The Island Park village board adopted the 2015-16 budget at its meeting on April 16. It totals $6.7 million, an increase of $2 million over the current spending plan, and calls for a 1.6 percent increase in village taxes that Mayor Michael McGinty says will cover mandated state pension and health coverage increases for village employees. more

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer came to Rockville Centre on April 8 to urge the Secret Service to devote more resources to fighting counterfeiting operations on Long Island. more

I’m glad Hillary Clinton lost in 2008. I worked hard for her. I raised money and I traveled to Iowa. I believed in her then. Now I believe she’s even better prepared than before. more

After Hurricane Sandy the Village of Island Park hired Metropolitan Construction Group and its President, Kent Katter of Babylon, to act as building inspector and administrator for the Village — the same Kent Katter who is now part of Patriot Management Group — the company that won the bid to rebuild Village Hall. more

The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) announced the first two projects, for Island Park and Oceanside, totaling over $20 million, to be implemented through the New York Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program — a grassroots undertaking that empowers localities to increase their physical, social and economic resilience following impacts from Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. more

Getting rid of snow is an expensive proposition, and the price is rising. Cleaning the roads after a storm requires salt, sand, vehicles to spread them and then plow the snow, and manpower. more

The only sounds were the howling wind and the low moan of the horn on the Long Island Rail Road work train trying to clear the tracks. No jets, no cars, no busses, no people. A curfew was in effect and the streets of southwestern Long Island were deserted, save for the occasional plow rumbling though. It started snowing Monday and continued through Tuesday, but fortunately the worst of the storm moved out east. more

The Village of Island Park will have a building department, after a vote by the village board on Jan.15. Mayor Michael McGinty said that by formalizing the department, the village will be better able to serve its residents, investigate abandoned and derelict houses left from Sandy, and interface with other governments. McGinty explained that the village couldn’t just knock down or board up property that belongs to others; there are protocols that must be followed. Until now the Village only had an inspector, not a department. The Village also hired a public relations and media consultant. more

The Island Park Business and Residential Chamber presented an informational evening at the Island Park Library Jan. 8. The chamber officers discussed future plans, then introduced a veritable parade of officials. more

“I’m providing this update because we think it’s important for the community to know what the real story is,” Carolyn said. “We have pulled out of the contract due to soil contamination from the dry-cleaner.” more