Latinos

Hundreds attended a wake and prayer service at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Riverhead to honor and remember Sister Margarita Smyth, whose indomitable spirit, tenacity and devotion touched the lives of many throughout the region, igniting a flame that It will continue to burn for generations to come.

Planning is underway to establish the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington D.C.

The schools’ plans to open were delayed until at least next year without financial assistance from the state General Assembly. The school could eventually educate 770 students from Danbury.

The Latino Cannabis Association launched this month to help members who grew up in over-policed neighborhoods get licenses to enter the cannabis business with help from grants and social justice programs.

Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island will offer free COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the Children’s Museum in Bridgehampton and at the Montauk Playhouse to get more Latino parents and kids vaccinated.

OLA of Eastern Long Island will hold two events next Wednesday — at the Montauk Playhouse and at the Children’s Museum in Bridgehampton.

Latino workers have sued a manufacturer in Eastford, Connecticut, over alleged wage theft and racial discrimination.The complaint filed this week on…

The Latino population on Long Island has been steadily growing for years. In Islip, in Suffolk County, they account for more than 30 percent of the town’s…

In Connecticut about 20 Latino elected officials and organizations have formed a task force to help find qualified Latinos to work in senior positions in…

On a recent Sunday, a band of volunteers assembled at a Panera Bread in Hampton Bays. They call themselves the Brookhaven Latino Voter Project. Every…