There are school board elections this month all across the north shore - and the stakes have never been higher. For two years, the politicians and teacher's unions have used and tortured our children - forcing them into endless, useless "virtual education," and forcing children to be gagged with medical masks. We can choose the usual crop of candidates looking to network their businesses, always deferential to the teachers unions - or we can choose people with courage, who w

By Nolan Cleary Police in Nassau County are on the hunt for group of brazen car thieves who stole a running black 2011 BMW from a gas station in Syosset. On the early morning of Tuesday, April 26th at the BP gas station located at 200 South Oyster Bay Bay Road in Syosset, the thieves grabbed the BMW, as the owner was paying for gas. The owner of the car, a 35 year old man, briefly left the vehicle unlocked and running as he entered the gas station around 4:43 AM to pay. But

By Rupert Deedes Syosset-based investment "advisors" Bill Hwang and Patrick Halligan of Archegos Capital Management were arrested and charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with multiple felony counts of fraud, after the collapse of a $35 billion investment fund. The charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) include eleven counts of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud. Hwang and Halligan were arrested and taken to jai

By Rupert Deedes Robert Lenard Booth, age 67 - known to his colleagues as “Mr. T” - was found guilty of defrauding investors of millions of dollars through a Glen Cove-based "boiler room." The guilty verdict followed a six-day jury trial in Manhattan Federal Court before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. According to prosecutors, Booth ran a boiler room operation which impersonated a legitimate Manhattan-based brokerage firm. Booth sold investors nearly $2 million in securitie

By Maureen Daly Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) announced last week that he has helped secure over 33 million dollars in federal funding for environmental causes throughout Long Island's north shore. Over $30 million of the $33 million is dedicated to restoring the Long Island Sound. This funding represents a 900 % increase in environmental funding since Suozzi took office in 2017. Suozzi was able to secure the funding through community project funding which allows memb

By Priya Persaud Former Huntington Town Councilman Kenneth Christensen passed away on April 29th. Christensen, who is remembered for his leadership proactive in environmental, housing, and community activities, was 84 years old. Christensen was prominent figure in establishing the town’s accessory apartment law. He also served as a director for the Economic Development Corporation, and in the Environmental Open Space and Park Fund. “Ken Christensen was a pillar of our commun

By Maureen Daly Huntington celebrated National Arbor Day with over 150 local students and community leaders planting 200 saplings at Koster Park in South Huntington. Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth led the planting of the new trees, and addressed the Huntington High School students and local scout troops who volunteered to do the planting. The students and scouts planted 200 bare root saplings, consisting of 25 each of Flowering Dogwood, Highbush Cranberry, Buttonbush, Ninebar

By Nolan Cleary Suffolk County police are currently on the lookout for a man who assaulted another man in a 2 AM bar brawl in Huntington. Police say the violent incident happened on April 3rd around 2 AM outside of Finley's bar on Greene Street in Huntington. According to police, the suspect in question violently hit another man, resulting in bodily injuries. The victim suffered cuts, contusions, broken bones, and severe bruises. The victim was sent to the hospital, and is e

by Steve Levy I have long criticized both major parties for the political games they play in practicing gerrymandering, the politically motivated redrawing of legislative district lines. The concept got its name from former Governor Eldridge Gerry of Massachusetts, who in 1812, signed off on the redrawing his state's legislative district lines in a convoluted way in order to maximize the reelection efforts of his own political party, the Democratic-Republicans, and disfavor t