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On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 3/30/16

Make Red Cross’s month: get involved

March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . . more

3/3/16

NYPD Officer Reddin, left the hospital on Tuesday to cheers to continue recovering after being shot in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 21.

Local cops shot after chase

Two NYPD officers from Nassau County were shot while in pursuit of a suspect in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early last Saturday morning. Andrew Yurkiw, 29, a Wantagh resident and … more

By Steve Smirti and Mary Malloy | 2/25/16

NYPD officers found this .357 revolver in the front seat of Jamal Funes's car following the car crash.

Local cops shot after chase

Two NYPD officers from Nassau County were shot while in pursuit of a suspect in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early last Saturday morning. Andrew Yurkiw, 29, a Wantagh resident and … more

By Steve Smirti | 2/21/16

The fire originated in the kitchen of this one and a half story home, Elmont F.D. said

House fire in Elmont

The Elmont Fire Department responded to a house fire on Madison Street on Feb. 14. When fire fighters arrived on the scene, Assistant Chief Ronald Conti reported a working fire in the kitchen of … more

2/16/16

The ups and downs of storm response

Sun and warmer temperatures are making the Jan. 23 blizzard seem like a distant memory, but there’s still a month and a half to go until spring . . . more

2/4/16

Nassau County did a good job of plowing snow in Franklin Square and Elmont, according to Elmont Fire Commissioner Joseph Balleta. (Courtesy Heather Magone)

Unplowed roads a big issue for residents

Over two feet of snow blanketed Franklin Square and Elmont over the weekend, and after the record-setting accumulation, residents and service organizations started the slow and arduous process of … more

By Steve Smirti | 1/26/16

It took firefighters 45 minutes to control the blaze.

House fire in Elmont

A fire broke out on the first floor of a house in Elmont Thursday morning. Elmont fire fighters responded to the call at 11:25 a.m. at 81 Biltmore Avenue and by 12:10 p.m. the blaze was under … more

By Steve Smirti | 1/14/16

Herald Person of the Year Richard Romani

Doing the Lord’s work on his time

As Santa was presumably returning to the North Pole in the early-morning hours of Dec. 26, Richard Romani, 42, was already awake, and getting ready for the day ahead. He was careful not to wake … more

By Steve Smirti | 12/31/15

A dry eight-foot Christmas tree can burn in less than a minute.

It’s peak holiday fire time

A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute, causing considerable damage in the process, according to research by the National Institute of … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/23/15