By Mark Demetropoulos A huge fire broke out last week at a home in Manorhaven in Port Washington, destroying a residential home, and displacing five local residents. Over 50 volunteer fire fighters from various areas of the county worked together magnificently to prevent the fire from spreading to other homes, according to the Nassau County Fire Marshal. According to the Fire Marshal, fire trucks were first dispatched from the Port Washington Fire Department at approximatel

By Ishan Shah Multiple rounds of gunfire erupted last week outside the Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Huntington, sending a local resident to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Arrested is Huntington resident John Rech, age 71, of Huntington. Rech claimed that the younger man assaulted and chased him, which forced him to draw his gun and open fire outside the Starbucks. Police say the incident occurred after a dispute led to the older man being threatened and chase

By Steve Levy Little attention has been given to a landmark Court verdict this past month that awarded $2 million to a young woman who had her breasts surgically removed by doctors who, the jury claimed, pressured the young woman - and her family - to undergo a sex change operation at the age of 16. Many commonsense Americans who have enormous sympathy for those going through gender dysphoria were nevertheless appalled by a cottage medical industry that developed to push ch

By Leader Staff Bill Bleyer, a local historian and Chair of Friends of the Bay, will be publishing a book on "Shipwrecks of Long Island" thanks to a generous grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. The Riverhead-based Gardiner Foundation supports historical projects on Long Island and around the region, and has provided a $3,000 grant towards publication of “Shipwrecks of Long Island.” The book is expected to be published by the History Press in late fall o

By Aman Verma If you received tips or overtime pay in 2025, you may be eligible for a new deduction when you file your income tax return. Both deductions can be claimed whether or not you itemize deductions. But various rules and limits apply. Also be aware that such income may still be fully taxable for state and local income tax purposes. And federal payroll taxes still apply to tips and overtime income you deduct for federal income tax purposes. Deducting Tips Eli

By Steve Levy The shooting weeks ago of a protester by an ICE official has triggered outcry from Democrats and the liberal media, as anticipated, but also from a large number of Republicans. That’s not surprising since the video appears to contradict statements from ICE that the victim had been brandishing a weapon with the intent to slaughter federal agents. The protestor was interfering with an ICE arrest and appears to have been resisting his own arrest. But the video does

By Mark Demetropoulos Northwell Health’s Feinstein Labs, located in Manhasset, announced the opening of the Center for Psychedelics Research and Treatment (CPRT) , a new branch of the Feinstein Labs, which will be located at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, Queens NY. This Center will showcase a state-of-the-art clinical laboratory including driving simulator, modular bar as well as living spaces which shall imitate real life social environments; and shall include de

By Thomas Nothel REV Entertainment - the official sports and Entertainment Company of the Texas Rangers – has purchased the Long Island Ducks baseball team. The Ducks are a franchise of the Atlantic League of professional baseball, and the prior owner is Frank Boulton who was the original owner of the Ducks. Boulton said “the time has come” to sell the team because he is 75 years old and wants to ensure the the legacy he built with the Ducks will continue. REV Enterta

By Rupert Deedes Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the arrest of nine members of a violent Huntington criminal gang known as the "Lowndes Block Gang" - an affiliate of the national Bloods street gang - who were indicted on sweeping charges including murder, shootings, illegal weapons possession, and sex trafficking. DA Tierney described the group as a “violent street organization” that operated in and around Lowndes Avenue in Huntington Station. Prosecut

By Rupert Deedes The arrest of nine members of the violent “Bloods” gang in Huntington, raises questions about the gang: The Bloods emerged in Los Angeles in the early 1970s as a loose coalition of neighborhood gangs formed largely in response to the growing power of the rival “Crips” gang. Rather than a single hierarchical organization, the Bloods developed as a confederation of local sets, united by opposition to the Crips and by shared symbols (notably the color red). Fr