By Rupert Deedes   The Holy Child Academy in Old Westbury continues to stand apart as Nassau County’s only private, independent Catholic school, and has just announced a new “Writers Studio.”   Trusted by families for more than 66 years, Holy Child is experiencing a renewed sense of purpose under dynamic new leadership - and a revitalized academic vision.   That renewal began last June with the appointment of Margaret Marchand as Head of School. A former President of the Locu

This week saw a daring nighttime raid by US special forces into the heart of Caracas, Venezuela, and the swift capture and arrest of dictator Nicolas Maduro.   Maduro was a monster - a kleptocratic, torturing and murdering thug who stole Venezuela's oil wealth while starving its children of food and medicines.  All while proclaiming himself a "socialist" champion, and arming guerillas and drug gangs to threaten his neighbors.   President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Ma

By Thomas Nothel   The Fourth-grade class from Friends Academy’s Lower School took their musical talents on tour and performed a piano recital for residents of The Regency, the senior assisted and independent living facility in Glen Cove.   The Friends' students chose the works of composers such as Beethoven and Chopin and played in front of a standing-room-only crowd for nearly an hour to glowing smiles and enthusiastic applause.   “The residents were amazed at how well and

By Leader Staff   Port Washington businessman Joseph D'Alonzo has won a contentious race for Port Washington Water Commissioner, defeating controversial incumbent Commissioner Brandon Kurz, by a vote of 947 to 303.   D'Alonzo is the co-owner of Cow Bay Contracting in Port Washington, and is the husband of former Town of North Hempstead Board member Dina DeGeorgio (R-Port Washington).    "I think this election was about how we want our politics to look like locally," stated D'

By Leader Staff   Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R-Nassau) announced that he will be running for Governor of the State of New York, and took immediate aim at the far-left socialist policies - and open antisemitism - of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.   One of Mamdani's first acts as NYC Mayor was to repeal an executive order protecting Jewish New Yorkers and recognizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Mamdani ha