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Light Drizzle Fog/Mist Fire breaks out at Shaw Ave. school
Fire and school officials reported a fire that broke out on the roof of the Shaw Avenue Elementary School building Monday evening. There were no reported injuries. At around 6 p.m. a custodian at …
Couple re-arraigned in alleged neighbor dispute
A Valley Stream couple was re-arraigned on misdemeanor charges last Friday after their neighbor submitted a sworn statement alleging a pattern of harassment against her, including remarks made about …
Surgery saves life of Valley Stream Covid-19 patient
Valley Streamer Shirelle White survived Covid-19, but her road to recovery has been a long one. In early May, after returning home from receiving in-patient care at both Mather Hospital and Long …
Pandemic brings large reduction in plane noise to V.S.
For Valley Streamer Nicole Fischman, the plane noise was so constant that she started counting the intervals. About every three or four minutes, the commercial jets would pass over her home near …
Valley Stream students adapt to college life in pandemic
“My freshman year is definitely not a normal one,” said Valley Stream resident Munahil Sultana. This fall she began her first semester at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. …
Anti-Trump rally in Valley Stream
About a dozen Valley Stream residents and those from other communities gathered in the Green Acres Mall Target parking lot on Sunday to protest the Trump administration. The demonstration was …
Village workers rescue kitten from storm drain
Village Highway Department workers rescued an injured kitten from a storm drain early Tuesday afternoon. According to Highway Department dispatcher Robin Giammarino, a homeowner near the …
Three in V.S. Troop 116 become Eagle Scouts
Three members of Valley Stream BSA Troop 116 officially became Eagle Scouts on Saturday. Owen Bogle, Ian Burke and Brandon Yu gathered along with family, mentors and their fellow scouts to at the …
V.S. doctor to appear on ‘The Bachelorette’
A Valley Stream anesthesiologist will be one of 42 men to try and gain the love of bachelorette Clare Crawley in the upcoming 16th season of the ABC show “The Bachelorette.” Joe Park, …
Editorial
Herd immunity, a recipe for further disaster
Consider the number 675,000 for a moment. That’s the number of people in the United States who died during the flu pandemic of 1918-19. Could the U.S. be headed for such widespread death again?
Editorial
Say goodbye to ‘Lady’ on our sports pages
Late last month, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.”
Alfonse D'Amato
Will Washington soon be unchecked and unbalanced?
Some who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing . . .
Randi Kreiss
When real-life horrors outdo Halloween
Really, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist? What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely . . .