since 1990. For the last 35 years, the city’s volunteer firefighters have been the primary care providers in …

Q+A

Working hard to ensure people have access to any help they need

Amy Baron has been providing psychotherapy in Long Beach and the surrounding areas for over 12 years, and since the pandemic, says there has been a significant rise in individuals reaching out for …

Columnist

Pete King: An inauguration that was decidedly different

Last month I traveled to Washington, joining many Nassau County Republicans, including County Executive Bruce Blakeman and GOP Chairman Joe Cairo, to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 47th president.

Columnist

Jerry Kremer: Cleaning the 2024 slate is comforting

One of my pet peeves is our national airline system.

Editorial

Dialing up a possible cellphone plan

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s newly unveiled plan to restrict smartphone use in schools across New York state has sparked robust discussion among educators, parents and policymakers.

Columnist

Kevin Kelley: Chabad vs. Atlantic Beach: the costs of intolerance

The Village of Atlantic Beach is incurring sizable financial costs as a result of its long-running dispute with Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches over the Hasidic organization’s effort to open an outreach center.