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Security cameras were installed by the Long Island Rail Road at the Cedarhurst and Lawrence stations to help deter similar bias graffiti as the swastika above.

LIRR installs security cameras at Cedarhurst and Lawrence

The Long Island Rail Road has installed the long-awaited security cameras at the Cedarhurst and Lawrence train stations. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/21/15

This banner flew over beaches from Nassau to Queens on July 11; state assemblymen Brian Curran and Todd Kaminsky have offered legislation to prohibit display of the swastika.

Different bills, same goal

When the State Legislature begins its new session in January, the Assembly will consider two proposals that seek to limit public displays of swastikas. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/26/15

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) is collecting school supplies at his office in Long Beach.

Todd Kaminsky launches school supply drive

The summer is nearing its end, and to help students in the community prepare for school, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) has launched a back-to-school supply drive. School supplies for all grade levels will be collected until Tuesday, Sept. 8. in the lobby of Kaminsky’s Long Beach office at 20 West Park Ave. more

8/19/15

The Anti-Semitism Action Fund offered a reward of $1,000 to find the person or persons responsible for the swastikas recently drawn at the Lawrence LIRR station.

Swastikas found at Lawrence LIRR station

Brad Gerstman, founder of the Anti-Semitism Action Fund, has offered $1,000 to Nassau County Crime Stoppers for anyone with information that could help catch the person or persons who defaced a part of a waiting area partition at the Lawrence Long Island Rail Road with swastikas earlier this month. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/11/15

Package from Home walk-a-thon participants on their way down the Atlantic Beach boardwalk to raise money and buy personal items for IDF lone soldiers.

Walking to support the lone soldiers

A Package from Home, an Israeli based nonprofit organization which specializes in providing packages to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) lone soldiers in need, held it’s third annual walk-a-thon at the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club in Atlantic Beach on July 27. more

By Carina Kohn | 8/5/15

Hillary is about to get 'Berned'

Who would have thought that the Independent U.S. senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, would so quickly close the gap with presumed 2016 presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton? more

7/15/15

From Rockaway Turnpike to Burnside Avenue along the Nassau Expressway will undergo repair by the state’s Department of Transportation that will include road repaving and drainage improvements. Above, a corner of the expressway where it meets Rockaway Turnpike.

Officials: State needs to move on 878 plans

After more than a year of campaigning by local elected officials to have repair work done on the Nassau Expressway, also known as state route 878, the New York State Department of Transportation began a $6 million repaving and drainage improvement project on July 8. more

By Vanessa Parker | 7/15/15

Graffiti considered offending to people was cleaned up by the Long Island Rail Road after residents complained to Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach).

Graffiti removed from Inwood train station

Following complaints by Five Towns residents, graffiti that included what is considered obscene language was scrubbed clean from the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station by the LIRR. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/6/15

The Environmental Science Associates consulting firm was selected to work with the Port Authority on the state mandated noise study. ESA spokeswoman Jennifer Hogan explained which area her firm is studying.

Registering their concerns about aircraft noise

Opinions from residents to elected officials were positive about the purpose of the first public workshop meeting held by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration and noise study consulting firm Environmental Science Associates (ESA) on June 17. more

By Vanessa Parker | 6/24/15

Reading during summer appears to be vital to children maintaining the skills they learned through the school year. Registration for Peninsula Public Library’s summer reading program begins on June 19.

Combating the ‘summer slide’

A summer-long library program and a state legislator’s challenge hope to help ensure that children don’t lose the skills they learned during the school year. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/10/15

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