By Heather Crosley In 1899, Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden," in which he urged American colonization of the Philippines and its people. Kipling argued that it was the moral imperative of white man to "civilize" the non-white Filipinos. This exhortation by Kipling to "take up the white man's burden" elevates the white man to a place of moral superiority of a Biblical level, insofar as he evokes Moses leading the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. Kipli

By Leader Staff The race for the north shore Third Congressional District (Huntington, Oyster Bay, North Hempstead and NE Queens) has just gotten a little more complica ted as attorney Gregory Hach qualified to run a Republican primary against 2024 Nominee and current GOP designee, Michael LiPetri. LiPetri, a former one-term NYS Assemblyman from Massapequa, is 35 years old, and ran as the Republican and Conservative parties nominee against incumbent Congressman, Democrat

By Leader Staff The retirement of NYS Senator Jack Martins created a cascading series of vacancies to fill in north shore legislative districts, and the Republicans have "moved-up" Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz (R-Brookville) to take over Martins' NYS Senate nomination. That created a vacancy for Blumencranz' nomination for NYS Assembly, and local home builder and former Legislature candidate Paolo Pironi was quickly nominated to run for that Assembly seat. The candidaci

When the historic West Side School caught fire on March 10th in Laurel Hollow - destroying the Library and Child Learning Center and causing massive smoke and water damage across the rest of the school building - almost no one expected anything but a massive and prolonged disruption to the school’s 350 students. But the reality shows what a dedicated and creative team by of school administrators can do: Within 12 hours of the fire, Cold Spring Harbor Superintendent Joseph Mon

By Rupert Deedes The Gilgo Mass Serial Killer - Rex Heuermann - has pled "Guilty" to killing eight (8) women victims. He will be sentenced on June 17th. In a plea this past Wednesday before Judge Timothy Mazzei of the Suffolk County Court, Heuermann appeared with his attorney, Michal Brown, to enter the multiple pleas of "Guilty." The families of the victims were in Court for the plea. Heuermann's ex-wife and daughter were also present. Appearing for the District Att

By Thomas Nothel The 32-year old Oyster Bay woman, Brittany Kritis-Garip, who disappeared on March 20 th - and engendered a massive three-week police and fire search of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich area - has been found dead, floating in Long Island Sound just off the causeway to Lloyd Neck. Suffolk County Police found the body of the deceased in the Long Island Sound on the evening of April 13th. Police responded to a 911 call reporting a body floating in the Long Island S

By Mark Demetropoulos The Huntington Town Board approved a 400-unit, 14 Building apartment development - the largest apartment development approved by the Town Board - as part of its new Melville re-development scheme. At the Town Board meeting last Tuesday, the Board voted 4 to 1 - with only Councilwoman Brooke Lupinacci (C-Lloyd Harbor) voting "No" - to approve the massive project. The 400 apartment proposal was presented by Steel Equities and would be the first apartment

By Steve Levy As we approach another round of school board votes, it’s time to consider modifying the voting process to maximize voter choice and transparency. The present system of holding school votes far away from the November general elections and without party labels attached to the candidates was a well-intentioned effort to depoliticize the process and the academic environment. However, while the impact of party leaders was diminished, the power of the teachers unio

By Leader Staff Three North Shore Republican NYS State Legislators have now dropped-out of their re-election bids, leaving open seat races for each of their districts. This past Friday, NYS Senator Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) dropped out of the race for the New York State Senate. His district covers most of North Hempstead and the north shore of Oyster Bay. Earlier this year, two north shore Republican NYS Assemblymen - Keith Brown of Huntington and Dan Norber of Gre

A recent investigative report by Newsday on the deer explosion on Long Island has uncovered an epidemic. A health crisis as thousands of people are bitten by deer ticks and infected with Lyme Disease and Powassan - diseases that create chronic weakness and pain - and can be fatal. A safety crisis as thousands of local motorists collide - or to quote Lloyd Harbor Mayor Jean Thatcher - are “literally run into” by deer. Causing thousands of dollars in damage every time and