Business
Ben & Jerry’s Opens Patchogue Village Location
By Hank Russell It only took Nisha Sachdeva a visit to Boston with her family to realize it was her dream to open a Ben & Jerry’s franchise. “It was so funny,” she recalled. “We […]
Articles by Hank Russell
Education
Local State Universities See Rise in Enrollment
Mixed Results for Community Colleges By Hank Russell Enrollment in local state universities has increased both year over year and over a two-year period, according to a report that recently came out from the State […]
Letters to the Editor
FEMA Must Reimburse Stony Brook University Hospital Immediately
Dear Governor Hochul, Since 2022, Stony Brook University Hospital, including Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital and Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Long Island State Veterans Home and Stony Brook University have […]
Politics
GOP Officials Decry Hochul’s Reversal on Congestion Pricing
By Hank Russell Much to the chagrin of some Republican state legislators, Governor Kathy Hochul said that she will reintroduce the congestion pricing program, starting in January 2025. Although the proposed amount has been reduced […]
Crime
Home Health Aide Arrested for Identity Theft
A home health aide from Levittown has been arrested of illegally making purchases with a debit card of the person she cared for. On October 24, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation […]
Dangerous Roads
Pedestrian Hospitalized after Being Hit by Vehicle in Hicksville
A pedestrian has been hospitalization after suffering serious injuries he sustained from being struck by a vehicle on a Hicksville street. On November 13, a 64-year-old male was operating a 2005 Nissan pickup truck southbound […]
Long Island News
North Hempstead Hosts Special Veterans Day Celebration
The Town of North Hempstead held a Veterans Day celebration on November 11 to honor local veterans at the Monfort Cemetery in Port Washington, and veterans throughout the Town were invited to place flags on […]
Op Eds
Tilles Has to Go
His leftist views are damaging our schools Each region of New York State has a delegate that is appointed to the state’s Board of Regents by our elected officials in Albany. For the past nineteen […]
Dangerous Roads
NYPD Detective Pleads Guilty in Drunken Crash
A New York City Police Department detective pleaded guilty today to aggravated vehicular assault and other charges for an August 2023 drunken crash that left two women injured on the Meadowbrook State Parkway. On August […]
Politics
LI Congressional Delegation Helps Pass Social Security Fairness Act
The four U.S. Representatives from Long Island — Nick LaLota (R-Rocky Point), Andrew Garbarino (R-Patchogue), Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Anthony D’Esposito (R-Garden City) — helped pass the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. The […]