A little more than two weeks after a half-dozen parents protested the poor condition of the visitors’ bleachers at Mepham High School during a Board of Education meeting, the board convened a special afternoon session on May 24 to discuss a fix for the problem. more...

As is the longstanding tradition, hundreds of people representing dozens of local organizations will line up Monday for Merrick’s Memorial Day parade, weather permitting. Members of Merrick … more...

Nassau County will use funds from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to help prevent a property-tax hike that a number of county residents would have faced because of Hurricane Sandy, according to New York state’s grant proposal and state and county spokespeople. more...