By Thomas Nothel     The North Shore Land Alliance has elected Hollis Russell as its new Chairman of the Board. Russell succeeds Hoyle Jones who has been Chairman of the Board since 2017.   Russell has served on the Land Alliance Board since 2008.  The organization’s mission is to conserve and steward Long Island’s natural and historic lands, waters, and environmental resources.   Russell was directly involved in the creation of the O’Neil Conservation Stewards Internship Pro

By Nolan Cleary  The city of Glen Cove reported that the annual "Horsepower and Heroes" fundraiser for Glen Cove's first responders raised over $9,100.  The event was dedicated to first responders in the city, including the Glen Cove Police Department, Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department, Glen Cove EMS, Glen Cove Harbor Patrol, and Glen Cove Auxiliary Police. "Horsepower and Heroes" is an annual fundraising event celebrating Glen Cove’s community spirit while supporting local

By Leader Staff   The Commack-based Alure Home Improvements firm - sold recently by Huntington Councilman Sal Ferro (R-Commack) - filed for bankruptcy, stealing the deposits and leaving bathroom and kitchen projects half-finished and abandoned for up to hundreds of local homeowners.   Alure was founded in 1946, and was taken-over and run by Ferro from 1992 to 2022, when he sold a majority interest to Renovo Home Partners, a national home improvement firm.   "Sal and his team

By Rupert Deedes     In May 2025, Kamran Hekmati, a 70-year-old "Persian" Jewish-Iranian American citizen from Great Neck, traveled to Iran for what he believed would be a routine visit to see his family.   He entered Iran using an Iranian passport, which is required by Iran under Iranian law for those who were born in Iran, regardless of whether they hold dual nationality.   Then he was arrested in July 2025 in Tehran and charged with the crime of  "making a trip to Israel"

By Ishan Shah   Huntington's Town Archivist recently hosted an exhibit of precious records and artifacts from the Revolutionary War, that was open to the public.   The rich Revolutionary War history of Long Island's north shore was on display, with a "hands-on" archival experience.   Precious documents on display included the Huntington Declaration of Rights (1774); the Oath of Allegiance to King George III; and a statue of Nathan Hale.   The display was run every Tuesday las

By Maureen Daly   Old Westbury Gardens hosted a sold-out inaugural luncheon honoring the legacy of Mary Phipps.   Mary’s vision and leadership helped shape the Old Westbury Gardens into the community treasure and nature park that it is today.   Old Westbury Gardens was the original home of the Phipps family - one of Old Westbury’s oldest and most notable families.    John and Margarita Phipps built the Westbury House in the early 1900s, reserving almost half of the grounds to

This newspaper has been sometimes critical of the liberal political slant of Newsday, Long Island's last, locally-published, daily newspaper.   But the harsh attacks by the Huntington and Suffolk GOP denouncing the journalism of reporter Deborah Morris' Newsday articles - regarding the running of a fake "put-up" candidate on the Working Families Party line for Huntington Supervisor - as "fake news" and "biased journalism" - are grossly misplaced.   Morris did excellent, great

By Steve Levy Because of the recent government shutdown, many Americans found out that, indeed, Obamacare was not working. President Barack Obama sold it on the lie that you can keep your doctor and that it would lower average premiums by $2,500 a year. Instead, annual premiums increased from $13,000 to about $25,000.  It was also exposed that Congress had given a one-time massive infusion of extra Obamacare subsidies during the pandemic. The Democrats themselves wrote in the

Nassau County   Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R)  56% Seth Koslow (D)        44%   Nassau Comptroller Elaine Phillips (R)  56% Wayne Wink (D)     44%   Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly (R)  55% Nicole Aloise (D)     45%   Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell (R)  57% Joylette Williams (D)     43%      Nassau Legislature - District 10 Mazi Pilip (R)  64% Paul Jordonne (D)  36%   Nassau Legislature - District 11 Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D) 63% Colin Bell (R)  37%

The Republican teammates of Supervisor Joe Saladino are - each of them - outstanding public servants - with unique strengths and talents.    Most importantly, Lou Imbroto, Tom Hand and Andrew Monteleone all work as a team with Joe Saladino - bringing in new and good ideas - and contributing to the public good.  No political games, no sleazy backstabbing - just a mature approach by competent people to best serve the public.   Joe Saladino could not have made Oyster Bay the "be