U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and several elected officials are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to approve a $6.1 million extension of the Nassau County Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, which is set to expire on Sept. 30.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/12/19
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The newly barren banks of Glen Cove Creek lie just down shore from RXR’s Garvies Point project, on what was once a lush stretch of marsh grass and green trees. Now these wetlands have all but disappeared.
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5/2/19
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Many Lynbrook residents will soon receive a survey asking them what improvements they would like to see at Greis Park, as part of the village’s effort to develop a master plan to overhaul the facility.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/31/19
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Children between the ages of 2 and 5 are invited to “build something awesome” at the East Rockaway Public Library on Jan. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
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1/2/19
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The Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians embraces fall with its annual AOH Feis & Festival.
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9/13/18
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Teenagers in seventh grade and older are welcome to try their hand at science, technology, engineering and art challenges at the East Rockaway Public Library on Aug. 30 at 3 p.m.
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8/29/18
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Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then.
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8/24/18
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Lynbrook Village officials are considering bids by engineering and architectural firms to develop a master plan to overhaul the 18-acre Greis Park, in the heart of the village.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/5/18
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Children between the ages of of 2 and 5 are invited to build their own invention at the East Rockaway Public Library on June 5 at 10:30 a.m.
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5/30/18
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In any hurricane, no matter the category, a wall of water surges inland, flooding streets and homes. During Hurricane Sandy, which struck during a full moon on Oct. 29, 2012, many South Shore streets were inundated . . .
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10/19/17
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