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With Willow Pond cleared of duckweed, wildlife returned, including, in June, a great blue heron, a black-crowned night heron, a great white egret and a snowy egret.

Hewlett Harbor cleans up Willow Pond duckweed

After over a decade of trial and error, Hewlett Harbor has succeeded in keeping Willow Pond clear by targeting early-summer blooms of duckweed with herbicide treatment and dissolving most of the resulting dead matter with bacterial, muck-eating pellets. more

By Lisa Margaria | 10/14/21

Five Towns Letters to the Editor

Consider residents when holding meetings To the Editor: I read the Sept. 23-29 article “Proposed Inwood project seeks 25-year PILOT,” about the proposed Inwood project. I am opposed to a project of this magnitude. It’s just too big. However, what bothered me more is that your article states that “only one resident attended the hearing.” more

10/1/21

A rendering of the proposed five-story mixed-use building slated for the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Russell Place in Inwood.

Proposed Inwood project seeks 25-year PILOT

Though there was whispers of dissent from some in the Five Towns, only one resident attended the Monday Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency public hearing on whether a proposed five-story mixed use project in Inwood should receive the customary 10-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement or a 25-year deal. more

By Lisa Margaria | 9/23/21

Members of the Rockville Centre Fire Department served as the color guard at the Town of Hempstead’s 9/11 ceremony on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa.

Hempstead salutes 9/11 heroes in moving ceremony

Sept. 11, 2021, dawned as a stunningly beautiful late summer morning, the sky an azure blue and the sunshine a bright yellow — just as it was on the same day 20 years ago. At the Hempstead … more

By James Bernstein | 9/12/21

New York American Water will replace water piping, seven fire hydrants and 80 utility-owned services in Inwood.

New water piping in Inwood

Along Bayswater Boulevard, Chestnut Street, David Avenue, Peppe Drive and Walnut Road in Inwood 3,500 feet of new eight-inch ductile iron water main and 1,000 feet of six-inch water main will be installed by New York American Water. The project, which costs $950,000 NYAW officials said, will also replace seven fire hydrants and 80 utility-owned services. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/26/21

Hewlett Harbor resident John Novello pleaded guilty to stealing more than $59,000 from the Cedarhurst Republican Committee in 2019.

John Novello pleads guilty to GOP Committee money theft

Hewlett Harbor resident John Novello, who led the Cedarhurst Republican Committee, pleaded guilty last month to stealing nearly $60,000 from the committee two years ago. He will be sentenced Sept. 27. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/11/21

The Five Towns Community Center’s Head Start program held its moving up ceremony on July 30. From left were teacher, Amber Barrios, graduate Esteban Rivera and teacher Leidys Sunnati.

Five Towns Community Center receives a minor makeover

For the past year and a half-plus, the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence has been a hub of critical community activity from feeding thousands through Gammy’s Pantry and being a Long Island Cares site to now hosting a revitalized Nassau County Police Athletic League program. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/7/21

Floors in two apartments in Building 10 at the Bayview Gardens apartment complex separated on July 26.

Two Bayview Gardens apartments separate in Inwood

A quiet summer Sunday evening was shattered as the floors in two of the four apartments in the two-story Building 10 of the Bayview Gardens apartment complex at 385 Bayview Ave. in Inwood separated between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Amazingly, no one was injured and everyone was evacuated. more

By Daniel Robertson | 7/26/21

Inwood resident Henry Owens, a Sanitary District 1 employee, died from injuries he sustained in a truck crash in Cedarhurst on July 23.

Inwood resident dies after Cedarhurst truck crash

Inwood resident Henry Owens died on July 25 from injuries he sustained after he was ejected from a Sanitary District 1 sanitation truck near the intersection of Burnside Avenue and Rockaway Turnpike after being hit by a semi tractor-trailer as Owens was backing into a location at 4:55 a.m., on July 23 in Cedarhurst. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/23/21

The Lawrence School District lost an appeal of a lower court ruling that granted the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency 10-year PILOT for the Raymour & Flanigan warehouse in Lawrence.

Lawrence schools lose, Lino Viola wins

The Lawrence School District lost its appeal opposing the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency’s granting Raymour & Flanigan a 10-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) for a warehouse in Lawrence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/21

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