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Partly Cloudy Malverne, West Hempstead schools to receive funds for pre-K programs
For the past 15 years, Karen Brohm, president of the West Hempstead School District Board of Education, has pushed for pre-kindergarten education in the district. As part of its current budget, a …
West Hempstead bowler Arthur O’Connor named Coach of the Year
Bowling runs deep in the O’Connor family, according to West Hempstead bowler Arthur O’Connor III. His grandfather and father, both named Arthur, were well-known bowlers in New York, and …
Malverne, West Hempstead residents react to state legalization of recreational marijuana
On March 31, New York state legalized recreational marijuana use — an effort years in the making — while setting regulations for a new industry and its taxation. Spanning 128 pages, …
Attorney, volunteer will vie to replace Vincent Muscarella
The race to represent Nassau County’s 8th Legislative District is heating up, as both Republicans and Democrats have selected their nominees to succeed Legislator Vincent Muscarella in …
Lakeview Fire Department faces lawsuit
Former Lakeview Fire Department volunteer firefighter Yonatan Klein filed a lawsuit against the Lakeview Fire District, in which he alleged harassment, among other issues. Klein, of West …
Neighbors in the News
West Hempstead High School senior earns math scholarship
West Hempstead High School senior Michael Sheehan was presented with a certificate of achievement for winning the Long Island Mathematics Conference Board Scholarship last month. The scholarship …
‘A gateway to access’ for all
Coronavirus vaccine pop-up site appears at Lakeview Library
Many Lakeview residents were hopeful for easier access to the coronavirus vaccines. Their wishes became reality when a pop-up vaccine site appeared at the Lakeview Public Library on March 18. The …
Town holds chametz burning at Echo Park in West Hempstead
Echo Park in West Hempstead and a town parking field in Woodmere both hosted the Town of Hempstead’s contactless drive-thru chametz burning event last Friday. Town Supervisor Don Clavin and …
Enrollment declining, St. Thomas the Apostle School to close in June
After 61 years in West Hempstead, St. Thomas the Apostle School will close at the end of the school year. Since 2015, nursery school through eighth-grade student enrollment had declined 35 …
West Hempstead's Kayo Boxing helps two with traumatic injuries
When former professional boxer Michael Corleone, of Franklin Square, opened his gym, Kayo Boxing, in West Hempstead in 2018, his goal was to help others become well-rounded individuals through …
Editorial
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 . . .
Editorial
High-speed rail for L.I. deserves public support
With the Biden administration pushing a $2 trillion national infrastructure plan, what once seemed like a fantasy — high-speed rail for the Northeast — is slowly, steadily becoming a distinct possibility . . .
Randi Kreiss
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.